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Title: Primer
Post by: stePH on June 29, 2008, 04:28:22 AM

I finally got around to watching Primer today.  Twice.

I still don't know what's going on in the last twenty minutes, except that there's apparently multiple iterations of Aaron.  I have no idea what the function of the "failsafe" box is, or what happened with Thomas Granger.

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: wintermute on June 30, 2008, 12:51:17 AM

Maybe this will help:

http://www.freeweb.hu/neuwanstein/primer_timeline.html

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: stePH on June 30, 2008, 02:41:53 AM

Quote from: wintermute on June 30, 2008, 12:51:17 AM

Maybe this will help:

http://www.freeweb.hu/neuwanstein/primer_timeline.html

Oh, man, just looking at that diagram makes my brain hurt.

ow.  ow, ow, ow.

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: stePH on June 30, 2008, 01:24:29 PM

Quote from: stePH on June 30, 2008, 02:41:53 AM

Quote from: wintermute on June 30, 2008, 12:51:17 AM

Maybe this will help:

http://www.freeweb.hu/neuwanstein/primer_timeline.html

Oh, man, just looking at that diagram makes my brain hurt.

ow.  ow, ow, ow.

PS: Who came up with that diagram?  It wasn't Shane Carruth, was it?  I'm not sure how much weight I would give it coming from anybody else.

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: wintermute on June 30, 2008, 01:46:23 PM

No, it wasn't Mr Carruth. However, as someone who followed along with that timeline the third time I watched Primer, I can assure you that it makes sense.

Of course, if anyone knows of a better timeline, I'd love to see it.

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: Listener on June 30, 2008, 06:20:41 PM

That entire movie makes my brain hurt... but it is one of my favorites. Low-tech sci-fi makes me smile. And I like the piano soundtrack too.

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: Alasdair5000 on July 02, 2008, 08:27:38 AM

One of my flat out favourite movies.

I had to watch it seven times to begin to get it and I'm still not there but it's an astounding piece of work.

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: bolddeceiver on July 06, 2008, 01:07:47 AM

Wow, I just watched it myself, and while I can get that there's something to get there, I am not at all ready to start pulling on any strand of that spaghetti.

Title: Re: Primer
Post by: spek10 on July 19, 2008, 09:15:04 PM

it helps if you realize going in that soon after they discover what the machine does, you are not seeing the original timeline any more.  I need to printout this guide tho, and watch it again...

Can someone please make more $10,000.00 movies that make me think and have nothing blowing up?