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Independent sci-fi drama. Abe (David Sullivan) and Aaron (Shane Carruth) are two young engineers who work in an anonymous city for a large corporation and who, in their spare time, conduct their own scientific experiments in their garage. While working on a device that will block the gravitational pull of an object and so reduce its apparent mass, the two scientists discover an extraordinary side-effect that allows them to manipulate time. Immediately taking advantage of this opportunity, they are soon having to deal with its consequences, and with its effect on their strained working relationship.
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38 of 41 people found the following review helpful
By Pip Harper
Format:DVD
Put simply, this film is mind-blowing, staggering, and amazing. Made for the price of a used car, Shane Carruth's feature debut is a startlingly complex investigation into the realities of time travel. In spite of its modest 74 minutes length, this film had me pondering for days, and I've now seen it four times and am just about confident that I understand the gist of the plot. However, don't let the complexity put you off (and my, but it is complex; Memento and Mulholand Drive pale in comparison), one of the many joys of the film is that you never quite know what's going on, and this puts you in the exact position of the protagonists (there is one event involving a catatonic man which even the director has admitted he has no idea what exactly happened and inserted it purely to show how far out of their depth the characters are). You never feel like you need to work out exactly what happened, and how A got to B and then was in time to visit C, etc, as the central ideas and twists keep you on the edge of your seat.
The good things about this film are really too numerous to go into detail with without writing an essay; suffice to say that the acting is superb and realistic, the dialogue refreshing, the cinematography understated and perfect for the story, the score haunting and effective, the editing skillful, and the re-watchablity infinite.
A couple of things that really make this film one of my favourites of all time - the little details; the characters' ears bleeding for no reason and gradually losing the ability to write after too much time travel, subtle lines like "I haven't eaten since later this afternoon", and the need for oxygen tanks when waiting in the coffin-like homemade time machine 'boxes'.... Read more ›
The good things about this film are really too numerous to go into detail with without writing an essay; suffice to say that the acting is superb and realistic, the dialogue refreshing, the cinematography understated and perfect for the story, the score haunting and effective, the editing skillful, and the re-watchablity infinite.
A couple of things that really make this film one of my favourites of all time - the little details; the characters' ears bleeding for no reason and gradually losing the ability to write after too much time travel, subtle lines like "I haven't eaten since later this afternoon", and the need for oxygen tanks when waiting in the coffin-like homemade time machine 'boxes'.... Read more ›
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By N. Carley
Format:DVD
This is a film about time travel but really concerns trust, of friends and yourself...or selves.
You do have to be prepared to think, it is complex, there is no revelatory moment where you are fed an explanation of the events. The film in no way panders to the audience, you have to try and work it out as the characters do, and after several viewings I'm not sure whether they do themselves. That though is one of the things that makes this film stand out, the director doesn't insult our intelligence in any way and you have to pay attention otherwise you will soon be lost.
For an micro budget production this is outstandingly well made, apparently costing around four thousand pounds and created virtually single handedly this should shame most film makers who spend more. I'm impressed by the quality of all aspects from writing through to sound and editing, in the very first scene the acting seems a little amateur but that soon passes and from there on everything is very professional, you don't notice the budget constraints and I wonder where the money goes in other films.
It really is a film that you want to watch again straight away, I've given it several viewings and even sat through the commentary (which is a first), but the time lines are so complex and paradox is so scattered through the script that there doesn't seem to be a way to resolve the story threads. This shouldn't be a selling point for a film but it is, it's as if the characters are still messing with events as you try to understand them, as if the story evolves as you view it. At one point a character's ears bleed, it felt like mine were going to.... Read more ›
You do have to be prepared to think, it is complex, there is no revelatory moment where you are fed an explanation of the events. The film in no way panders to the audience, you have to try and work it out as the characters do, and after several viewings I'm not sure whether they do themselves. That though is one of the things that makes this film stand out, the director doesn't insult our intelligence in any way and you have to pay attention otherwise you will soon be lost.
For an micro budget production this is outstandingly well made, apparently costing around four thousand pounds and created virtually single handedly this should shame most film makers who spend more. I'm impressed by the quality of all aspects from writing through to sound and editing, in the very first scene the acting seems a little amateur but that soon passes and from there on everything is very professional, you don't notice the budget constraints and I wonder where the money goes in other films.
It really is a film that you want to watch again straight away, I've given it several viewings and even sat through the commentary (which is a first), but the time lines are so complex and paradox is so scattered through the script that there doesn't seem to be a way to resolve the story threads. This shouldn't be a selling point for a film but it is, it's as if the characters are still messing with events as you try to understand them, as if the story evolves as you view it. At one point a character's ears bleed, it felt like mine were going to.... Read more ›
27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
By A Customer
Format:DVD
I've only once before been moved to share my feelings about a movie via an Amazon review but this film is a rare genuine "must-see" for all serious cinema lovers. I'd also recommend it for DVD purchase or rental as it is a film that greatly rewards re-watching. In fact, you're unlikely to get all that much of it on a first viewing.
Whether a film should necessarily have to be re-watched several times in order to be understood is an interesting discussion point, but this film earns its reward of our time and attention (it helps that the run-time of the film itself is only 72 minutes). Many people seem to be comparing this film to 'Donnie Darko' but I would make the point that 'Darko' was much more wilfully enigmatic, open to various conflicting interpretations, none of them fixed or 'correct' whereas 'Primer' does have a scientific/narrative 'explanation' albeit one that is difficult to grasp. The two different commentaries (Director and Cast/Crew) are illuminating, another reason for buying the DVD.
I would not classify myself as a science fiction fan but the intelligence and rich characterisation here take this film to a superior level. (The story of the film itself, an authentic "indie" film home-produced, budget financed, edited on the Director's home Mac, is a great tale.) Frankly it defies explanation within a couple of paragraphs and I'm not going to attempt it. Suffice to say it's one of the very best films of the 21st Century so far.
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Another SciFi par-flop
Decent science fiction movies are hen's teeth. Indeed, I can't recall a good one beyond the pre-scripted nonsense of Star Wars and Star Trek moviedom. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Dr John N Sutherland
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Prime Example Of A Poor Film
this film has a lot of talking inbetween which something gets build then used but we never find out what gets build and what for, then it goes back to talking. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. I. Hammond
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I watched it twice before I fully understood what was happening but then watched it another couple of times because of it's brilliance. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Arthur Mingard
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A real mind bender. Don't expect a normal time travel film. This is for the deep thinkers. I have done some serious research on the internet looking at various theories and the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by sec
4.0 out of 5 stars
Worth watching
I requested this as a present because I'm a fan of time travel. Since I've been given it, I've watched it twice in its standard form and then I've watched the director's... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Elizabeth
1.0 out of 5 stars
Utter Garbage
I've watched some challenging films, but this left me utterly cold,with no interest in the characters whasoever and somewhat baffled by the nerdy explanations of what they were... Read more
Published 5 months ago by KRP
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are you ready for time travel
I normally reserve a five star marking for something that I feel I can recommend without undue qualification, but this only just misses. Read more
Published 5 months ago by tallmanbaby
3.0 out of 5 stars
OK
It's a good enough film, and I want to like it. But, it does get confusing. As in, most of the time you will need a chart to understand it and explain it to other people. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Mat
4.0 out of 5 stars
bamboozling but riveting!
I watched this about 8 years ago and remember being confused, but the story is a simple one, two guys travelling through time. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Max Renn
5.0 out of 5 stars
Demands you to use your head
In the last few years, the science fiction genre in the cinema has received a huge boost, and most of it has gone to the usual big studios, to make more usual movies. Read more
Published 9 months ago by ManInsideTheHelm
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