Review Take 5: Primer
Yes, I’ve seen this five times; and it gets better and easier to decipher every time. Not only have I seen this five times, this is the second time this week I’ve watched it. I came the relization that while The Truman Show is my favorite film, this is favorite film to watch. At a crisp 77 minutes, the time commitment means nothing in my world. Anyone perplexed by the basics can refer to the very helpful diagram above (though it doesn’t even scratch the surface). It’s an amazing film; a film that tickles the mind in a way no other visual experience can. There’s no allegories or symbolism at work; it’s presenting a real-life situation and letting you wade through it. The quote on the poster (‘the headiest, most singular science fiction movie since Kubrick made 2001’) doesn’t even do it justice; 2001 was purely a symbol and a trippy visual amalgam of ideas. I didn’t come here to knock the odyssey, but I am saying that Primer is not only the headiest, most singular science fiction movie since Kubrick made 2001, it’s the headiest, most singular science fiction movie. Period. And, according to an anonymous source on Shane Carruth’s Wikipedia page, he’s been working on a sophomore project for the last three years. Let him work on it for another seven years; I’ll wait.
Rating: Still 5 out of 5 stars
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