Am I missing something?

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Just watched Primer, after months of having folks tell me it was an amazing mind-fuck, and avoiding all spoilers.

So, um, where was the mind-fuck? Seemed like a pretty straight-forward time travel story with multiple causality loops. Well done definitely, but I kept waiting for the big wowzer moment, and then the credits rolled. Ernh?

Seriously, did I miss something?

Edit: Yes, I loved it. :) Just wondering, seriously, if the DVD skipped a chapter or something. Not because it didn't make sense, but because it *did*. My one naggling question was Rachel's Dad. That seemed ambiguous.

(Watch it, if you haven't.)

Comments

[badger.livejournal.com]

If it didn't work for you, it didn't work for you. I thought it was a decently handled time travel story that probably impressed people who hadn't dealt with this kind of topic before. The most notable fact of the film is that it exists at all: the director made the film for $7000 total. It's encouraging to the amateur film maker.

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Oh no, it worked for me just fine. In fact, I really liked it a lot.

I had the same reaction to the Sixth Sense, too... because I was told there was a big twist, I was trying to anticipate it, and did about halfway through. *shrug*

Didn't know that about the budget, I'm really impressed.

[badger.livejournal.com]

Well, remember, you're not the typical audience when it comes to physics issues. So for many people, this film was a mindwrenching opening of possibility.

As for Sixth Sense, someone slipped with the big secret before I saw it. So I ahd my second time through the first time, looking for the hints the director put all the way through :).

Budget: It is impressive, and encouraging. After all, $7k is the cost of a used car. Most of us could manage $7k if we really wanted to. This film is a great "get off your ass and do something" in the spirit of the "DIY or Die" fellow - I have the DVD of his interviews with indie artists and musicians, it's great.

Robert Rodriguez did _Mariachi Man_ for the same amount actually, about a decade earlier. Of course, he was doing it in Mexico, but most of the $7k went to devleop the film. I believe _Primer_ was shot on digital video, though.

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I *loved* the look of it. Between the washed out lighting and the shirts and ties, it really felt like a mid-70s educational film. :D