Primer
Lindsay Robertson and her quote from James Vernier of the Boston Herald, “Being hard to understand is not the same as being smart.” doesn’t really apply to Primer. There are a lot of things that are hard to understand and smart at the same time. Primer is one of them. She is right that the actors’ lack of enunciation makes the film unneccesarily hard to understand but considering the whole thing was produced, directed, scored and written by one guy, Shane Carruth, and he carried the lead acting role we can forgive them that. I will concede a little more ground to Lindsay and say that anyone attempting to consume this film should either be very clear-headed and ready for a science class along with their sci-fi or maybe get really stoned so they can ignore it.
If you decide to go through with watching it and still have questions (as I did) here’s a page that breaks the whole movie down.
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Comment from Steve Scivally
Time July 15, 2005 at 9:20 pm
Heh – sorry.
This movie wasnt that good. I found it to be the ultimate distraction. I felt kinda grabby grabby when I saw it on the local rental shelf but after discovering a field earlier that day I just wanted to slump down in my media…er family room and watch TV.
The link helps make it easier to follow, meh. However, I’d say to anyone who purchased this movie that they need to get over that.
Looking forward to this guys next movie which I heard he’s creating – working title of “Mai liet fut” some kind of story about an Asian drug lord based on a book by I.Bobble.