awesome movie that will hurt your head

[phosfate]

The A.V. Club discusses the low-budget, batshit, brainbusting Primer.
http://www.avclub.com/content/feature/the_new_cult_canon_primer

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[twigcollins.livejournal.com]

Great article on that movie. I wish Wikipedia hadn't removed the detailed flowchart someone had worked out as an overview for the movie's plot - it was insane.

[viedma.livejournal.com]

In fact, he couldn't afford to shoot more than one take per setup, because burning through film stock is equivalent to burning through money. He had to get it right the first time.

It doesn't sound like my cup of tea, but I admire people who have a (wacky) vision and know what they want to do.

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

You might be surprised. I almost switched it off after a minute and a half, and then I got sucked in. It's a bit like All the President's Men, if they were engineers, or if Jeff Rice and Paddy Chayefsky had 90 minutes of prime time and no effects budget. I had no idea everything was done in one take.

[viedma.livejournal.com]

But it sounds like it's got math in it. *cries*

[annlarimer.livejournal.com]

Yeah, but they do it, so you don't have to.