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    After a lengthy discussion re time travel with my physics grad student nephew, I realized I've wanted to see PRIMER for a few years now and still haven't gotten around to it.

    Is it as incredible as it sounds? I'm very interested in seeing a cerebral, intensely brainy look at time travel.

    TIMECRIMES is another one I hear is good.

    What's your favorite time travel movie?

    "We can't all be God's kids, some of us are Satan's."

    - Cage

  • #2
    Yes, PRIMER is worth it. It becomes completely impossible to follow towards the end but the joy is watching them make the premise totally believable using very simple means. I haven't seen TIMECRIMES either but have heard similarly good things.

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    • #3
      I haven't seen PRIMER since it first came out but I recall being very impressed with it. I thought it was quite a clever little film that had a wonderful low-key approach to its subject matter.

      TIMECRIMES is solid too, but it's a whole different kettle of fish.

      In terms of favourites within this subgenre, I'm fond of TIME AFTER TIME and LA JETEE. I also remember really liking 12:01 (the short with Kurtwood Smith, rather than the 1993 TV movie), but I haven't seen that since the early-1990s. Come to think of it, I'd really like to see that again: is it available on DVD, does anyone know? I guess ARMY OF DARKNESS has to get a mention, as I love that picture. More recently, I enjoyed Mike Judge's iDIOCRACY. 1997's RETROACTIVE was also a pretty good little film.
      'You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow'

      http://www.paul-a-j-lewis.com (my photography website)
      'All explaining in movies can be thrown out, I think': Elmore Leonard

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        I haven't seen PRIMER since it first came out but I recall being very impressed with it. I thought it was quite a clever little film that had a wonderful low-key approach to its subject matter.

        TIMECRIMES is solid too, but it's a whole different kettle of fish.

        In terms of favourites within this subgenre, I'm fond of TIME AFTER TIME and LA JETEE. I also remember really liking 12:01 (the short with Kurtwood Smith, rather than the 1993 TV movie), but I haven't seen that since the early-1990s. Come to think of it, I'd really like to see that again: is it available on DVD, does anyone know? I guess ARMY OF DARKNESS has to get a mention, as I love that picture. More recently, I enjoyed Mike Judge's iDIOCRACY. 1997's RETROACTIVE was also a pretty good little film.
        'You know, I'd almost forgotten what your eyes looked like. Still the same. Pissholes in the snow'

        http://www.paul-a-j-lewis.com (my photography website)
        'All explaining in movies can be thrown out, I think': Elmore Leonard

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        • #5
          Know anything about PRIMER director's second film? UPSTREAM COLOR. Sounds equally intriguing.
          "We can't all be God's kids, some of us are Satan's."

          - Cage

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