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Two men fracture the seams of time in the dark sci-fi PRIMER. Made for $7000, this lo-fi monument to indie filmmaking is endlessly rewatchable and known to scramble, bend, and short-circuit the minds of those who see it. Coveted as a realistic vision of time travel, we’ve dissected it further with a NEW critical commentary and NEW video essay. By day, a small group of engineers work for a large corporation. By night, they conduct extracurricular experiments in their garage. While tweaking their latest project, they accidentally discover it has highly unexpected capabilities … ones that may enable them to do and gain anything they conceive. Taking advantage of this opportunity is the first challenge they face. Dealing with the consequences could be their last. SPECIAL FEATURES: • Critical commentary by Andrew Frost Sci-Fi expert and author, art critic for The Guardian and ABC • Video Essay by Simon Foster, director of Sydney Science Fiction Film Festival and journalist (SBS Film) • Feature length audio commentary with director Shane Carruth • Feature length audio commentary with cast and crew • Trailer • Irish Trailer
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Primer (2004)
77 min
A group of fledgling inventors discover a complex method to manipulate reality. At first, they successfully game the stock market with it, but the consequences of the invention start to catch up with them.