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The Low Budget Time Machine: Directed by Kathe Duba-Barnett. With Patrick Macnee, Daniel Roebuck, William Sanderson, Duane Whitaker. A conniving professor and his gorilla side-kick convince down-and-out astronauts to go on a time-journey to benefit mankind.
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- Comedy, Sci-Fi
- Kathe Duba-Barnett
- 2003-05
Primer is a 2004 American independent science fiction film about the accidental discovery of time travel. The film was written, directed, produced, edited and scored by Shane Carruth in his debut feature, who also stars with David Sullivan.
May 1, 2003 · A conniving professor and his gorilla side-kick convince down-and-out astronauts to go on a time-journey to benefit mankind. Once transported to the future, they meet beautiful but deadly space babes, a horrible monster and an army of mutants.
- 'Primer'can Be Tough to Follow
- How Was 'Primer' Made?
- The Low Budget Gives 'Primer'a Documentary Feel
Primer is famously cerebral, refusing to hold the audience's hand at any point. The two leads speak in arcane physics jargon throughout because Carruth was adamant that the dialogue should sound authentic. The tight (and, at times, perhaps over-tuned) editing keeps Primer fast-paced; no one will catch every detail of the complicated plot the first ...
After months of rehearsals, shooting took place over five weeks around Dallas, where Carruth lived at the time. Primer was shot on super 16 film; Carruth said during his IndieWire interview that he had considered going digital, but in the early 2000s, the technology wasn't yet there to create the look he wanted. However, this meant there was no bud...
The result? Primer's ultra-low budget contributes to its grounded realism — there are no Avengers: Endgame or even Back to the Future-style special effects, and the main characters never travel more than a few days into the past, so fancy set pieces are unnecessary. Instead, Primer feels incredibly real, even documentary-like (the fact that the act...
- Rae Torres
- Shane Carruth
- Shane Carruth
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Rather than the invention being a protein super incubator, Abe, using himself as a guinea pig, and a very meticulous one at that, discovers that the invention can be used as a time machine. In his self experiment, Abe was especially careful not to interfere with his own self in that time warp.
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