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Tuesday, 05/31/05

Kottke's review of Primer is only slightly more effusive than mine would be if I'd written one. I watched it twice and I'm still puzzled by a few small elements (who was it that "wanted it more"?) but I was impressed and a little thrilled by the quality of the dialogue. There's almost nothing said between Abe and Aaron that doesn't have the intimate, shorthand quality of two people who are deeply invested in a shared technical project, and the ability to craft a scary, challenging story out of those elements is a virtuoso achievement all by itself.

I loved Memento, against which comparisons are inevitable but inapt. Primer's recursive complexity makes Memento look like baby's first möbius strip. Here's your Netflix link. 10:42AM «


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