I watched Primer on DVD twice, first without knowing anything except for good word-of-mouth, good reviews, and Soundance Grand Jury Prize-the ultimate indie cinema cred. I watched the second to hear the director's commentary on how he pulled it all off on his reported budget of $7000. (This is the first time I ever heard a director's commentary for any movie DVD.) I went to the main site to read more and caught up with some discussion on imdb. I was hoping for more solid physics facts on relativity and maybe quantum physics interwoven in the plot, but the director was interested in exploiting other themes with Sci-Fi materials. The production value of the movie literally 'shows', but the engrossing story grosses over many faults including distant and unsympathetic protagonists.

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I wondered if the movie would cross-over better if it had Sixth Sense kind of ending where the whole thing was Abe's setup from the start as Abe repeatly went back through time to make things right. And Aaron tries to stop him from messing with the timeline. The dichotomy of their approach would've been more conventional, ie Hollywood, and make the film more comprehensive, in my opinion, and more exciting story.

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The film likes this gives hope for true independent filmmakers around the world, that good story will be told, and be accepted.