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503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)
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directed by Shane Carruth, USA, 2004, 77 min
The story begins with two engineers working during their free time in a garage with two other friends, selling homemade JTAG cards for funding their own research. By looking for a way to counter gravity using principles of Meissner effect, they accidently make a discovery that will lead them to building a revolutionary machine. Based on the fact that a Feynman diagram of an interaction can be read forward and backward in time, the two physicists will use this principle for travelling few hours backward in time, settling the elements of a complex story, directed with a particular care for appearing realistic and authentic. Directed by Shane Carruth, former mathematician and engineer, this debut film has been put together with a budget of only 7’000$, showing that one does not need special visual effects and a cast of superhero actors for creating one of the most complex and innovative films ever. Often compared to a Rubik’s cube with few carefully chosen missing pieces, one cannot fully understand Primer without watching twice at least.
The story begins with two engineers working during their free time in a garage with two other friends, selling homemade JTAG cards for funding their own research. By looking for a way to counter gravity using principles of Meissner effect, they accidently make a discovery that will lead them to building a revolutionary machine. Based on the fact that a Feynman diagram of an interaction can be read forward and backward in time, the two physicists will use this principle for travelling few hours backward in time, settling the elements of a complex story, directed with a particular care for appearing realistic and authentic. Directed by Shane Carruth, former mathematician and engineer, this debut film has been put together with a budget of only 7’000$, showing that one does not need special visual effects and a cast of superhero actors for creating one of the most complex and innovative films ever. Often compared to a Rubik’s cube with few carefully chosen missing pieces, one cannot fully understand Primer without watching twice at least.