Time travel of civilians

Christina 2022-05-20 22:18:31

There is no scientific exploration as a banner, nor a great mission as an excuse.

"What if you could go back to the past with your current experience?"
It seems that all of us have had such delusions, and what we often want to do is to realize our personal desires. Money, love, fame...
When something seems to be in control.
what's next?
Primer is telling a very "civilian" science fiction story around this topic.

Every time you turn the clock back, what you can see is deeper and you can get lost more easily...

PS: There seem to be some ambiguities in the logic of the story, but after all, the main point of the film It is more of a discussion of the person himself.

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Extended Reading

Primer quotes

  • [last lines]

    Aaron: [voiceover] Now I have repaid any debt I may have owed you. You know all that I know. My voice is the only proof that you will have of the truth of any of this. I might have written a letter with my signature, but my handwriting is not what it used to be. Maybe you've had the presence of mind to record this. That's your prerogative. You will not be contacted by me again. And if you look... you will not find me.

  • [first lines]

    Aaron: [Sound of a phone ringing. Aaron, voiceover:] Here's what's going to happen. I'm gonna read this, and you're gonna listen, and you're gonna stay on the line. And you're not gonna interrupt, and you're not gonna speak for any reason. Some of this you know. I'm gonna start at the top of the page.

    [pause]

    Aaron: Meticulous, yes. Methodical, educated; they were these things. Nothing extreme. Like anyone, they varied. There were days of mistakes and laziness and in-fighting, and there were days, good days, when by anyone's judgment they would have to be considered clever. No one would say that what they were doing was complicated. It wouldn't even be considered new, except for maybe in the geological sense. They took from their surroundings what was needed and made of it something more.

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