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Scene Explanation  6 June 2005 103 Comments  genetic artThis
weekend I rented Primer, an awesome indie film by Shane Carruth
that won the Sundance Film Festival and took over my entire
weekend. I highly recommend checking it out. The following is my
interpretation of the movie. I suggest watching it a few times,
with the subtitles on, to ensure you don’t miss anything. Below
is my interpretation, I’d suggest watching the movie at least
once first, then reading on.    The film opens with a phone call
being placed. “Hooded sweatshirt” Aaron is on the phone. He’s
leaving a message, presumably for the viewer but watching the
movie a second time makes me think he may be leaving it for
himself. The message begins with “Some of this you know…”.  This
message is not part of the tape recordings he gives himself
later as it has a phone-ring sound at the start of the message.
After some character development, Abe and Aaron begin the
construction on the small