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drama film
about the accidental discovery of a means of time travel
. The film was written, directed, and produced by Shane Carruth
and was completed on a budget of $7,000. Carruth graduated from college with a degree in mathematics and is a former engineer.
Primer is of note for its extremely low budget, experimental plot structure, philosophical implications, and complex technical dialogue, which Carruth chose not to simplify for the sake of his audience.
You're talking about making a bigger one.
Are you hungry? I haven't eaten since later this afternoon.
I am trying, okay, I really am here.
What's worse, thinking you're being paranoid or knowing you should be?
That is no static shock.
You know what they do with engineers when they turn 40? They take them out back and shoot them.
[narrating; repeated line] They took from their surroundings and made it something more.
If you always want what you can't have, what do you want when you can have anything?
What happens if it actually works?