Primer

To start off, the movie "Primer" offers a lot of deep interconnected story lines that are not evident until after more of the plot has been revealed. An example is when we see that Aaron's wife is complaining about "rats" in the attic, and the relaxed reaction of Abe and Aaron barely acknowledging her and saying it couldn't be rats. At first view this seems like a scene that serves only to show some personal normal events in the lives of our two main characters. However, once we find out that the doubles have been hidden in the attic, we suddenly realize the meaning behind the scene of the "rats" in the attic. This event tells us a lot about the characters because at this point of the story it is obvious that the two friends are trying to work on their own and are not letting anyone close to them in despite the fact that telling Aaron's wife had been discussed. I'm sure that if I were to watch this film for a second time I would see many more connections such as this that I had missed.

This film is also interesting because the small details are what give the story its real meaning. For example, on the surface this film seems to be simply a story about time travel that is told in a really confusing manner. It is easy to skip over the fact that the main characters are slowly deteriorating the more they time travel and just disregard it as a standard consequence of messing with technology. However, it can be seen that this is happening in correlation with the number of doubles that are running around society. The more time the original character is split, the more terrible their handwriting becomes and the more their ears bleed. With this interoperation, this film is commenting on the unnaturalness of being more than one person and how trying to "split" your personality and be two people at once, as many people try to do when they lead double lives, you are being detrimental to yourself.