There are two movies I watched a second time immediately after finishing the first time through. Usual Suspects and Primer.
I'm torn whether the confusion in the end is am emblem of the loss of control, or bad editing.
I like how the movie helped me boil down all time travel sci-fi into a series of categories.
For example: can you stop yourself from going back in time?
Back to the Future: no. If you stop yourself, you won't exist in the past. Paradox.
Primer: yes. You will now enjoy a double.
Another idea I love about time travel: a paradox of ideas or substance. Give yourself a book to publish from the future. Who wrote it?
Star Trek 4: McCoy gives Kirk a pair of vintage reading glasses. Kirk leaves them in the past knowing McCoy will buy them in the future. Who made the glasses?
I'm torn whether the confusion in the end is am emblem of the loss of control, or bad editing.
I like how the movie helped me boil down all time travel sci-fi into a series of categories.
For example: can you stop yourself from going back in time?
Back to the Future: no. If you stop yourself, you won't exist in the past. Paradox.
Primer: yes. You will now enjoy a double.
Another idea I love about time travel: a paradox of ideas or substance. Give yourself a book to publish from the future. Who wrote it?
Star Trek 4: McCoy gives Kirk a pair of vintage reading glasses. Kirk leaves them in the past knowing McCoy will buy them in the future. Who made the glasses?