Dan

http://badassdigest.com/2012/11/28/s...ying-sundance/

Poster:


Filming is done and it's playing at Sundance 2013.

"A man and woman are drawn together, entangled in the life cycle of an ageless organism. Identity becomes an illusion as they struggle to assemble the loose fragments of wrecked lives."

Sounds... weird.

But Primer was fantastic, so I'll absolutely go see this if it plays here.

Supermallet

Primer was certainly interesting, but I feel like the concept was better than the execution.

That being said, I'll see this, because anyone who thinks like Carruth does deserves my attention.

RichC2

Sounds like he fancies himself as Terrence Malick.

JackBurton

I will definitely watch this but I wonder what happened with A Topiary?

riotinmyskull

RichC2

Carruth was only listed as writer on A Topiary which is still set for a 2013 production start.

Tarantino

...only Carruth's movies aren't boring as hell.

RichC2

...he only has one movie, there's still time.

foofighters7

Hmmm... a guy with Tarantino as a user name exclaiming Terrence Malick films are boring...

That's like a guy with a user name of 'J.Pollock' saying Renoir paintings are boring.

Dan

For a film that was made for about $7,000, can you really hold that against him?

I re-watched about half of Primer last night. IMO, it still holds up quite well.



Yeah, from what I read, A Topiary is a pretty large-scale sci-fi project, but IMdB has very few details at this point. He wanted to get Upstream Color out in the meantime.

Tarantino

That's a horrible analogy.

Solid Snake

Your mom is a horrible analogy.

Sondheim

It more or less makes sense - Pollock and Renoir are two very different painters with radically different styles, just like Tarantino and Malick are two very different directors with radically different styles. Also, Malick has yet to make a boring film - they don't all completely succeed, but they're never boring.

Which is all beside the point that Primer is an excellent film with a GREAT concept that marked Carruth as someone to watch. I'm glad to see that he was able to get his next film off the ground. As a local, I registered to buy Sundance tickets a month or two ago - I wonder if there's any chance I'll be able to get tix to this one.

foofighters7

No... I think It's pretty apt. and don't get me wrong, I like Tarantino just as I like Malick. Two completely different approaches to film making but both make enjoyable, well done films.

Jules Winfield

Your mom does anal horribly.

Jules Winfield

I can see how someone can view them as boring. You kind of have to be in the mood for a Malick. Joe Sixpack isn't going to walk into a Malick and automatically say "That was breathtaking!" More likely they're going to say that's a boring piece of pretentious shit. Not that I see Malick like that but the boring criticism isn't out of nowhere although, maybe Tarantino should see "Here comes the Boom" for the 20th time instead.

Tarantino

This post is only noteworthy because you didn't use a swear word for once in your life.

foofighters7

You two are so cute when you're volatile!

EEz28

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SuckaMC

That tells me....nothing. But I loved Primer so I'll watch it.

Dan

Awesome teaser, in my opinion.

Jay G.

Regardless of how good this film turns out to be, one great thing about it could be that it prompts a re-release of Primer on video (DVD and Blu-ray). The current DVD is OOP.

You can buy Primer on iTunes, or his website has a DRM-free copy in 720p available for $15:
http://shanecarruth.com/store

Dan

^ yeah, I sprung for the 720p download with the Primer poster (which hasn't shipped yet...)

redrum

i'm intrigued

Dan

Teaser #2:
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