Primer is a sci-fi movie that deals with the concept of time travel and its paradoxical consequences. throughout the movie there is a great sense of authorial (or in this case directorial?, resistance. The characters are talking about concepts the average person surely wouldn't know, but the confusion is intentional. While the audience feels confused from the lingo, and maybe less confused about the concept of time travel, the characters are confused over the implications of what they built.
A key concept in this time travel movie, is that of doubles, or having copies of the same person in the same time plane. This is a concept that has been done before and I think it raises a lo of questions about individuality. The idea that another you or me could exist seems to diminish our individuality, we are not inherently unique and uncopyable. We are no more than a collection of elements existing in a period of time to the universe.
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