User talk:Overunder8

Zardoz. Yeah, that's the one where Connery wears some sort of red bathing suit and a ponytail, right? I remember that. I also remember the huge floating rock head. I think I fell asleep halfway through, but I appreciated the insanity. John Boorman, the director, did some great work though. Hope and Glory is a must-see.

"Not many people are aware of this, but Primer was originally rejected by Sundance."

I was not aware of this. Now, the fact that it actually won the grand prize seems even more amazing. And Sundance doesn't usually pick good/memorable movies for that award.

That award will probably help with the financing for this next one, I suppose, but how optimistic are you guys about getting it greenlit? I'm guessing the story won't be as complicated as Primer's - I don't think any story is, or will ever be - which will be a plus for getting money.

Also, thank you for offering to forward stuff to Shane, but I'm sure he has better things to do than read pop culture ramblings from some random brazilian blogger. Maybe I'll take you up on your offer when I write that Primer piece, but only if it's any good. It'd be more practical and less redundant just to send him a link to Dennis Lim's Village Voice review, or Mike D'Angelo's in Esquire, which are both spot-on.

Do tell Shane my idea for a Primer sequel: Aaron, fueled by his evident hubris, goes to France and uses the time machine to build himself an army of clones. The clones, fueled by their evident hubris, decide not to work as a team and go each their own way, terrorizing France in a series of sloppy, unrequested vigilante attacks. Abe must team up with America's top soldier (Jet Li) and France's leading scientist (Gerard Depardieu) to figure out a way to stop the Aarons. Working title: PRIMER DEUX: AAROSION.

(Yellow Calx (talk) 02:25, 9 July 2008 (UTC))

"How about this? When the time comes for Shane to start doing press for his new project, I'll do my best to get you an interview with him."

That sounds excellent, I really appreciate it.

"I went to your blog and appreciate what you guys are doing. I don't speak Portuguese, but translated some of the articles with http://babelfish.yahoo.com."

And that sounds awful. BabelFish is pretty incompetent, it can make any piece of writing sound comical and incoherent. I should know, I used it to translate an interview Shane gave to a french website (in which he mentioned his new project). If you're interested in any particular article(s), just tell me and I'll be happy to translate it for you as best as I can.

It's a shame the movie couldn't get officially released in certain foreign territories. I hope Shane will give it another shot eventually; I try to get anyone I can to watch it, but I don't have portuguese subtitles, so it narrows down the amount of people that can watch.

It's interesting, though, that there was a screening of Primer in a theater in my city, as part of a triple-bill sci-fi night, with David Cronenberg's Existenz and David Lynch's Eraserhead also playing. And at that screening, they did use portuguese subtitles. I don't know how that happened, but it was great to see it on the big screen.

I intend to write a piece or two on Primer for the blog soon, basically explaining with detail why I love it so much, and also giving out Primer DVDs to some our readers who are interested (unfortunately they won't be original DVDs, since importing them would be extremely expensive).

"What do you do when you are not blogging?"

I'm 21, currently working on a DVD store and taking philosophy in college. What I really want to do - if you haven't figured this out by now - is make movies, and Shane Carruth has been an unbelievable inspiration in that regard. Not only did Primer become one of my favorite movies, but it proved that it was possible to make something that looks great and professional with little money.

Often, when I'm working on a particular script and someone asks how I expect to get it made, I generally say "Well, Shane Carruth pulled it off, so there's hope." And then they ask "Who the hell is Shane Carruth?". That's when my Primer recomendation usually comes in.

"Any movies you would recommend?"

Well, I thought Rian Johnson's Brick (2005) was pretty brilliant, and quite similar to Primer: They both feature a complicated plot and little exposition; they're both cases where the movie is always a few steps ahead of the viewer (which can be exciting or frustrating, depending on the kind of viewer you are); Primer uses technical jargon, Brick uses film noir argot; and they're both shot in very sharp, striking compositions. It was pretty big on the Sundance festival following the one that Primer won, so you probably heard about it.

And I've just seen WALL-E, the new Pixar sci-fi animation film, which surely you've heard about, and I loved it.

Are you a movie fan as well? What did you think when Shane first told you he was planning on making a movie by himself?

Hopefully I'm not boring you.

Yellow Calx (talk) 01:06, 29 June 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for answering. It's great to have any kind of information. Now here's the thing:

I'm from Brazil and I've recently started a blog (http://discretoblog.wordpress.com) about pop culture with a few friends, and we're regularly writing articles about movies, music, books, TV, etc. One of the main purposes of working on this thing is just to get the word out about great, interesting work we enjoy, and Primer undoubtedly fits that criteria. We've barely begun and there's already a fairly decent amount of readers, which is exciting.

Now, when I first contacted you, I was just personally curious about Shane's next project. But I told my fellow bloggers about it and they proposed to me an idea which I think is both preposterous and very exciting: the possibility of Shane answering a few of our questions, for our readers. It's preposterous because it seems unlikely he'd go for something like that, but exciting because we all admire him and would love to talk about his work on our blog. You know, to get the word out.

We'd just send an e-mail with a few questions, doing our best not to sound redundant (Shane must be sick of answering stuff like "So, 7000 dolars, huh? How did that work out?"). We'd also refrain from asking about the new project, if he thinks it's too early to talk about it. There's the fact that Primer hasn't been released in my country, and most of the people who've seen it did so by downloading illegally, and I'd be curious to know what he feels about that, among other things.

Anyway, I'm not a journalist, just a curious and shameless fan (with a small audience). You told me you were a relative, so that's why I'm asking. If there's anything you can do, we'd greatly appreciate it. If it's too much to ask, I'll understand and won't bother you any further. Either way, thanks again for answering.

Luis Calil http://discretoblog.wordpress.com

PS: I've also considered the possibility that you're not Shane's relative, just a convincing Wikipedia prankster. In which case, I'll just wishful-think this possibility out of existence.

Yellow Calx (talk) 18:44, 19 June 2008 (UTC)

Thank you for the update. First info about Carruth's new project in over a year, I think.

So, since you read the script, is it as brilliant as Primer? Can you say the title?

Yellow Calx (talk) 13:34, 13 June 2008 (UTC)

Hey.

Was it you that added that "June, 2008" thing on the Shane Carruth page?

If it was, I'm just interested in where you got that information.

Yellow Calx (talk) 13:33, 8 June 2008 (UTC)