by Jason Fischer

Happy Friday, IP enthusiasts!  We thought it might be interesting to celebrate the end of this hard-fought work week with a movie recommendation.  So stop by your local movie rental establishment, or add this one to the top of your Netflix queue, nuke a bowl of popcorn, sit back, relax, and enjoy this flick.

Primer (2004) is a rough cut little gem that is still quite pretty, maybe because of its faults.  It follows the cautionary tale of a couple of engineers who spend their off-work hours tinkering in a garage, looking for that next great technology.  When they stumble across an invention that they don’t fully understand, the drama and suspense begin to heat up.  As they come to realize the magnitude of what they’ve discovered, things boil over with tragic consequences.

Writer/director/producer/editor/star Shane Carruth was literally a one-man show in making this film.  He even composed, recorded, and synchronized the soundtrack.  Being his first effort at film making, one can’t help but be impressed.  It really is no surprise that he took home the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

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