Thank you, but it is not hard to remember if you do a search.
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I wasn't trying to be a grump. It was meant as a HELPFUL suggestion.

Crikey, Inla, that sucks. I bet it's not a Criterion disc, is it? But man, what a great movie!

"You're maudlin and full of self-pity. You're magnificent!"

I'm always amazed at the interviews and commentary tracks Criterion can squeeze on a two-disc spectacular, like Down by Law, which I re-watched last night because I'd been listening to Tom Waits' new album "Orphans" and I was wishing there was a DVD version of "Orphans" and then I thought wait a minute I've got Tom Waits on DVD thanks to Jim Jarmusch, and a whole disc of extras thanks to Criterion, including a fabulous Tom Waits video, directed by JJ, of Cole Porter's "It's All Right With Me."

Tom Waits is the coolest DJ. Ever.

Adding insult to injury, the second commentary track, by the author of All About All About Eve -- clearly more interested in selling himself and making dishy cracks than intelligently discussing the film and its history (overlooks that Claudette Colbert was cast as Margo, and that's just for starters) -- is beneath contempt.

Primer

Anyone who likes smart sci-fi, or likes indie (as in real independent, made in a garage) film, or just likes a narrative that makes an interesting puzzle about cause and effect and the consequences of human actions, should see "Primer."

Like "Memento," you pretty much have to see it twice, but at 1 hr. 17 minutes, that's not a big deal. I don't think I've seen any film give as much of a clear sense of real engineers trying to make something work and, as they are more engineers than scientists, making it work without quite understanding what they're doing. It's a "garage movie" in two senses -- made for practically nothing, and actually about geeks inventing something in a garage.

Most films pass over the really sticky issues of time travel. This one doesn't. And you can go as far as you want to try to unravel that whole side of the film, or you can just enjoy the great acting, the relationships between the partners and their friends, and the brilliant writing.

A-plus, multiple thumbs upward, and for heaven's sakes go see this absolutely wonderful film.

Though it's only fair to add that All About All About Eve is an extensively researched history of the work from the event that inspired it, through the short story and radio versions, down to the film, and that it does trace the history of the film very thoroughly.

Do you trust his book? I'm curious, as I respect your opinion.

It's interesting that the film in question is All About Eve, an underrated movie these days (at least that's the vibe I get) but one that, almost immediately after it became a revival house staple, came to be considered only good-to-mediocre in terms of direction. I think this low estimation is flat-out wrong, but it therefore doesn't surprise me that the movie as cinema doesn't come in for discussion on the various commentary tracks. Not a choice I support, just one that doesn't surprise me.