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As much as I prefer to avoid reducing films to "x + y" influence equations, this really is almost precisely "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street" crossed with Primer, and very nearly as heady and arresting as that sounds. Unlike Carruth, Byrkit (who's worked extensively with Gore Verbinski—he has a story credit on Rango, for example) is a bit too eager to explain himself, even tossing in an overly convenient book that lays out Schrödinger's Cat for viewers unfamiliar with quantum decoherence; a more confident filmmaker would have produced a knowing smile in those with some knowledge of physics and let everybody else simply accept the split as magic. His scenario is arguably even more insanely complicated, though…

I, Me, Myself. We, Us, Ourselves.

What could possibly be the most startling thing you could ever witness in real life that would make your heart pound, head spin, doubt your mind if its reality or schizophrenic hallucination and make you question your own sanity? A Brontosaurus, a Godzilla, an Alien, a Predator, one look at the mutated, cross species progeny from Eraserhead, a glance at the abominable, heart attack inducing face from Mulholland Drive, witnessing Hannibal Lecter eat a man's brain right out of his head while he is still alive and also feed some to him, reading Jack Torrance's months of work, the enigmatically chilling Polish woman from Inland Empire, Buffalo Bill, Ichi, the killer; which one of…

I am really into films like Timecrimes and Upstream Color, which have intriguing concepts and can be a real mind-bending journey. I’m glad to report that Coherence is certainly one of those. All of them would have fallen into obscurity for me if it wasn't for this incredible community, so thanks to all of you for introducing me to them. Coherence is unlike anything I’ve ever seen! As soon as the comet started passing and the strange occurrences began, I was instantly hooked by the story until the end. It is a very suspenseful experience as it keeps you guessing and questioning the reasoning for all the events. Another aspect I really liked is that there’s a great deal of…

The thought experiment Schrödinger's Cat places said cat in a closed box. Inside the box is some radioactive material, a vial of hydrochloric acid and a device whereby if an atom of the radioactive material decays it will trigger the vial to be smashed with a hammer, in turn poisoning and killing the cat. If you leave the box closed for an hour, given the instant an atom will decay cannot be predicted, there is no way to know if the cat is dead or alive, not without cracking open the box and taking a look inside.

Schrödinger suggests that until you do, the cat is in super position of both states. In other words the cat is both dead…