Pi (1998)

Posted : 1 year, 3 months ago at Aug 26 16:35

''There will be no order, only chaos.'' A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature. Faith in Chaos. Sean Gullette: Maximillian Cohen Max is a mathematician who tries to find the perfect number/equation to life, to everything. Upon finding it, people will do anything to get what he knows. Beautiful sounds and music, fantastic camera work are a few aspects Pi has to offer. The whole flashes, views through keyholes, the ants, the black and white filming intensifies the ordeal that is Pi. I liked the Jewish lettering and numbering system. Was especially fascinating with some awe defining comparisons and links to certain symbolic aspects within the Torah. Darren Aronofsky has crafted a superb, psychological...Read more

Rating : 10/10

Posted : 2 years ago at Nov 11 6:45

Pi is the story of a man with a possible mental illness and his obsession with numbers and some serious paranoia and hallucinations. First, it's filmed in black and white, and I tend to find that annoying. It's a cheap way of standing out without displaying any substance. From then on the movie is an film school project. The story is basic and overdone. The film is all about film techniques and not about the story or the acting. Good soundtrack. This tends to be a movie people either love or think is stupid. I am of the latter (my husband is of the former, don't tell him I didn't like it!)

Rating : 4/10

Posted : 2 years ago at Nov 5 21:39

Maximilian Cohen, a mathematician, believes there are patterns everywhere in nature. Because of his studies and research in which he tries to predict the behavior of the stock market, he is chased by a Wall Street company, and by an orthodox Jew follower of the Torah, who believes that these numbers are sent by God.

I can't say the performances impressed me, nor did the directing.
Maybe I'd just heard so much about the film that in the end, it disappointed me because I had much higher expectations?! Who knows!
I didn't and still do not see the point in making such a pseudo-intellectual film, which left me unsatisfied and disappointed.


Rating : 2/10

Posted : 2 years, 7 months ago at Apr 20 16:17

I never really understood all the fuss about this film. On the one hand I thought it had a lot of things going for it, such as a stunning soundtrack by the extremely talented Clint Mansell (as well as some Autechre to boot) and some top drawer acting, particularly from Sean Gullette. His representation of the troubled genius was nothing short of magnificent. It's a shame he gets such a small role in Requiem for a Dream... However, at the same time I failed to see the point of this film. I understand the comment about how we find patterns in everything and get hooked on them, but I don't think that was one of the major themes. Towards the end of the film we witness a scene that suggests he might even have met with God? Who knows. Not me. At the end of the film I just didn't really fee...Read more

Rating : 5/10