Pi
by Darren Aronofsky
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Actor: Ben Shenkman, Mark Margolis, Pamela Hart, Sean Gullette, Stephen PearlmanDirector: Darren Aronofsky
Brand: Lions Gate
Writer: Sean Gullette
Writer: Darren Aronofsky
Producer: David Godbout
Producer: Eric Watson
Writer: Eric Watson
Producer: Jonah Smith
Producer: Katie King
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Dolby, DVD-Video, Letterboxed, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Letterbox, 1.66:1
Running Time: 84 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Lions Gate
DVD Reviews of Pi
DVD Review: 3.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 4 Stars
The Bottom Line:
Pi is so often seen as simply the film that launched Darren Aronofsky that it's important to note it's also a very well-made film about obsession that uses its low budget trappings to develop and enhance an acute feeling of claustrophobia: it may not be the easiest film to sit through, but it's a darn good one.
DVD Review: Groundbreaking at the time
Summary: 4 Stars
1998 film that I recently re-watched. I remember being more impressed the first time I saw it. I think the style of film-making was groundbreaking at the time, but now it seems a little more annoying than interesting. Still, an intriguing story and well acted.DVD Review: Pi, post interesting
Summary: 3 Stars
"I concluded that I might take as a general rule the principle that all things which we very clearly and obviously conceive are true: only observing, however, that there is some difficulty in rightly determining the objects which we distinctly conceive" Rene Descartes 1637. An intense obsession to discover the greatest secret of the universe is really more about greed than curiosity, and that's what this film clearly depicts. But this film is deeper than that, and weirder than that. In the end this genius, through a desperate act, gives up his faith in chaos by surrendering to chaos instead. And finally he is free. I think this film missed greatness by spending too much time on artsy filming and the sheer madness of the lead character, which is explained almost not at all. So it makes me wonder if this film could be inspired by what old mathematicians tend to say. "As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality". Albert Einstein
DVD Review: Hard To Add Up....But An Intriguing Curiosity Piece
Summary: 4 Stars
Now here'a film that is "not for all tastes," as the clich? goes.
"Strange" doesn't quite cover it but it is not that bizarre that you can't figure out what's happening. Director-writer Darren Arokofsky made a name for himself with his second movie, Requiem For A Dream, and this was the young filmmakers' first effort.
It was made a tight budget since he was an unknown, but that's part of the attraction. This is grainy black-and-white, and so is the gritty story and most of the characters. The unique look fits the story.
It's not a story that is going to please a lot of people - an almost-demented math wizard trying to figure out stock market codes and two groups hounding him trying to cash in on his brainpower. One is trying to use him to make big money in the market and the other is trying to decipher ancient Jewish texts and thinks our mathematician can help. Meanwhile, he wants no part of any of these people.
Our hero, the numbers freak, thinks the entire world revolves around numbers. Everything in the universe, he thinks, can be figured out through number codes. Not only is he wacked and paranoid but so is about everyone in here. They all have strange ideas.
Innovative camera-work makes the story even stranger. In fact, it's that photography that makes this DVD a part of my collection
If you're looking for something different here and there, I would give this curiosity piece a quick look, but if you hate it, that wouldn't surprise me, either. It's that kind of love it-or-hate it movie.
DVD Review: Slow, self-conscious, and dull
Summary: 1 Stars
I got this film based upon its longstanding reputation. However, I found it to be self-indulgent in its artsiness, lethargic in its pace, and unengaging. The main character is unlikable and unsympathetic. He walks around either moping, thinking, being paranoid, or rubbing his hair. He does scream and beat up computer equipment occasionally, which I suppose could count as some kind of activity. I've recently seen a number of documentaries about real mathematicians, all of whom were fascinating, unlike this guy. Oh yeah--he drills a hole in his head near the end, but not soon enough.
Description of Pi
A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical code in this critically acclaimed schizophrenic thriller. Special features: commentary by director darren aronofsky and actor sean gullette deleted scenes interactive menus production notes and much more. Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 02/18/2003 Starring: Sean Gullette Ben Shenkman Run time: 85 minutes Rating: R Director: Darren AronofskyPatterns exist everywhere: in nature, in science, in religion, in business. Max Cohen (played hauntingly by Sean Gullette) is a mathematician searching for these patterns in everything. Yet, he's not the only one, and everyone from Wall Street investors, looking to break the market, to Hasidic Jews, searching for the 216-digit number that reveals the true name of God, are trying to get their hands on Max. This dark, low-budget film was shot in black and white by director Darren Aronofsky. With eerie music, voice-overs, and overt symbolism enhancing the somber mood, Aronofsky has created a disturbing look at the world. Max is deeply paranoid, holed up in his apartment with his computer Euclid, obsessively studying chaos theory. Blinding headaches and hallucinogenic visions only feed his paranoia as he attempts to remain aloof from the world, venturing out only to meet his mentor, Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis), who for some mysterious reason feels Max should take a break from his research. This movie is complex--occasionally too complex--but the psychological drama and the loose sci-fi elements make this a worthwhile, albeit consuming, watch. Pi won the Director's Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival. --Jenny Brown
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