Pi (1998)
- Directed by
- Darren Aronofsky
- Genre
- drama film, horror film, science fiction film, unreliable narrator, thriller film, arthouse science fiction film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 7.1 of 10 from 2,511 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A mathematician becomes consumed with finding a pattern in the stock market using number theory. His obsession leads him into conflict with a Wall Street firm and a Hasidic group who both want his discoveries.
intenseclaustrophobiccerebralparanoidvisually starkunsettlingfast-pacedobsessive
What happens
Pi (stylized as π) is a 1998 American conceptual psychological thriller film written and directed by Darren Aronofsky (in his feature directorial debut). Pi was filmed on high-contrast black-and-white reversal film. The title refers to the mathematical constant pi. The story focuses on a mathematician with an obsession to find underlying complete order in the real world and contrasting two seemingly irreconcilable entities: the imperfect irrationality of humanity and the rigor and regularity of mathematics, specifically number theory. The film explores themes of religion, mysticism, and the relationship of the universe to mathematics. The film received positive reviews and earned Aronofsky the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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More (1998)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.