Low-budget film that won Darren Aronofsky "Best Director" at 1998's Sundance Film Festival. Gritty, inventive black-and-white photography drives this story of genius mathematician Max Cohen who is exploring the possible existence of discernible patterns in the stock market. With the aid of Euclid, his home grown supercomputer, Max stumbles upon a bug that crashes his system and spits out a seemingly meaningless number. A knowledgeable friend gives him insight using the ancient game of Go and warns of the spiritual ramifications of powerful numbers. A Hasidic cabalistic sect and representatives from an extremely powerful Wall Street firm then attempt to extract the number from him, by whatever means necessary, for their own ill-gotten gains.
DVD Features
Region 1 Letterbox - 1.66 Audio: Dolby Digital 2.0 - English Additional Release Material: Music Video Audio Commentary: Darren Aronofsky - Director Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer Bonus Footage: 1. Behind-the-Scenes 2. Lost Scenes Interactive Features: Scene Access Interactive Menus Text/Photo Galleries: Production Notes Biographies: Cast & Crew
This is not an easy film to describe. This is not a particularly easy film to Watch either. Very sOmbre and dark witH some trUly creepy momeNts, Pi is also utterly brilliant. Most of the general... Read the whole review at MatchFlick
