Pi (1998 film)
Summary
"There will be no order, only chaos." A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
Details
- Release Date: 1998
- Country/Language: US, English and Hebrew
- Genres/Technical: Thriller, Horror, black-and-white
- Runtime: 1 hr 24 min
- Starring: Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman
- Director: Darren Aronofsky
- Writer: Darren Aronofsky
- Producer/Production Co: Harvest Filmworks, Truth and Soul Pictures, Plantain Films
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Ratings
MPAA Ratings
- Rated: R (Profanity, Violence, Adult Content)
Tentacle Ratings
A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:
- SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)
An unreliable narrator/viewpoint-character in the form of an unstable scholar pieces together bits of disparate knowledge, revealing an awful secret of the universe....
Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.
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Synopsis
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Numbers whiz Max Cohen is stunted by psychological delusions of paranoia and debilitating headaches. He lives in a messy Chinatown apartment, where he tinkers with equations and his homemade, super-advanced computer. One day, however, Cohen encounters a mysterious number. Soon after reporting his discovery to his mentor and to a religious friend, he finds himself the target of ill-intentioned Wall Street agents bent on using the number for profit.
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