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Een geleerde bouwt een supercomputer die vragen over het bestaan van de mensheid zou kunnen beantwoorden. Hij wordt benaderd door zowel een sekte als een belangrijk Wall Street-bedrijf.
- Garrett Wilkins3 dgn geledenThere are films that ask you to follow a story, and then there are films like Pi that ask you to surrender to a state of mind. Darren Aronofsky's debut is less concerned with explaining its mysteries than with immersing the audience in Max's obsessive pursuit of absolute order within an inherently chaotic world. The grainy black-and-white cinematography, abrasive sound design, and Clint Mansell's relentless score all work together to create an atmosphere that feels simultaneously mathematical and nightmarish. Sean Gullette carries nearly every frame with a performance that becomes increasingly claustrophobic as Max's search for certainty begins consuming every aspect of his life. Even when I wasn't entirely sure where the film was taking me, I found it impossible to look away because of how uncompromising Aronofsky's vision remained. Looking back nearly three decades later, I'm not surprised A24 eventually acquired the distribution rights. Its unsettling atmosphere and willingness to challenge the audience feel perfectly aligned with the kind of filmmaking the studio would later become known for. Where Pi lost me was in how inaccessible some of its philosophical ideas became by the time the story reached its conclusion. I understood the themes it was reaching for far more than I understood the mechanics of how it arrived there, leaving me admiring the film's ambition more than fully connecting with it on an intellectual level. That said, I never felt confused because the film was poorly made; I felt challenged because Aronofsky intentionally refuses to simplify ideas that were never meant to have simple answers. It's an experience I respected more than I completely understood, and one that has left me thinking about it far more than many films I enjoyed more in the moment.
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Pi was released on 10 juli 1998.
Pi was directed by Darren Aronofsky.
Pi has a runtime of 84 m.
Pi was produced by Eric Watson.
Een geleerde bouwt een supercomputer die vragen over het bestaan van de mensheid zou kunnen beantwoorden. Hij wordt benaderd door zowel een sekte als een belangrijk Wall Street-bedrijf.
The key characters in Pi are Maximillian Cohen (Sean Gullette), Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis), Lenny Meyer (Ben Shenkman).
Pi is rated 12.
Pi is a Mysterie, Sciencefiction, Thriller film.
Pi has an audience rating of 8.5 out of 10.
Pi had a budget of US$ 60.000.
Pi has made US$ 3,2 mln. at the box office.