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Applie

Applie

 
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About me: My Blog about films/television: http://thosewhoaredumber.blogspot.com

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Favourite films by my favourite directors (10)
"A list of my favourite directors' best films."
13/04/2009

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Genius? , 18 February 2010
  • Pi
  • Pi (1999)
    Starring: Sean Gullette,  Mark Margolis,  Ben Shenkman
    Director: Darren Aronofsky
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Pi's main character, Max, is a mathematician who believes patterns exist not only in nature, but society. He aims to prove this by finding a pattern in the stock market.

    It's impossible to talk about the film without mentioning the way it's shot. Told entirely from the lead's point of view: it's in black and white, uses strange camera angles, slow frame rates, and dream sequences with brains. All of this is designed to show us how the main character sees the world: distorted, intense but with an underlying order he can't quite grasp.

    The movie does a good job of showing the madness and obsession of genius: the protagonist can be viewed as either entirely delusional or as someone who is really close to grasping a reality no one else can see.

    However, as someone who knows a bit about maths, it annoyed me that the maths used was so broad and da-Vinci-code-like. As a consequence, the film failed to convince me of the protagonist's genius, and allowed me only to see his madness and obsession. It almost pains me to say that a much less ambitious film, A Beautiful Mind, did a better job of keeping this balance.   3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
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