Pi (1998)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.5/10   

Réalisateur:

Darren Aronofsky

Writers:

Darren Aronofsky (story) &
Sean Gullette (story) ...

Release Date:

10 juillet 1998 (USA)

Genre:

Thriller | Sci-Fi

Accroche:

faith in chaos

Plot:

A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.

Plot Keywords:

Beachcomber | Disturbing | Apophenia | Seashell | Fish

Awards:

9 wins & 7 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Finding God through the ancient language of Mathematics

Ensemble

Sean Gullette	...	Maximillian Cohen
Mark Margolis	...	Sol Robeson
Ben Shenkman	...	Lenny Meyer
Pamela Hart	...	Marcy Dawson
Stephen Pearlman	...	Rabbi Cohen
Samia Shoaib	...	Devi
Ajay Naidu	...	Farroukh
Kristyn Mae-Anne Lao	...	Jenna
Espher Lao Nieves	...	Jenna's Mom
Joanne Gordon	...	Mrs. Ovadia
Lauren Fox	...	Jenny Robeson
Stanley Herman	...	Moustacheless Man
Clint Mansell	...	Photographer
Tom Tumminello	...	Ephraim
Ari Handel	...	Kabbala Scholar

Autre(s) titre(s) :

3,14159265358 (USA) (working title)
Pi (France) [fr]

MPAA:

Rated R for language and some disturbing images.

Durée:

84 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Hébreu

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Dolby

Classification:

Netherlands:12 | Iceland:12 | Hungary:16 | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Chile:14 | France:U | Germany:12 | New Zealand:R13 | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Spain:13 | UK:15 | USA:R

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Harvest Filmworks

Anecdotes:

Backstories for the characters Max and Sol were conceived by Sean Guilette and Darren Aronofsky, but never written for the film. They included: Max was proved to be a math prodigy very young, and soon attended Columbia University, where he met Sol, an Russian expatriate, who was captured by American Forces and was given the chance to assist in the building of nuclear weapons because of his great math prowess, he refused, and was relocated to Siberia, where he was soon let out, and got a job teaching math at Columbia University. If you look closely at Sol's wrists, you can see prison tattoos.

Goofs:

Continuity: The note suddenly appears on the Go board between shots when Max enters Sal's living room.

Guillemet:

Maximillian Cohen: 9:13, Personal note: When I was a little kid my mother told me not to stare into the sun. So once when I was six, I did. The doctors didn't know if my eyes would ever heal. I was terrified, alone in that darkness. Slowly daylight crept in through the bandages, and I could see, but something else had changed inside of me. That day I had my first headache.

Movie Connections:

References The Killers (1946)

Soundtrack:

Some Of These Days

Finding God through the ancient language of Mathematics

Pi is the oddest, hippest, most chilling account of the descent into the abyss.

Following mathematical clues derived from an analysis of the stock market, Maximillian Cohen begins his descent into madness as he attempts to discover the nature of everything through the peculiar numerical entity known as Pi.

Thrilling enough, but then combine with generous amounts of Kaballistic mysticism, black and white footage and a soundtrack like an audible fractal, and you have a sensory snare which drags you along for the ride into Max's impending breakdown.

Obsession has never been so exciting.

Pi is an utterly gut-wrenching, mind expanding phenomema. If you have ever wondered about the universe, God or the nature of insanity, Pi will take you where you don't want to go.