Pi is
a portrait of the fine line between madness and genius, also
obsession, and math... I guess. Filmed in high contrast black and
white, this movie feels like a project submitted to film school. It's
very good, but it lacks the polish of director Darren Aronofsky's
later work. This is a harsh, film that features plenty of
hallucinations, and dizzying camera work, that is often difficult to
be sure what is going on. It presents some interesting ideas, and
some of the techniques that Aronofsky would go on to perfect in his
later works can be seen. This is a difficult movie to watch, and the
rewards of its viewing are not worth the effort.
