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Rating: Null/10 (5 November 2002)

Firstly, let me comment on how disappointed I was to read David Heatherly's patronising, hipper-than-thou debunking of November 3rd. While I may be a 24 year-old, who, excuse me, hasn't studied esoteric mathematics, I felt it to be a novel and dynamic experiment with a subject that many of us do not know too much about. Sure there was a lot of style and editing, but I wouldn't have wanted to sit through a two-hour lecture on the ins and outs of number theory. Enough.
I was impressed with Gullette's debut, he certainly cut a mathematician-style figure. Quirky, nerdy, private, general social recluse, with no time for any of the comforts we normally afford ourselves. This man eats, breathes and sleeps mathematics.
Aronofsky is obviously a big fan of the on-body camera, brought to light by Scorsese and Harvey Keitel in Mean Streets, and uses it with good effect. I recently saw Requiem for a Dream and noticed it appearing again. Lighting superb, editing outstanding.
I eagerly await Aronofsky's next installment. Watch it and decide for yourself. **** out of *****