We're Not Talking Table Talk Here,Gang

Rating: 10/10 (18 January 2009)

For years,numerologists have tried to crack the code of Pi,the highest number in the mathematical spectrum. Although Darren Aronofsky doesn't manage to crack the code either,he has managed to craft a surreal,mind twisting film that takes us into the dark side of the human psyche. The story concerns an introverted mathematician,who is trying to implement Pi to try & figure out the stock market. When he comes upon some soft ware that contains a formula for doing so,he is pursued by government goons & Hasidic Rabbi's who want a piece of his knowledge. Combined by all of that stress,coupled with his drug addiction (to prescription medications),the mathematician manages to obsess over numbers & their connection to all things in nature. This makes for a dark,surreal,disturbing journey of the soul. Filmed in a flat black & white,with camera work that may remind some of the experimental films of Stan Brakhage,and others. Rated 'R' by the MPAA,this film contains some foul language,drug abuse, and disturbing images. Not for the little ones.