A beautiful mind

Rating: 8/10 (28 July 2005)

Darren Aronofsky scores another triumph with "Pi". We greatly admired his previous film, "Requiem for a Dream". The director, writing his own material in collaboration with the star of the movie, Sean Gullette, shows he is a new voice to be reckoned with. Mr. Aronofsky shows he is an original, as he clearly demonstrates with his take on the film.
"Pi" has been already the object of many fantastic comments submitted to this forum, so we'll just skip that part and go into the technical points of the film. Mr. Aronofsky has shot "Pi" in black and white that is grainy as he seems to emphasize in what's going on in the mind of Max Cohen. It works well because using colors would have distracted our attention, perhaps, and it wouldn't have left the lasting effect he achieves with the use of the black and white cinematography.
Sean Gullette, as Max Cohen makes an immense contribution to the film, which clearly, having been co-written by him, shows he had a complete understanding of what the director intended him to do. Others in the supporting cast, Mark Margolis, the amazing Ben Shenkman and Pamela Hart turn fine performances under Mr. Aronofsky's direction.
We look forward to future films by the director.