A great debut

Rating: 7/10 (27 December 2010)

Pi was filmed in 1998 and was Daren Aronofky's debut film.It is about an unsocial,aloof,distant man named Max balancing between paranoia and ingenuity.He is actually a number theorist and an expert on mathematics and computer technology and believes that everything around us is related to mathematics and is trying to find out which is the universe's pattern.He finds a way to predict the stock market's oncoming results and therefor is becoming a target of a big financial company of the Wall Street.In the meantime he becomes a target of a Jewish cult group in order to help them find their God's name.While Max is suffering from headaches,hallucinations and social anxiety disorder he is being pressured more and more and in the end he burns his notes and attempts suicide via trepanning a power drill in his temple.The acting of Sean Gullette in the role of Maximillian Cohen is very,very impressive,Darren Aronofsky is presenting to us a new kind of cinema,daring,pioneering,innovating.Very impressive is also Clint Mansell in his debut soundtrack.To sum up,Pi is a very smart and interesting movie and should be watched by everyone who likes Darren Aronofksy and his style.