Are there patterns everywhere?

Rating: 9/10 (14 March 2005)

I think Aranofsky himself is a genius - he shot such a solid and mature debut film with such a low budget. "Pi" reminded me "Stalker" by Andrey Tarkovsky. Similar style with unexpected angles and beautiful BW shots (the tempo in 1979 was much slower), surreal and disturbing atmosphere and even direct parallels - milk poured in the coffee in "Pi" reminded me the famous ink-in-the-water shot in "Stalker". Both films invite you to think further. Would we ever be able to comprehend the laws determining our existence? Could all those patterns and formulas discovered by the scientists ever explain the logic of our lives? Or are they just building blocks, randomly tossed by the nature? A conclusion we could derive from "Pi" and other films about scientists and great thinkers is that rational intelligence would not make us happy. So, I've switched off my brain and enjoyed the movie.