[Pi] [videorecording] / Harvest Filmworks, Truth & Soul, Plantain Films present ... a film by Darren Aronofsky ; produced by Eric Watson ; written & directed by Darren Aronofsky.
Material type:
FilmPublisher number: 60494 | Artisan EntertainmentPublication details: Santa Monica, Calif. : Artisan Entertainment, [2001]Edition: Widescreen versionDescription: 1 videodisc (85 min) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 078401213X
- 9780784012130
- Title on container: [Pi] : faith in chaos
- Director of photography, Matthew Libatique ; editor, Oren Sarch ; music, Clint Mansell.
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult DVD
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA Pi | Available | 33111008659423 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Darren Aronofsky scripted and made his directorial debut with this experimental feature with mathematical plot threads hinting at science-fictional elements. In NYC's Chinatown, recluse math genius Max (Sean Gullette) believes "everything can be understood in terms of numbers," and he looks for a pattern in the system as he suffers headaches, plays Go with former teacher Sol Robeson (Mark Margolis), and fools around with an advanced computer system he's built in his apartment. Both a Wall Street company and a Hasidic sect take an interest in his work, but he's distracted by blackout attacks, hallucinations, and paranoid delusions. Filmed in 16mm black-and-white, the Kafkaesque film features music by Clint Mansell (of the UK's Pop Will Eat Itself band). Shown at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival where Aronofsky won the drama directing award. ~ Bhob Stewart, Rovi
Digitally mastered, Dolby surround.
Includes Darren Aronofsky's and Sean Gullette's commentary on secondary audio tracks.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1998.
Special features include: four scenes that were omitted from the theatrical release ; two theatrical trailers ; a behind the scenes montage ; a musical video ; cast and crew biographies ; scene selection ; production notes.
Title is the mathematical symbol for Pi.
Director of photography, Matthew Libatique ; editor, Oren Sarch ; music, Clint Mansell.
Sean Gullette, Mark Margolis, Ben Shenkman, Samia Shoaib, Pamela Hart, Ajay Naidu, Joanne Gordon, Stephen Pearlman.
A brilliant mathematician teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an elusive numerical code that will allow him to predict patterns in the stock market.
MPAA rating: R.
DVD.
Closed-captioned in English for the hearing impaired.