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[[File:pimoviepic.jpg|frame|A mad genius at work]]
▲{{quote|1. Mathematics is the language of nature.<br />
3. If you graph these numbers, patterns emerge. Therefore: There are patterns everywhere in nature.
▲2. Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers. <br />
A brilliant mathematician and his home-built supercomputer Euclid search for the underlying patterns of the universe.
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Shot in minimalist black and white, the film is mostly atmosphere, with relatively little dialogue. At its core, it's a [[Mind Screw]] with a [[Gainax Ending]], but an intriguing one indeed. The whole experience is often compared - favourably - to ''[[Eraserhead]]''.
'''''π''''' is the directorial debut of [[Darren Aronofsky]], who also wrote the film. It was made for a mere $60,000 and won the 1998 Sundance Film Festival award for Best Director. In his first film-score work, the movie's soundtrack was assembled by [[Clint Mansell]] of "Lux Aeterna" fame, who contributed the frenetic drum-and-bass theme.
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* [[All There Is to Know About "The Crying Game"]]: The infamous "drill" scene.
* [[Animal Motifs]]: Max finds ants as well as goo infesting his apartment after he loads it into his computer Euclid. A possible interpretation is that the number, {{spoiler|which is the blueprint for all creation,}} causes Euclid to begin creating simple organic matter. The goo and ants also fit into the themes of madness and decay that increasingly plague Max.
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