Darren Aronofsky, filmmaker, directyor, artist, writer, autuer. What more can you say to describe the man. Despite having only five films under his belt, the impact he's left on the cinematic landscape is incredible and quite a feat for someone with very little in the ways of higher education. While most remember him getting notice for Requiem for a Dream, Aronofsky made his feature debut with the 1998 thriller Pi. Co-written with the film's star Sean Gullete, Pi lays down the foundations of a contempary tech thriller with some grainy cinematography, taut dialogue and an atmospheric score.
the film deals with our protagonist, Max, a brilliant Mathematician. Max's goal: find the key number to help sove the universal equation regarding life. Here, he is torn between aiding that of a group of Hasidic Jews and a Wall Street firm that intends on using his talent for financial gain. Along the way, MAx deals with fixing his supercomputer, coping with visions of a disembodied brain, and various stomach churning moments of cinematography.
The best aspects of Pi is that it shows a budding Darren Aronofsky laying the groundwork for his iconic techniques. The stomach churning camera rigs, bizzare imagery, a haunting score and so on. His dierection of actors is alsdo impressive, Sean Gullete makes you feel for him, his paranoia, confusion, you feel just as disoriented as Max thanks to Gullete's facial expressions and body language.
On a final note, the techno driven score by Clint Mansell is just to die for, with heavy influences from NIN, it effectively gives you chills as well as allowing you to ump your head along.
Overall, a good first outing for a fantastic director. Til next time folks.
- Til next time folks.
1 comment:
I'm not a fan, but I appreciate that you are. And you've doen a good job here making your case. Nice work! You almost made me want to see it.
10 points
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