π (also known as Pi or Pi — Faith in Chaos) is a 1998 American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, who won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award. This film was the first feature film directed by Darren Aronofsky. The title refers to the mathematical constant π (pi).
Max Cohen, the story's main character and occasional narrator ...
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π (also known as Pi or Pi — Faith in Chaos) is a 1998 American psychological thriller directed by Darren Aronofsky, who won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay and the Gotham Open Palm Award. This film was the first feature film directed by Darren Aronofsky. The title refers to the mathematical constant π (pi).
Max Cohen, the story's main character and occasional narrator is a number theorist who believes that everything in nature can be understood through numbers, and that if you graph the numbers properly patterns will emerge. He is working on finding predictable patterns within the stock market, using its many variables as his data set with the assistance of his homemade supercomputer, Euclid. He is shown to be capable of doing simple arithmetic calculations (involving large numbers) in his head when a young girl asks him to solve a problem for her and verifies the answer on her calculator. Max also suffers...
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