π (pi)

We watched a very strange film tonight. Pi. It was released in 1998 after winning awards at Sundance.

It has a surreal, stark, grainy, high-contrast black&white look with gritty sets and locations. It was shot in a lot of New York subways and streets.

Its billed as a SciFi/Thriller, probably based on the heavy math content mixed with two independent groups attempting to get inside the head of our anti-hero. Alongside the elements of a thriller, it is also a chance to watch a mathemetician descend into insanity while getting involved in the stock markets, kabala, go, computer hardware seemingly inspired by Brazil, and quite a few ants.

I liked it. But then I liked Ishtar....