Chinese Version

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π (USA)

Director: Darren Aronofsky

Footage: 89min

Year: 1998

In NYC's Chinatown, recluse math genius Max (Sean Gullette) believes "everything can be understood in terms of numbers." For the past years, he has been attempting to decode the numerical pattern beneath the ultimate system of ordered chaos of the stock market. As Max verges on a solution, chaos is swallowing the world around him. Pursued by an aggressive Wall Street firm set on financial domination and a Kaballah sect intent on unlocking the secrets behind their ancient holy texts. Max races to crack the code, hoping to defy the madness that looms before him.

References:

Review: Pi (1998)

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MESMERIZING MATHEMATICAL THRILLER

An Interview with Darren Aronofsky and Sean Gullette of "Pi"

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Movie Review: Pi -- Searching for patterns in all the wrong places

Pi (1998)

Annoying Intellectualism

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