Heart pounding experience! π or Pi (1998) is a crazy mind-bending thrill ride! It was filmed entirely in black and white with a grainy high contrast look giving it a timeless (and slightly manic) feel. Maximilian (Max) Cohen is a genius mathematician searching for a pattern in the stock market. If he can determine the pattern he can predict its next move. He is an eccentric, smart, and troubled man that also suffers from intense headaches putting him into a dream-like state. The only friend to pull him away from his computer (Euclid) is his old professor Sol (Mark Margolis). The two play Go together often and discuss number theory even though Sol tries to get him to step away from his work before he goes crazy. The idea he works from is that if you look at our galaxy, shells, liquids, and so many more things a common pattern appears. The golden ratio is seen in all these items; if we come from and are made up of this pattern and it is all around us, it is reasonable to think anything we create would also have this pattern (such as the stock market).

It is Aranfonsky's finest. Low budget, black and white, no celebrities, gritty NYC and internal psychodrama about the fine lines between genius, inspiration, passion, and insanity. I will always want to watch this movie again.

Fan-f'ing-tastic One of my favorite movies and def my fav Aaronofsky flick. Must see. HTC evo 4g

Great flick They dont make em like this anymore but they did.

Thrilling and thoughtful I've watched this movie many times and each time I find more to love about it.

One of my favorite movies of all time Aronofsky is brilliant, and so is this film.

Crazy

If you are looking for a movie, watch this one.