Re: Have you seen the "Pi"? - petew - Films/DVD Asylum

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Re: Have you seen the "Pi"?

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In Reply to: Have you seen the "Pi"? posted by Victor Khomenko on January 29, 2000 at 07:32:44:

I was on the fence the first time I rented it--some parts of it are very good, and some parts I can't watch. The references and connections are very broad and esoteric, but not a bit foreign to the select audience this film is aimed at (ever played Go? that will make you nuts! black and white on black and white--a film in greytones dealing with black and white, good and evil, truth and illusion, finance and religion, science and art--there's too many levels here to even begin to discuss). The title itself is fair warning, and says more about what the movie is than any movie or book title I ever saw. Pi is hard logic gone amuck--the thin membrane between genious and madness--what state need you be in to pass effortlessly back and forth, without tearing the shield and bringing chaos into the "reason" of our civilization. I saw it again the other night, beaming off the satelite, and really got into it. Now I think I would put it on my "to buy" list. Yes, it's firmly in the cult film catagory. Definitely a mood piece--to be seen late at night--during the dreamtime. Falling asleep and waking again during this film only enhances it's effect.
"The truth of a thing is the feel of it, not the think of it."
--Stanley Kubrick
By the way, his "system" reminds me of the film "Brazil". A tweakers nightmare.

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Topic - Serious, no holes in plot sci-fi please (more) - Ran 06:34:09 01/29/00 (12)

Hows about 'Alien.' nt - gjm 15:39:40 02/03/00 (0)

Re: Serious, no holes in plot sci-fi please (more) - TAFKA Steve 15:24:41 01/29/00 (1)

Read the book. Did not know 'bout movie. Will see. - Ran 17:09:46 01/29/00 (0)

Re: Serious, no holes in plot sci-fi please (more) - JoeII-K 14:58:01 01/29/00 (1)

Thanks for the list. Have seen some but not all. - Ran 17:11:48 01/29/00 (0)

if you want real scifi, you have to read - late 12:37:23 01/29/00 (1)

Re: if you want real scifi, you have to read. TRUE but i need to avoid eye strain - Ran 17:12:58 01/29/00 (0)

Have you seen the "Pi"? - Victor Khomenko 07:32:44 01/29/00 (4)

Re: Have you seen the "Pi"? - petew 13:58:08 02/03/00 (0)

Urk, urp, bleeeaaahhhh - BobH 09:12:17 02/03/00 (1)

No offense taken... - Victor Khomenko 18:10:17 02/03/00 (0)

Re: Have you seen the "Pi"? THANKS will see. brother too just recommended it - Ran 17:14:04 01/29/00 (0)

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Re: Have you seen the "Pi"? - petew 13:58:08 02/03/00 (0)

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