Pi
Posted by Nils Thu, 20 Sep 2007 19:58:00 GMT
Just in case you are wondering where I got the name from. I watched Pi about a week ago the second time.
Pi is about a number theory freak, who is figuring out a system to predict stock prices. The main figure, Maximillian Cohen, is a mathematical genious, but also a complete freak, obsessed with the goal to describe everything in nature with math. To reach his goal he takes drugs and works all day and night (this reminds me a bit of the biography of some mathematicians like Paul Erdos)
The film is in black and white only and therefore looks very old, also the computer that max uses is very old. To my surprise the film was made in 1998, which is not that far ago.. The soundtrack is mostly techno drum 'n bass, which fits well to the movie.
I can highly recommend to watch that movie, it's interesting, exciting and has some relation to the reality. (youtube has it, in case you don't know where to get it)
