Monday, September 19, 2011

A compelling madness


The movie Pi has become one of my favorite movies ever, not to mention that pi 3.14159 is one of my most fascinating obsessions. I can recite it to 70 decimals and wish i could say them all because this little number that starts with three and never ends seems to have an intriguing sense of chaors and madness to it. At first glance pi is nothing more than a series of numbers, not logical, not patterned or aligned in a way that would make sense, it just continues on and on forever.

Pi(1998) is written and directed by the kick ass Darren Aronofsky and stars Sean Gullette and Mark Margolis and Ben Shenkman. It is simply Indie Film at it's best, bar none. I am in love with the madness that The protagonist wrestles with and the madness which compels him to discover a number that will unravel the patterns of the universe. What i love most is the message that one can absorb from the end of the film,(spoiler alert). Maximillan Cohen had discovered the undiscovered and had understood something outside the realm of normal human intellect, only to destroy it. Like finding the worlds most precious scripture and keeping quiet, or knowing the notes to the most brilliant piece of music, and not playing a single one. It is the paramount level of wisdom in a sense, to know the fullest extent, furthest reaches and ultimate potential of something, and keeping it safe and quiet, away from manipulative hands, and ultimately human nature.

The same madness of Maximillian is apparent in the numbers of Pi itself, while the numbers seem to be a disgruntled tangled mess of mathematics and coding, it almost appears to harbor some hidden truth. It seems like anything mad enough to be the way that it is is maddened only by the brilliance that is within.


What a lovely day it is today.

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