[104204] in Cypherpunks
Re: _PI_ movie
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (xenophon@serv.net)
Tue Oct 13 12:26:56 1998
From: xenophon@serv.net
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 08:59:08 +0100
To: Walter Burton <wburton@pipestream.com>
CC: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: xenophon@serv.net
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> I agree that there were one too many "tortured genius staring in the
> mirror while flooded by angst" scenes. Okay, perhaps two or three too
> many. That having been said, I found the themes interesting. Maybe I am
> sophomoric, but I will always find the fibonacci constant facsinating. I
> was impressed that the director did not overstep the bounds of his
> understanding of it and Kabbalah. Many directors who broach either topic
> have a tendency to take what little they know and extrapolate off into
> meaninglessness. Also, I liked the soundtrack, and the scene where the
> protaganist is "saved" by the group of Hasids. (Were they in an Aries K
> car? I found that scene hilarious.)
> Yes, it was pretentious in parts; but given the topics this film
> concerned itself with, that was inevitable. And I would watch the film
> 3.1416...times a day for a week before I would watch any of the current
> slew of politcally correct propaganda pretending to be art that gets
> pumped out by Hollywood. I venture to guess that there was more to think
> about in Pi then there was in "One True Thing" or will be in "Beloved."
42,396. Er...no. 42,489. Um, wait. 23,777. yeah that's it.Xenophon
P.S. Has anyone seen the 2nd edition of "Maximum Security" yet? Any
reviews?
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>I agree that there were one too many "tortured genius
staring in the mirror while flooded by angst" scenes. Okay, perhaps two
or three too many. That having been said, I found the themes interesting.
Maybe I am sophomoric, but I will always find the fibonacci constant facsinating.
I was impressed that the director did not overstep the bounds of his understanding
of it and Kabbalah. Many directors who broach either topic have a tendency
to take what little they know and extrapolate off into meaninglessness.
Also, I liked the soundtrack, and the scene where the protaganist
is "saved" by the group of Hasids. (Were they in an Aries K car? I found
that scene hilarious.)</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>Yes, it was pretentious in parts; but given the topics
this film concerned itself with, that was inevitable. And I would watch
the film 3.1416...times a day for a week before I would watch <I>any</I>
of the current slew of politcally correct propaganda pretending to be art
that gets pumped out by Hollywood. I venture to guess that there was more
to think about in Pi then there was in "One True Thing" or will be in "Beloved."</BLOCKQUOTE>
42,396. Er...no. 42,489. Um, wait. 23,777. yeah that's it.Xenophon
<P>P.S. Has anyone seen the 2nd edition of "Maximum Security" yet? Any
reviews?
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