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Title: Original, excellent
Review: Low budget. Grainy black and white as you may already know from other reviews, so hardly a "movie" in the common sense of the word. Quaint sound effects. Oddball character in the lead. But boring? Not quite.To begin with, there's a narrative which (almost) makes sense. This makes Pi an altogether more intriguing and absorbing film than David Lynch's forerunner, which was rather up its own alimentary canal anyway.Pi is what a Prodigy video would be like if directed by someone from the Smithsonian Institute. The thumping soundtrack is extremely effective in that it is totally incongruous to the subject matter (a mathematician has a breakdown). It's rather like having The Carpenters doing a soundtrack for Rambo.Neatly edited, thoughtful, and brave (you try making the pitch sound exciting). Stick with it for 10 minutes and you'll sit through the whole of it.And even if you don't like it, it's only 85 minutes long. Give it a try.
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