▁l ent ▁the ▁production ▁his ▁w are house ▁out ▁in ▁Bush wick , ▁a ▁neighborhood ▁in ▁Brook lyn , ▁NY . ▁They ▁cleared ▁out ▁a ▁back room ▁and ▁used ▁it ▁as ▁a ▁sound ▁stage . ▁There , ▁they ▁built ▁Eu cl id , ▁Max ▁C ohen ’ s ▁super ▁computer ▁and ▁shot ▁the ▁majority ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁there . ▁New ▁York ▁was ▁chosen ▁for ▁this ▁film ▁due ▁to ▁Dar ren ▁Ar on of sky ’ s ▁up br ing ing ▁and ▁all ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁surrounded ▁with ▁growing ▁up . ▁The ▁film ▁gives ▁a ▁greater ▁mult icult ural ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁city ▁which ▁is ▁the ▁way ▁Dar ren ▁Ar on of sky ▁personally ▁viewed ▁New ▁York . ▁That ▁being ▁said , ▁to ▁shoot ▁on ▁location ▁the ▁production ▁usually ▁needs ▁to ▁obtain ▁perm its . ▁This ▁costs ▁money ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁low ▁budget ▁film , ▁perm its ▁wer en ’ t ▁on ▁the ▁top ▁of ▁Ar on of sky ’ s ▁list . ▁For ▁that ▁reason , ▁a ▁lot ▁of ▁the ▁film ▁was ▁techn ically ▁shot ▁il leg ally ▁with ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁sub way ▁and ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁scenes ▁shot ▁without ▁perm its . ▁ ▁Iron ically ▁enough , ▁it ▁cost ▁more ▁to ▁finish ▁the ▁film ▁than ▁it ▁did ▁to ▁shoot ▁it . ▁The ▁post ▁budget ▁was ▁$ 6 8 , 1 8 3 ▁which ▁mostly ▁went ▁to ▁post - production ▁sound , ▁post - production ▁film ▁and ▁lab ▁work , ▁and ▁film ▁editing . ▁Through out ▁the ▁entire ty ▁of ▁shooting ▁Pi