Pi is an independent mathematical sci-fi thriller that pushes the envelope of the most controversial ideas of life itself, broad religion versus mathematics and order. In this film a brilliant number theorist, Maximilian Cohen, teeters on the brink of insanity as he searches for an underlying meaning of an elusive numerical code that is said to bare the secrets of the universe. Max lives in Chinatown, New York in a dark, claustrophobic apartment that is …showed first 75 words of 1267 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1267 total…bibles. In the end, after Maximilian Cohen is reconciled and returns to his place of enlightenment, I envisioned the closing scene being filmed in true color picture to induce one of the most powerful finales in film history, when it did not, I was briefly disappointed. Later to be engulfed with content realizing that nothing is perfect. To succeed, to overachieve, sometimes we must sacrifice other aspects, such as rogue scientist, Maximilian Cohen, in Pi.