PI #2

The film is about a mathematical prodigy, Maximillian Cohen, who believes that everything in nature can be understood through numbers. Utilizing the stock market as his data set, Max tries to uncover patterns with the assistance of his homemade supercomputer Euclid. Max is plagued with migraine headaches that cause him to periodically black out. He also suffers from extreme paranoia and some form of social anxiety disorder. As the movie progresses, he begins to believe that he has found the key to understanding the universe, but as he closes in on the answer, it turns out that his paranoia is justified (or depending on your interpretation, that his paranoid delusions have manifested themselves in visual and auditory hallucinations). A number of mysterious people become interested in his research, including a woman from a Wall Street firm with access to powerful new computer hardware, and a group of kabbalistic Jews (from a Hasidic sect) who believe that the Torah, when represented as numbers instead of letters, contains the true name of God, an example of a Bible code. Eventually Max escapes his torment by destroying his research and then drilling into his own head. The film ends with him losing his mathematical abillities, and now when he looks at the sky, he sees it only for what it is.

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Cluster
• Headaches

[Kainlarsen]

A great film. Knowledge is power, but too much power is a dangerous thing.

[krilldocument]

He was having a cluster attack--what came through the door was the 'beast'. The monster that invades one side of our brains and causes the crippling pain. His trepidation was clear.

[Vebable]

@standalonesolid

come to Norway. We will help.

[standalonesolid]

@ 1:40 i almost started crying, I get headaches that are like that but before hand its like liquid silver is pumping through my brain if i am not in a place where i dont have to explain myself (as in me hiding in a corner massaging my head and puting my hands over my eyes so cut off the light) i can sometimes ease down. but having to work, and not having health insurance for years im almost thinking since i cant keep a job b/c of these headaches, death or euthanasia would be best for me.

[TheHumansight]

those are cluster headaches, not migraines; migraines are nothing by comparison. i am lucky enough to suffer from both.

[albertopalermo]

which software do you use to cut scenes from the movie?

ps: film fantastico!

[TheSudaddy85]

Anyone knows the name of or how I can find the song in the background

[janporra]

0:19 Max's pattern of self medication with fast paced small scenes is used by the director on Requiem for a Dream too... I Wonder.... so does this mean that... max is an addict too...? to knowledge ?

[dycarbon1]

Max suffers from cluster headache, the most painful condition known to medical science. Look it up.

[8cthulhu8]

Epic movie...

[motherbrain86]

@hominuslupus

 you are right about that