Release date – 7/10/1998
Artisan Entertainment
Directed by and screenplay written by
- Darren Aronofsky
Produced by
- Darren Aronofsky
- Eric Watson
- Scott Vogel
Story by
- Darren Aronofsky
- Sean Gullette
- Eric Watson
Cast
- Sean Gullette – Maximillian Cohen
- Mark Margolis – Sol Robeson
- Ben Shenkman – Lenny Meyer
- The science of Back to the Future.
- “It is appropriately offensive to all of the senses.”
- Or… was he just crazy?
- Great editing and music.
- Not sure if the Wall St. story line was strong enough.
- Is he hallucinating or is he seeing what he thinks he’s seeing?
- Comparing the compulsive ideas of Super and Pi
- There was religion and business… it would have been interesting to add a political story, as well.
- Or is Sol the political line?
- “This is guerilla filmmaking at its best.”
- Props to Fatbeats.
- Condoleeza Rice.
Trivial Bits:
- This movie cost $60,000 to make, which was mostly raised by individual $100 contributions from the Aronofsky’s family and friends. When it was bought by Artisan Entertainment, every contributor received a $150 return on their investment.
Your Producers for this episode were:
- Tony
- Darrell
- David
This episode was recorded: 7/31/13
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