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Been a very long time since I last saw Darren Aronofsky's breakout hit. And the first of our Pi double feature. Heh.

You can see strong evidence of the filmmaker to come. Aronofsky's pop edits, the subjective camera, heavy use of visual symbolism, hell even the film's name is a symbol, a protagonist that's slowly going crazy/existential. Clint Mansell's music. All those elements are there.

Very high contrast photography from Matthew Libatique. It feels very low budget, raw and rough around the edges. Cool to see again.