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A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.A paranoid mathematician searches for a key number that will unlock the universal patterns found in nature.
- Awards
- 8 wins & 12 nominations
Stanley B. Herman
- Moustacheless Man
- (as Stanley Herman)
Storyline
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- TriviaNo location permits were secured for any of the scenes filmed. The crew had to have one man constantly serving as a lookout for police so they could stop filming if needed.
- GoofsMax mentions that the Golden Mean is represented by the Greek letter theta. In fact it is denoted using the Greek letter Tau or, more commonly Phi, whereas phi is used to denote 1/Phi. Phi is for Phidias, a 5th Century BC Greek sculptor who employed the ratio.
- Quotes
[repeated line]
Maximillian Cohen: When I was a little kid, my mother told me not to stare into the sun, so when I was six I did...
- Crazy creditsLeonardo DaVinci listed under "Special Thanks"
- Alternate versionsDVD version includes deleted scenes:
- Max being threatened by Farrouhk, Devi's jealous boyfriend;
- Max climbing up a pile of discarded computer parts and monitors;
- ConnectionsEdited into Sabores do Saber (2014)
- SoundtracksI Only Have Eyes For You
Performed by Stanley B. Herman (as Stanley Herman)
Written by Al Dubin & Harry Warren
Published by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Featured review
Hard To Add Up....But An Intriguing Curiosity Piece
Now here'a film that is "not for all tastes," as the cliché goes.
"Strange" doesn't quite cover it but it is not that bizarre that you can't figure out what's happening. Director-writer Darren Arokofsky made a name for himself with his second movie, Requiem For A Dream, and this was the young filmmakers' first effort. It was made a tight budget since he was an unknown, but that's part of the attraction. This is grainy black-and-white, and so is the gritty story and most of the characters. The unique look fits the story.
It's not a story that is going to please a lot of people - an almost-demented math wizard trying to figure out stock market codes and two groups hounding him trying to cash in on his brainpower. One is trying to use him to make big money in the market and the other is trying to decipher ancient Jewish texts and thinks our mathematician can help. Meanwhile, he wants no part of any of these people.
Our hero, the numbers freak, thinks the entire world revolves around numbers. Everything in the universe, he thinks, can be figured out through number codes. Not only is he wacked and paranoid but so is about everyone in here. They all have strange ideas. Innovative camera-work makes the story even stranger. In fact, it's that photography that makes this DVD a part of my collection
If you're looking for something different here and there, I would give this curiosity piece a quick look. (It's not a long movie.) Overall, I thought this "added up" to an intriguing film, but if you give it a try and hate it, don't blame me.
"Strange" doesn't quite cover it but it is not that bizarre that you can't figure out what's happening. Director-writer Darren Arokofsky made a name for himself with his second movie, Requiem For A Dream, and this was the young filmmakers' first effort. It was made a tight budget since he was an unknown, but that's part of the attraction. This is grainy black-and-white, and so is the gritty story and most of the characters. The unique look fits the story.
It's not a story that is going to please a lot of people - an almost-demented math wizard trying to figure out stock market codes and two groups hounding him trying to cash in on his brainpower. One is trying to use him to make big money in the market and the other is trying to decipher ancient Jewish texts and thinks our mathematician can help. Meanwhile, he wants no part of any of these people.
Our hero, the numbers freak, thinks the entire world revolves around numbers. Everything in the universe, he thinks, can be figured out through number codes. Not only is he wacked and paranoid but so is about everyone in here. They all have strange ideas. Innovative camera-work makes the story even stranger. In fact, it's that photography that makes this DVD a part of my collection
If you're looking for something different here and there, I would give this curiosity piece a quick look. (It's not a long movie.) Overall, I thought this "added up" to an intriguing film, but if you give it a try and hate it, don't blame me.
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Box office
- Budget
- $60,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,221,152
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $31,069
- Jul 12, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $3,221,152
- Runtime1 hour 24 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1
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