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- Title
La (imposible) cuadratura del círculo. Pi, fe en el caos (Pi, Darren Aronofsky, 1998) y los límites del conocimiento científico.
- Authors
Burgos, Enric
- Abstract
This article aims to investigate the critical look that Pi dedicates to the modern scientific imaginary that its protagonist embodies. Based on Stanley Cavell's ideas and using film analysis, we examine several key scenes in the film that allow us to assess the loss of vital contact with reality that Max suffers as a result of his excessive rationalism. We first evaluate how Max's desire to achieve an objective and certain mathematical explanation of the universe results in his disconnection from the external world. Next, we weigh the effects of this attitude on his social relations, paying special attention to the (personal and epistemological) confrontation with his teacher. Thirdly, we show how Max is presented as a sort of pure spirit, detached from a body he neglects and conceives as an obstacle. Next, we address the final part of the film in which the protagonist is forced to accept the limits of human knowledge. Finally, and in accordance with the conclusions of our reading of Max's journey, we underline that the rhetorical strategy of the film emphasizes the somatic condition of the spectator and highlights the need for their hermeneutic participation.
- Subjects
CAVELL, Stanley, 1926-2018; SOCIAL attitudes; PARTICIPATION; THEORY of knowledge; RATIONALISM; ATTENTION
- Publication
Revista Fotocinema, 2023, Issue 27, p219
- ISSN
2172-0150
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.24310/fotocinema.2023.vi27.16415