Secondly, “Pi” is of course an irrational number, which makes it something of a mystery, like all that is irrational (i.e. First of all, it is undecidable whether “Pi” is short for “piscine” or “pissing,” and this undecidable crossroads of beauty and horror, swimming pool and latrine, turns out later to be the film’s major theme. He shortens his name because “piscine,” which refers to a pure and limpid swimming pool in France, is easily corrupted into “pissing,” which refers to “a stinking Indian latrine.” That is, let’s be real, unbelievably racist, but anyway the name “Pi” has a complex dual significance. His name is Pi, which is short for Piscine. The film really begins with a conversation between two men - a frustrated white novelist, and a serene middle-aged Indian man. When he’s born, he’s delivered by a herpetologist.īut wait. There are monkeys, and parrots, and giraffes, and tigers, and tree sloths, and wallabies, and emus, and anteaters…skipping a bit here…and there is whimsy, and there is beauty, and there are the things the heart feels, and there is mystery, and there is the surprise ending from Home Alone where the frightening old man turns out to be nice…sorry, let’s jump ahead again, you get the general idea… One of the wild creatures is the boy himself. I think it is a total of thirty seconds long.Ĭonsider: The Life of Pi opens upon scenes of a young boy growing up in a beautiful zoo. If you don’t, you may find this post convoluted and difficult to understand. Why should you run? Can it be possible that you don’t know who I am? First, you have to watch this short video.īeware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
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