In honor of Pi Day, A24 is releasing Darren Aronofsky's Classic in 4K (1 Viewer)

[SD_Brian]

Darren Aronofsky's Pi is available to order on the A24 website. 3.14K UHD on this particular title should be nirvana for lovers of film grain! Assuming they haven't scrubbed it clean...

Not sure if this is a pre-order or if it's now available.

 

[JohnRice]

I seriously doubt it‘s scrubbed. Aronofsky would have a fit.

 

[jayembee]

Darren Aronofsky's Pi is available to order on the A24 website. 3.14K UHD on this particular title should be nirvana for lovers of film grain! Assuming they haven't scrubbed it clean...

Not sure if this is a pre-order or if it's now available.

Nothing in the listing suggests that it isn't readily available.

It includes a copy of Aronofsky's book The Guerilla Diaries.

Scan of back cover says:

"1998 Director Commentary with Darren Aronofsky. 1998 Actor Commentary with Sean Gulette. Behind the Scenes footage with Commentary from Darren Aronofsky and Sean Gulette. Deleted Scenes with Commentary. 1998 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award Acceptance Speech. Music Video."

Price is $62. There's also an HD Blu-ray edition for $58.

 

[SD_Brian]

It includes a copy of Aronofsky's book The Guerilla Diaries.

Price is $62. There's also an HD Blu-ray edition for $58.

It is also available without the book for $35-ish

 

[jayembee]

Ah, yes. When I saw the separate Blu-ray edition, I had a brain fart and thought it was the one with the book (and that the one shown with the book was the UHD).

 

[Lord Dalek]

Lol its Pi. What "4K"?

 

[SD_Brian]

Lol its Pi. What "4K"?

It's closer to 3.14K

 

[Winston T. Boogie]

It's a Pi with some K in it but amounts may vary.

 

[Josh Dial]

I buy everything A24 puts out. Instant purchase for me. Plus Pi is great.

 

[B-ROLL]

It's a Pi with some K in it but amounts may vary.

I've hear some people say Pi R Square - but everyone knows PI R Round ...

 

[JediFonger]

this was originally 16mm... will it resolve to 4k well?

 

[JoshZ]

this was originally 16mm... will it resolve to 4k well?

Of course not. The movie was shot on 16mm black & white reversal. It had 1/4 the frame area of 35mm. Rerversal film doesn't even have a negative; it directly creates a positive print straight from the camera. There's nothing close to 4K worth of detail on it, probably well less than 2K.

Nevertheless, Aronofsky had the original positive scanned at 8K (!) and cleaned-up so that it could play in IMAX theaters, with grain particles larger than viewers' heads.

Coming directly off the original positive without any generation loss, I'm sure this will look better than any previous release, including the 1998 theatrical prints. Regardless, this is a vanity release.