Very ambitious film! You can see there's a lot of love of maths, whether it's the little girl armed with her calculator or the perfection of its theorems. And at one level it's looking back to a time when mathematics and religion were one (when after the enlightenment we think they belong to two very separate and contradictory spheres) and showing the mysticism of it. But then it's also giving us a glimpse into the future at the potential and limitations of human knowledge. And the way Max avoids Icarus' fate, which is constantly alluded to, is to finally admit his own limitations "I don't know, what is it?" Perfect ending.
Very ambitious film! You can see there's a lot of love of maths, whether it's the little girl armed with her calculator or the perfection of its theorems. And at one level it's looking back to a time when mathematics and religion were one (when after the enlightenment we think they belong to two very separate and contradictory spheres) and showing the mysticism of it. But then it's also giving us a glimpse into the future at the potential and limitations of human knowledge. And the way Max avoids Icarus' fate, which is constantly alluded to, is to finally admit his own limitations "I don't know, what is it?" Perfect ending.
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