Four years of tiger tantrums and ocean agony—Ang Lee's beautiful nightmare finally revealed.
An enormous four-part making-of documentary chronicling the four-year creation of the film, from the adaptation of the script to the extensive post-production effects and editing. Features interviews with all the key players, with a special emphasis on Ang Lee and acting newcomer Suraj Sharma.
Practical Effects
The ridiculous tank logistics—wet for months, misery for art.
Direction
Ang Lee's gentle tyranny: pushing Sharma to literal drowning.
Visual Effects
Tiger construction from nightmare to Richard Parker, frame by frame.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Suraj Sharma beat out 3,000 auditionees despite zero acting experience—he'd originally accompanied his brother to the casting call. The documentary captures his first time seeing himself on screen, raw and unguarded.
Lee insisted on shooting chronologically in the tank so Sharma's physical deterioration would mirror Pi's journey—method directing that borders on cruelty, documented with unsettling calm.
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