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What is scarier? Boogieman? Ghosts? Or your thoughts that can betray you? If you were in John Nash�s shoes in the powerful gem of a film named �A Beautiful Mind�, the worst nightmare is the inability to tell whether something or someone is real. Ron Howard�s direction attempts to convey to the viewers that there is simple truth, or solution, that can defeat it all and give courage to those who�ve lost hope, and his answer was of a single word: Love.
Imagine, for just a moment, that your best friend never existed. Sure, it is always a possible to imagine such a scenario. But what if you could�ve swear that he exists, but you can�t prove it, nor ignore him/her? Such is the obstacle in the face of John Nash, who is the Nobel Prize winner for economics, and the character, which the movie focused on. Russell Crowe, giving possibility the best performance in his career, plays the part of the genius mathematician who, in the eyes of bystander, basically lost it completely, walking around on Princeton University campus, pointing fingers at nobody. The fact that Nash�s schizophrenic condition handicapped him wasn�t the emphasize of the film. Instead, the film focused very much at Nash�s ability to overcome such an enormous handicap and return to society as a semi-normal person.
John Nash was a brilliant code breaker. His attempt to find an original idea for his studies at Princeton was met with criticism. When his advisor broke the story to him about his lack of progress that can end his career, he went berserk and he and his roommate threw the table out the window. He is not *mad*, only angry. Yet the onlookers were well aware that Nash was really an odd ball. After his famous equilibrium thesis was presented, the movie accelerated forward a couple of years and long and behold, Nash is now working for the Department of Defense at code breaking. No one doubts his talent, not even himself. His confidence is only shadowed by the looming �big brother�, a shadowy figure lurking in the dark, who ended up recruiting Nash for a top-secret project. The project is so top secret, only Nash knows its existence. In fact, he will be the ONLY one who knows it exists.
During a math conference, a doctor who wanted to provide help approached Nash. The story thus unfolds in front of his own eyes: he is a schizophrenic. The top-secret project didn�t exist, �big brother� wasn�t there, and he lived alone in Princeton. None of those things were true. But he can�t accept it. Would you if you saw the world through Nash�s eyes? Eventually he does realize the truth and recovers slowly, and painfully, while ignoring the voices in his head, in front of him, etc. He stills sees them when he walks to Princeton to teach, and he stills sees them now. But he won his battle. He can tell real from fake, and he accredited it all to his wife.
Interestingly, the Nobel speech Nash presents in the movie gives no mention to his work or thanks for the people that have helped him garner the award. But it is blatantly clear that this film wasn�t about math, it wasn�t about genius, and it definitely wasn�t about code breaking. The film was all about heart, about the courage of man, mostly supplied by a loving wife who�ve given all the support she can possibly provide, and most importantly, about not giving up. Nash wasn�t just a genius when it comes to finding the correct answer to a math problem. He solved an impossible question that was presented by his brain. He didn�t just solve it still, he conquered it.
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