Part 1

Some stories, told by people in the street, are a kind of information exchange between rice and tea. They are fragmented because people have different ideologies because of their different purposes and moods. It does not have very clear and profound guiding significance.

The adaptation of movies or literature lies in systematically sorting out the true stories, deducing them in a controllable range, sorting out the complicated facts into the core content, dividing them into appearances and cores, and sorting and sewing them.

Let's look at this film, a textbook biography, but the reason why it won the prize and won wide acclaim is not only the true story full of unexpected life, but also the writing of the script, the clever score and the interpretation of the actors.

When we begin to discuss this film, please clearly remember the fact that john nash is a mathematician and an economist.

John nash has made brilliant achievements, and genius is a small probability event. Genius that can get to this point under mental illness is even rarer. The exploration, realization and affirmation of personal value is the eternal core in the humanistic process.

The film attributed Nash's illusion to three most representative figures in his life-the prodigal roommate, his roommate's niece and state secret personnel (hereinafter referred to as men in black).

The real Nash has countless absurd hallucinations in his life. Choosing these three people as representatives, we guess they symbolize Nash's three psychological deficiencies, which are commonly known as desires.

The whole movie * * * lasts two hours and six minutes. The first half hour talks about his academic struggle and breakthrough, the middle hour mainly talks about his getting deeper and deeper in the dreamland of men in black, and the last forty minutes summarizes his ideal success from diagnosis to treatment, the repetition of his illness, self-struggle and repair with a quick and urgent summary. Men in black is one of the most important symbols.

(1) prodigal roommate

-appeared when Nash had doubts about his studies. When all the students in the same major are writing papers and looking for a job, he has his own ambitions and ideals, but he suffers from nowhere to realize them for the time being. Everyone will have such moments, unwilling to be mediocre, but many times there is nothing they can do. If this is a campus youth film, maybe there will be a handsome and gentle senior who will discuss life with you and give you a generous mind when you are on the verge of collapse. Maybe the two of them can finally make it work out or something. However, Nash's withdrawn personality from childhood decided that he would rather fantasize about such an object to soothe his heart, although he might not realize that it was an illusion.

The prodigal roommate leads an unrestrained and straightforward life. It's hard to say that this is not a state of being that Nash may subconsciously desire. Just as parents always want to realize their regrets on their children, Nash is a genius and arrogant, but he is also a human being first, and people are group animals. He will be sad because of the fragility of social skills, which shows that he is eager, so desire is derived. Coupled with the disharmony with other students, his desire for friendship has also become one of the incentives for the "prodigal roommate". Of course, the real Nash had a homosexual tendency in his youth, and we don't know if the screenwriter has this consideration. After all, the prodigal roommate is white and beautiful, and also has certain charm. )

(2) Little girl

Roommate niece appeared when Nash and the hostess just made clear their feelings. A child, a girl, can be said to symbolize his desire for family. His world not only accepted himself, but also the ideas handed down by the next generation. Of course, we can also say that a white girl symbolizes his almost blank cognition of women except physiology. Because of the appearance of true love, he had the idea of really entering a woman's heart, which prompted the appearance of his little niece.

Some people say this is a chicken rib role, but I don't care. The appearance of the little girl just proves that Nash didn't go to extremes in his madness. Women are like water. To some extent, she is Nash's buffer between reality and fantasy. The other two images are independent and mature men, with deep thoughts and uncontrolled thoughts, which will pose a great threat to Nash at certain moments physically and emotionally. But the little girl is a warm existence. She won't force Nash to choose between fantasy and reality, and she doesn't seem aggressive. She just ran in the sun, reflected in Nash's eyes and pupils, and ran with a smile. When I was ignored, I secretly red my eyes and nodded my head when I said goodbye.

This may be the softest fantasy in Nash's mind.

This may be one of the hidden reasons why Nash finally accepted the coexistence of illusion and reality.

(3) Men in Black

-accompanied by his roommate, Nash finally got his excellent grades, although this grade was not valued by many people at that time. As soon as the picture changes, we see Nash as a different person. Almost overflow from the screen of conceit, unconvinced, competitive spirit, like handfuls of cold light shining sword, swaying, releasing fighting spirit everywhere.

Different countries in the world are at different stages of military reform, Nash, but I am building a dam from here? ! This is unacceptable to him, just as he said when he was drinking with the prodigal roommate on the rooftop for the first time-it is estimated that everyone has thought about it, but he is the only one who dares to say it and still has to do it. It is said that genius is on the left and madman is on the right, probably because they are all people with high execution.

We can generalize the man in black as his occupation, or more popularly, it should be the recognition and affirmation of self-worth.

We can see that more than half of the film revolves around his fantasy entanglement with men in black.

Deciphering passwords is a skill that he has clearly and strongly recognized. Moreover, this ability is unique, which is related to national security and people's life and death. This huge pressure from the sky is like dew on the dry land for Nash, who has nowhere to play.

It seems to reveal a problem that everyone has-the permanent contradiction between what I can do, what I want to do and what I have to do. In the scene where Asu went to see Nash, who began to receive treatment, Nash used mathematics as a medium to get the position he wanted by solving it, which he could do. In the later recovery process, at the moment when the disease recurred, we saw a morbid light of hope in Nash's eyes. Whether it is because cracking the code is what he really wants to do or because this false affirmation gives him a wrong judgment, no one can be sure.

In fact, our life is full of such contradictions. No one doesn't like staying in their comfort zone, which also proves a truth. The better you study for students, it is still a vicious circle. But is this comfort zone really our best choice? If Nash is always alone, maybe he doesn't care if he is crazy, but it happened that he met his wife, which is the role we need to discuss in detail in the next article.

The purpose of my tears is a conversation with an old friend after Nash returned to campus. He said: everyone has some past that they can't get rid of.

Yes, his past is just a visualization, living in another parallel world. If this is what a girl who just lost love said, it may not carry that much weight, but it must be Nash, a man who has experienced a mental journey that no one can understand. Choosing a real life is tantamount to a broken bone rebirth for him. However, no matter how the bones change, the brain will always be Nash's core and most precious thing.

This may be the reason why this film is called A Beautiful Mind.

the second part

We often constantly revise and change ourselves because of people or things we care about. As part 1 said, without Alicia, Nash might not care about the future of his crazy life.

Alicia runs through the last four parts and the last three parts of the film, experiencing all the fantasies shown by Nash, which we divide into three parts: the front, the middle and the back.

The first stage: a charming woman who shows high emotional intelligence as soon as she appears, with elegance and charm in her gestures. Four or two kilograms solved the problem that the construction noise next to the classroom was too loud to open the window for ventilation; Nash forgot to attend class again. She invited him alone and was pointed out to be wrong in solving the problem. She was surprised by Nash's acumen and invited her to dinner. At cocktail parties, when Nash was distracted by chasing his hallucinations, his appreciation of art was skillful but slightly tough, which made him concentrate on himself.

In the first half, a female image of Kochi with high emotional intelligence, beauty and self-confidence, and independent and powerful thoughts was created.

She is as extraordinary as her beauty, and she appreciates and falls in love with Nash's extraordinary sharing.

Such a nearly perfect woman and a brilliant professor were originally a perfect combination of similar positions, but they were fooled by fate.

Middle part: Alicia's appearance is weakened in this part, but her independent psychological development as the role is shown in various nuances. The person you love becomes a stranger every day, and anyone will be afraid. Alicia is not a person who lives entirely by her husband, but she suffers as much as ordinary women.

When the film goes on for 50 minutes, the husband and wife have a pair of such conversations. They talked about the most ordinary but also the most philosophical question-what are people doing?

What makes Celia unique is these seemingly everyday conversations.

She said that the action of life is beautiful because of its meaning.

She encouraged Nash to go out for a walk, meet strangers and try to return to a normal social life.

But then, in the scene of collecting garbage, Celia was nervous, and let us see what this woman really experienced from this seemingly calm and inclusive harmony. The person I love deeply suffers from schizophrenia. As a woman, this kind of fear and powerlessness is a fatal blow that can crush her.

That night, her courtship to her husband was rejected. After a long silence, the collapse broke out. This is really a roar that only people who suffer from inhuman torture will make.

Does anyone question whether Alicia really loves Nash? I think the above analysis just shows that she has always loved him deeply.

At this time, let's review the premise mentioned at the beginning: Nash is a mathematician.

It can be said that the realization of his personal value is mostly in the study of mathematics. However, such mental workers can't think normally because of drugs, lose their life and vitality, become dull, cowardly, inferior, and even lose some sexual functions. Whether as a man or a person, he is about to lose the meaning of existence.

This, I think, is the most frustrating thing for Alicia.

Nash's destruction is like cutting the heart of Alicia who loves him so much.

Later: Alicia is Nash's drug introduction. As he said-she is my whole reason. What is the reason? Face up to yourself, for whom to sacrifice important things, for survival, for realizing personal value.

Alicia's existence seems to verify the fact that behind every successful man, there is a strong woman. But don't blame your woman for not succeeding, and don't blame yourself for not having a woman. Well, this is beside the point.

Nash is so lucky that a woman who knows him and understands him has chosen to continue to love him in reality and the unknown. The role of Alicia needs a lot of actors, because it is too subtle. Nash's uniqueness, she realized from the beginning, Alicia has always trusted her husband, not herself, her own judgment and choice. Alicia is also an ordinary woman. She will be afraid and need love. But what is good about her is that when Nash challenges himself again and again, she sincerely believes and trusts. In a doctor interview after many illnesses, Nash emphasized that he is a mathematician and a man who can overcome himself. Alicia didn't have any lines during this period, but the camera gave her several close-ups and attention. The process from worry and confusion to the light of hope in those eyes is the process for Alicia to break through all kinds of panic and confusion brought about by life changes and recognize the essence. Yes, the Nash she loves has never changed. He is unique, sober and weird. The sober man who quit drugs is the Nash she loves.

Some people say that this film is called "A Beautiful Mind", which is from Alicia, a beautiful, patient and broad-minded woman.

This is really a superficial idea.

Mind has two meanings in English-mind and thought. It seems to be a colleague of Nash's, saying that Nash was redeemed by his beautiful heart when he was entangled in the disease. In my opinion, this is to wake up. It sounds far-fetched. But Alicia's sobriety made her see her beloved Nash as a madman struggling in fantasy, and Nash's sobriety made him stand between reality and fantasy.

A beautiful heart lies in seeing myself, the person I love and the person who loves me. Confusion in life may be a pleasure, but in the process of self-exploration and development, staying awake is the premise of a beautiful and thorough heart beating healthily.

Round and round, back to the beginning, about giving up the comfort zone.

What you like and what you are doing are often different.

Everyone wants something extraordinary, but not everyone has the courage and perseverance to pursue it.

The teacher of literature and history said that the difference between a madman and a writer is that the writer came out of the story, but the madman didn't. And what is the difference between a madman and a genius?

Nash said that the answer to everything is love, which seems to be another topic that will never be discussed.