drama film “A Beautiful Mind‚” directed by Ron Howard is an excellent movie. The uplifting film is the biography of mathematician genius John Nash (Crowe)‚ who while at Princeton University he discovers a principle equation that changed economic theory. His tremendous career was diverted by his struggle with paranoid schizophrenia‚ which almost destroys his family and himself. The irony of his dilemma was that the drugs that kept his psychosis controlled also prevented his mind from thinking
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the reaction paper (Schizophrenia- A Beautiful Mind Movie) 1. signs and symptoms of schizophrenia 2. specific type of schizo shown in the movie 3. the cause of schizophrenia for the main character 4. how it was diagnosed 5. how it was treated 6. the moral lesson of the movie 7. weak and strong points of the movie 8. role of the PT for patients with schizo 9. ideas from the movie that you agree or strongly disagree 10. recommendations about the movie and many other questions or pertinent
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BACKGROUND INFORMATION John Nash is an American Mathematician whose works in game theory‚ differential geometry‚ and partial differential equations have provided insight into the forces that govern chance and events inside complex systems in daily life. Nash enrolled as a graduate student at Princeton in 1948 and almost immediately stood out as an odd duck. Unfortunately‚ enough for him his future is not as bright as his genius like capabilities. He attends Princeton as a graduate student who
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Philosophical film “A Beautiful Mind” There are many philosophical films currently available to watch. These films involved all kind of issues around us such as social life‚ work‚ health‚ race‚ etc. The most interesting issue in A Beautiful Mind‚ one of the famous philosophical films‚ is the difficulty of the main character to distinguish the difference between reality and imagination. The philosophical argument in the film is very important because it based on the true story that only
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The shots of A Beautiful Mind consists of manly medium‚ high angle and low angle shots. John Nash is often shot in a medium shot. The film uses color as symbolic of good and evil. During scenes where the lead Nash was in a good mood or was having something happy happen to him‚ the colors were all saturated with a golden hue. The lights looked gold‚ and it was as if all the actors’ faces were covered with golden morning sunlight. During the sad times there was a lot of desaturation going which gave
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A Beautiful Mind is a story based on the life of the famous mathematician John Forbes Nash‚ Jr. His contributions to mathematics are outstanding. When he was an undergraduate‚ he proved Brouwer’s fixed point theorem. He then broke one of Riemann’s most perplexing mathematical problems and became famous for the Nash Solution. Game Theory from then on‚ Nash provided breakthrough after breakthrough in mathematics. In 1958 John Forbes Nash was described as being ’the most promising young mathematician
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Courage‚ disposition‚ and hope are key factors to overcome circumstances. A Beautiful Mind is an spectacular movie to consider due to the high context in tolerance‚ commitment‚ courage‚ intelligence‚ and disposition to overcome a difficult mental disorder. In the case of John Nash‚ the main character in the movie‚ a brilliant and intelligent young man suffers from paranoid schizophrenia from most of his adult life. Schizophrenia onset for men
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The humorous movie entitled "Life is beautiful" or also known to its original title‚ "Le Vita E Bella" is an Italian film that plays a huge role to everyone who could watch it. It is directe by Robert Benigni‚ which also plays as Guiod in the film. Released by Miranax Films in 1997 with rated PG-13. It is written in Italian but with English subtitles by Vincenzo Cerami. There are also other key actors to make that film complete. Nicolleta Braschi as Dora‚ the wife of Guido; Giorgio Lantarini as Joshua
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A Beautiful Mind illustrates many of the topics relating to psychological disorders. The main character of the film‚ John Nash‚ is a brilliant mathematician who suffers from symptoms of Schizophrenia. His symptoms include paranoid delusions‚ grandiosity‚ and disturbed perceptions. The disease disrupts his social relationships‚ his studies‚ and his work. The more stressful his life becomes the more his mind is not able to distinguish between reality and fantasy. Nash’s first hallucination is in
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know that Nash is diagnosed with schizophrenia. This psychological disorder makes the diagnosed generate fantasies from the mind and turn them into real life. Although the fantasies are not real to everyone else the diagnosed believes everything they see is real. References Howard ‚ R. (Director) (2001). A Beautiful
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