Essays on Beautiful Mind

The life and personality of John Nash were portrayed in the movie “A Beautiful Mind” where actor Russell Crowe played the role of the actual brilliant mathematician (IMDb). Release in 2001, the film picks up on the character as a young adult in college and the symptoms of his mental illness are manifesting. The audience is given no other information on his background, but it quickly become apparent that Nash is displaying symptoms of social isolation, erratic patterns of speech, inappropriate belief systems, and realistic hallucinations that incorporate visual and audio delusions. The signs presented by Nash align with ...

The hero of the film A Beautiful Mind is a real person, mathematician John Nash, who became a Nobel Prize winner in his later years for his early work. And this "beautiful mind" is suffering from one of the mental illnesses - namely schizophrenia, which resulted in an aggravation of the disease to the dangerous persecution mania, in a lighter form - to the visions taken for reality. The fate of a talented scientist tracked for half a century - from the second half of the 40s to the late 90s. And, apparently, this movie should be considered as ...

Abstract

Schizophrenia is a serious mental illness because of its symptoms. Patients who not only hallucinate but also are quite paranoid could inflict harm not only on their own lives and well-being rather; their negative traits could also influence badly on the lives of those close by. Because of the same paranoia, these patients are quite likely to shut themselves out from the rest of the world and to choose social isolation. These situations could be quite problematic for not just the patient rather for the people that surround him/her as well. Considering how many people suffer from the mental ...

John Nash, the main character of the movie A beautiful mind (2001), exhibits peculiar behavior that can be at first considered an inherent part of his talented, creative, yet odd personality. Such behavior includes clumsiness, social awkwardness, pride in oneself that borders with vanity and uncontrolled, erratic movements. However, later the viewer gets to understand that John sees hallucinations, believes in working for, and then being persecuted by, a secret agency, as well as believes in his own superiority over other people (A beautiful mind, 2001). John’s erratic movements can be considered as disorganized behavior (Huffman, 2012, p. ...

Role of the Media in Shaping Public Perception of Mental Illness and how this affects Mentally Ill People and their Families

Introduction

Inappropriate information from the media including television stations, newspapers and movies is among the reasons mental illness is viewed negatively in the society. In most cases, the media has contributed to the high degree of stigmatization and discrimination due to the negative influence it has on the public perception of mental illness. Individuals have been made to believe that mentally ill people are a risk to the society and that their condition is permanent. The media has often ...

Following the American Psychological Association’s Guidelines

The movie “A Beautiful Mind”, directed by Ron Howard, and released in 2001 is the true story of John Forbes Nash Jr. A leading mathematician, he is as arrogant as he is brilliant. He marries a student, Alicia, and sets himself up on the fast track in mathematics, making advancements in “game theory” which earns him accolades from his peers. Eventually, Nash is visited by CIA Agent William Parcher, who attempts to recruit him work with for code-breaking activities for the U.S. government. However, evidence begins to suggest that Nash may not perceive reality as it really is. His sanity ...

The Beautiful Mind presents schizophrenia as a form of madness that causes an individual to lose the ability to differentiate between real and imagined situations. In the movie, John Nash, a brilliant mathematician loses his sanity to schizophrenic hallucinations. Another negative symptom of schizophrenia is paranoia. Nash repeatedly attacks several people who try to help him while he is engrossed in one of his episodes. He punches Dr Rosen as he attempts to flee from imaginary soviet secret agents. He accidentally knocks his wife Alicia down together with his son as he tries to save them from Parcher an imaginary enemy. ...

The movie A Beautiful Mind is about Nobel laureate John Nash, who suffered from paranoid schizophrenia. In this movie, directed by Ron Howard, the viewer follows the life of a brilliant mathematician and economist. The movie shows many symptoms of this condition, especially the positive ones. On display are also the difficulties that this illness represents both at a personal and at a social level, including for the family. Last, one may see possible treatments for this disease, including electroshock therapy and disability management techniques and their effects. This film, while entertaining and being aesthetically pleasing, also shows the symptoms of paranoid ...

According to National Institute of Mental Health, schizophrenia is a constant, severe, and immobilizing brain disorder. Schizophrenic people may hear voices that others do not. They think that people have the power to read and control their minds or are involved in plotting against them. They may also converse in a nonsensical manner. They may remain in a standing or sitting position without talking or making movements. In many cases, schizophrenic people appear to have a perfect personality until they start sharing their thoughts with others. This brain disorder also affects the family members and society. This is because people who have this ...

A Beautiful Mind (2001) Directed by Ron Howard The chosen movie for this review is the movie A Beautiful Mind (2001), directed by Ron Howard. This movie follows the life of a famous mathematician, John Nash, and his endless struggle with schizophrenia. From his college, John Nash had been under the influence of this mental condition which followed him throughout his life, and even when he got the Nobel Prize his imaginary companions were with him. Schizophrenia disconnected him from the reality and the immediate surroundings. As the movie covers the period from the 1947 until the 1994, viewers ...

The film, A Beautiful Mind, portrays the story of John Forbes Nash Jr., an eminent mathematician. The biographical work directed by Ron Howard cinematically represents the life and ordeals of Professor Nash. His remarkable advancements in the “game theory” and marriage with his beautiful student Alicia face challenge of his ailment of schizophrenia which perturbs his life. It becomes clear to the audience that the protagonist fulfils the DSM-IV criteria for the disease. He suffers from hallucinations and delusions right from his days in college as a student. He imagines of Agent William Parcher. He even imagines the kids ...

Summary of the Movie

A Beautiful Mind is a biographical movie based on Sylvia Nasar’s A Beautiful Mind. The 2001-released movie was written by Akiva Golssman, produced by Brian Granzer and directed by Ron Howard. It gives a story of John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who battles paranoid schizophrenia while concentrating on his career. After his undergraduate studies, Nash joins the prestigious Princeton University courtesy of Carnegie Scholarship for mathematics. Here, he meets and establishes a close friendship with his course mates: Martin Hansen, Richard Sol, Charles Herman, Bender and Ainsley. After sharing ideas with his colleagues, he successfully publishes the New Concept of Governing Dynamics. ...

1. Describe the main character and determine what psychological disorder he is suffering from? Substantiate your answers with information from your textbook. John Nash, the main character in the 2002 movie A Beautiful Mind is a gifted scholar at Princeton University (Howard & Grazer, 2002). Nash is a genius in the field of mathematics seeking to stand out from other gifted mathematicians at the institution through individual contribution to the field. Unfortunately, he is fazed by a serious challenge of dealing with a mental illness that Nevid (2012) referred to as schizophrenia . Dr Rosen, the psychiatrist in the film, diagnoses him with the ...

Psychiatry in the Film Industry

Introduction Cinema is a medium used to entertain people. It portrays many issues about the society, science and various myths. It depicts different psychiatric disorders such as suicide and drug abuse to schizophrenia and personality disorders. Gone are the days when films were used to negatively portray psychiatric conditions. Nowadays films are used for educational purposes as well as to change the negative attitude towards people with psychiatric conditions. Film portrays that even psychiatric people are geniuses and that they can solve complex problems. Mental conditions are portrayed in different ways in the film industry. Film is used to ...

The story mainly focuses on the John Nash’s life. In the story we see John Nash earning his PhD in mathematics from the University of Princeton after writing a thrilling thesis. His thesis that earned him Ph.D had his foundational work on the theory of noncooperative games. This thesis was published in the year 1950. The beautiful mind can be described as the story which incorporates these biographical details and which omits other characters to tell its story using invented characters and plot. This paper will comprehensively and coherently provide a summary of the movie by the title beautiful mind. ...

Schizophrenia is a complicated, terrifying disorder that is often misrepresented in popular media. It is common for the media to portray people with schizophrenia and other schizoid disorders as completely erratic, with complete and detailed audio and visual hallucinations. While individuals suffering from schizophrenia do sometimes suffer hallucinations, hallucinations are not necessary to the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Additionally, it is very rare for visual hallucinations to be detailed. John Forbes Nash Jr, one of the most brilliant mathematical minds of the twentieth century, was plagued by schizophrenia for most of his life. To understand how the disease affected him, it ...

Schizophrenia is a complicated, terrifying disorder that is often misrepresented in popular media. It is common for the media to portray people with schizophrenia and other schizoid disorders as completely erratic, with complete and detailed audio and visual hallucinations. While individuals suffering from schizophrenia do sometimes suffer hallucinations, hallucinations are not necessary to the diagnosis of schizophrenia. Additionally, it is very rare for visual hallucinations to be detailed. Schizophrenia presents in many different ways, and no one is certain of what causes the disorder. It is primarily a disorder in thought processes, and as such, many of the symptoms of ...

A Beautiful Mind is an emotional film directed Ron Howard and is based on a true story. This film tells the story a well known mathematician, John F. Nash Jr. The role is played by Russell Crow. John Nash was a very talented man who created his “game theory” known as “Nash Equilibrium” while schooling in Princeton. This was a major breakthrough in contemporary economics and it earned him a Nobel Memorial Prize in economics. Apart from having an extraordinary, Nash also suffered from a psychological disorder known as Schizophrenia.

Schizophrenia is a brain disease that affects brain function; it is defined as a cluster of disorders ...

A. SCREENWRITING

In the writing of this script, I used quite a few influences from other films and genres that I very much enjoy. First and foremost was Ron Howard's A Beautiful Mind, as I wanted to be able to imply that the main character was slowly but surely losing his mind over the course of the short film. Given that I only have three minutes of film in which to accomplish this task, I took the route of keeping it open-ended as to whether or not the events in the film were taking place strictly in Vincent's head, or if it ...

Movie overview

The Movie ‘A beautiful mind’ is a poignant and emotionally charged film that details the life of a luminous intellectual suffering from Schizophrenia. The suffering slowly takes over his mind and we can see from the movie as his life deteriorates apart around him. He decides to abandon his students and distances himself away from his colleagues. He is later taken to hospital and forced to acknowledge his condition and attempt to repair the devastated fragments of his life. John Von Neumann demonstrated that mathematical models could be used in explaining the player’s behavior in simple games. Nash is seen ...

Normal L. Keltner suggests that the film A Beautiful Mind is not a useful resource for the study of schizophrenia. The film discusses the life of John Nash who won a Nobel Prize in Economics and suffered from paranoia and schizophrenia in adulthood. Whilst the film does sensitively portray the difficulties that a schizophrenic person experiences, Keltner’s comment does have some strength behind it as a film could never be a truly empirical representation of anything – it also exercises some level of dramatic license in order to achieve the highest possible level of entertainment. From this point of view, A Beautiful Mind could ...