A Beautiful Mind - Final Film Critique

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In looking at the way Russell Crowe did the acting the role of John Nash, it was as if he as mentally ill. The look on his face was blank at times. He seems to be lost and confused. There were times of fear and paranoia. You could sense his desire to be alone and away from others when he was at the party. Ed Harris took on a strong personality role in playing the government spy role, and Jennifer Connelly was great as a character actress playing Alicia Nash.

When looking at how this movie can impact society, I believe it can educate us on mental disease. I looked up an article about schizophrenia. The article I found was “Beautiful mind is a welcome approach,” Heather Stephenson, (2002). The article discusses the disease, and how people have only one personality rather than multiple personalities as many have been led to believe, The word schizophrenia is a Greek word which means split. Thus it causes a person to detach themselves from reality rather than from their personality. The illness is characterized by emotions, actions, and perceptions of how one sees things. This disease affects one in every one hundred people worldwide. A personal quote in this article “A good start may be to rethink the disease as one of a beautiful mind.” Heather Stephenson, (2002), is a befitting end to the movie A Beautiful Mind.

References

Goodykoontz, B., & Jacobs, C. P. (2014). Film: From watching to seeing (2nd ed.) [Electronic version]. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/

Jackson, Henry (2002). Reviews the film ‘A Beautiful Mind’ directed by Ron Howard Retrieved from

Nasar, Sylvia (1998). A Beautiful Mind: A Biography Retrieved from

Stephenson, Heather (2002). Beautiful mind is a welcome approach, Newcastle Herald Retrieved from

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In looking back at my introduction and the movie I reflected on, I choose Jane Eyre. The movie release in 1996 was directed by Franco Zeffirelli and starred Charlotte Gainsbourg and Willian Hurt. After this course; I would address this move in much more detail. For starters, the costume design and settings show right off that Jane is fragile compared to her aunt in the initial scenes. One of the scenes that stand out is where she is locked in this huge red room where the cinematography gives off an illusion of evil the look of the red coloring of the room that Jane is lock into by her abusive aunt. When you look at Jane, you see a child who longs for love and affection, only to be rejected and sent to a school for girls where she is to humiliated and treated badly. Once there she finds a friend who dies of tuberculosis as you see a frail Jane lying beside her. The music plays a soft tender melody as they carry Jane away in the night. It is a touching scene. When watching this movie, I now watch as the surroundings change when Janes goes from a young girl living in girls home to becoming a governess at Thornfield Hall. There you see her in her poorly dressed outfits compared to the lavish costumes the other women who are coming in, and out of this huge house is shown wearing. The mise en scene is beautifully done. The music score makes for a dramatic effect for the mood to be set for every life altering event of Janes life. After this class, no movie will be the same. Thank you for the experience.