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This 3 page paper discusses the way in which schizophrenia is presented in the film “A Beautiful Mind.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
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of giving audiences a look at what its like to suffer from the mental illness schizophrenia. This paper briefly examines the films handling of the topic, which is considered fairly
realistic. Discussion While some critics have pointed out that the film is not strictly accurate, either in its portrait of John Nashs life or his illness, most have praised it
for treating schizophrenia in a much more realistic manner than has previously been attempted. Russell Crowe plays John Nash, a brilliant mathematician who "begins to believe that he has been
approached by a shadowy government agency to assist with code breaking" (Rosenstock, 2003). As his condition grows worse he comes more secretive and guarded, his work suffers and his marriage
begins to disintegrate (Rosenstock, 2003). As his delusions grow stronger, he is committed for "insulin coma therapy and other treatments," after which he shows some improvement, though he never fully
recovers (Rosenstock, 2003). However, he is able to resume teaching, and finally wins the Nobel Prize (Rosenstock, 2003). Rosenstock, who is a psychiatrist affiliated with the Department of Psychiatry at
the University of Pittsburgh, believes that the films clinical presentation of Nashs illness, "especially the patient and family experience of living with psychosis, seems to ring true" (Rosenstock, 2003). In
the film, Nashs hallucinations take a visual form; his roommate, the man he believes recruits him to break code, a little girl-none of them is real. However, Nash doesnt realize
that he has created them, and until approximately half-way through the film, neither does the audience. The viewer thus experiences Nashs illness in the same way he does, by being
unable to distinguish between fantasy and reality (Rosenstock, 2003). Although A Beautiful Mind is a real "Hollywood" film with all the trappings (A-list actor and director, big budget, strong distribution
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