An Article on John Forbes Nash, Jr.¡s character in movie A Beautiful Mind
             This Article is about Mr. Nash¡s character in Movie A beautiful mind.
             ¡§ If Russell Crowe does not get the Oscar for Best Actor for playing John Nash in A beautiful Mind the Acedemy¡s injudiciousness will disappoint audiences across the globe that will have seen A beautiful Mind and experienced the finest performance in recent years ¡§
             ¡§ A Beautiful Mind ¡§ the intense human drama of a true genius is inspired by events in the life of mathematician John Forbes Nash, Jr. A beautiful mind is a compelling cinematic rendition of a schizophrenic genius¡ mental fragmentation and battle to overcome it to claim his rightful place in history. A beautiful Mind¡s Nash spans from the early 20s to recent times and even best of prosthesis can not match a seamless performance by Russell Crowe. As Nash moves, his face and physical attributes change and Russell gives the characterization his all.
             It¡s been a real challenge for Russell to internalize the character who has made an astonishing discovery early in his career, was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia later and after 30 years of mental struggle wins Noble prize, and regains his rightful place in history. For any learning actor it would be helpful to analyze Russell¡s character-internalization method.
             Clear understanding of psychological developments of character connects actor directly with character¡s instincts and emotions and thus unable him to internalize character completely, resulting in deeply felt performance.
             Having this in my mind, I would like to dwell on psychological profile of Mr. John Nash.
             Psychological development of character can be divided into three stages:
             1) Young Nash ( time at Princeton University )
             2) Adult Nash ( patient of paranoid schizophrenia )
             3) Old Nash ( Recovery from illness )
             „X The facts we know about Mr. Nash are th...