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This Article is about Mr. Nashˇ¦s character in Movie A beautiful mind.
ˇ§ If Russell Crowe does not get the Oscar for Best Actor for playing John Nash in A beautiful Mind the Acedemyˇ¦s injudiciousness will disappoint audiences across the globe that will have seen A beautiful Mind and experienced the finest performance in recent years ˇ§
ˇ§ A Beautiful Mind ˇ§ 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 geniusˇ¦ mental fragmentation and battle to overcome it to claim his rightful place in history. A beautiful Mindˇ¦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.
Itˇ¦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
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Ultimately Actor has to feel the basic element of Mr. At that time, science has played a huge role in bringing about Americaˇ¦s triumph in World War 2 and as the Cold War raged, Nash desired to contribute in this new conflict through his sheer intellectual ability. His obsession with math led him to carve for an original idea or I can put it as He was striving for an original Idea and therefor he was obsessed with math. Nash moves from young, energetic, egoistic mathmatician to mentally ill patient. Actor has to understand, follow and ultimately feel this mental development. For any learning actor it would be helpful to analyze Russellˇ¦s character-internalization method. Actor has to inter-link all aspects of his character and make believable character out of it. And when he has faced truth about his mental sickness, new inner conflict born within him. He re-invented himself, overcame his psychological weakness and won Noble prize in economics, and thus achieved greatest glory that he dreamt about in his youth. And due to his extreme introvert nature and lonely life style, he created imaginary friend called Charles to vent out his pent-up feelings. Nashˇ¦s character, which is sheer concentration, or call it obsession. Actor should feel the dilemma of Mr. Nash as concentrated (Library scenes), Obsessed (Math formulas pursues him in bar too), un-social (scene with Girl in BAR) and unconventional (hating to go to class) nature.
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