Whether you like Russell Crowe or not, consider his great range of acting ability -- from a Roman gladiator to a schizophrenic man to an 18th century ship captain to a Depression-era boxer to a gunfighter in the Old American West. He portrayed all of these characters in early 2000s movies, convincing me that he's one of the greatest actors of my generation.
I knew John at Princeton shortly before we tragically lost him and Alicia. I asked him to teach me the Nash equilibrium because my professor couldn't teach it in any way I could understand, and he generously gave me some of his time. We don't really do the pen thing at Princeton, but this residential college - Rockefeller College, or "Rocky" - is even more beautiful in person than it is on film. And Crowe did the tea thing because he experienced it while visiting the real Nash. I can believe it, because John once offered me the second half of his sandwich after eating through the first half. Great memories! Professor Nash was a living legend.
I lived here in Holder hall in 1983-4 and sometimes I come back to this scene just to be nostalgic. They sure dressed up the David Firestone room , but all I want to have here is a green Rocky dining tray.
@@michaelfoxbrass Because I knew John Nash and he said there were always people would lie about things that he supposedly did with them (like sharing his sandwiches).
The part where Nash talks to himself about what kind of tea he should drink was something that really happened when Russell Crowe visited the real John Nash and had tea with him. Crowe liked it so much he added it in to this scene.
Denzel should of won an oscar for malcom X.They felt bad that they did not give it him,so they awarded for him for training day.Russel Crowe should of won for this movie and not gladiator.
He'd already won best actor for Gladiator the year before and he won the golden globe for this film. So I don't think that the academy felt that he really needed to win it for this one. Plus, like others have mentioned, Denzel hadn't won one for best actor yet at this point leading up to the 2001 Oscars.
The thing I really love about this scene is how Russell Crowe played it. For most people the thought of winning a Nobel would be the overwhelming element. But for Nash this moment is about being accepted and respected by his peers. Just really well done.
In fairness, most winners are like this. When the winner in Physics for BEC was asked what he did after winning he simply said "I had a glass of wine and went to bed at my usual time".
Well son of a bitch! Great eye. And yes, very nice touch by the director. He did the same thing in Apollo 13 where he had the real Jim Lovell play the captain of the carrier where the Apollo 13 crew were off loaded. He's the one shaking Tom Hanks' hand.
I cried the whole time 😭 love this movie, it made me choose an undergraduate degree in economics.. some years later, I’m about a year and a half away from a PhD, all because of Beautiful Mind. RIP professor Nash.
@@zs9720 Congratulations! The most I’ve ever done educationally so far is obtain my bachelor’s degree (in the liberal arts at that), and although I’m in a highly-recognized master’s program, my subject is in fine arts. I’m not trying to knock myself, just acknowledging how much harder your program must’ve been and how much more deserved your accomplishment. Best of luck in your current and future endeavors, academic and otherwise!
falloutrangerlol the real sad thing about life is when people's value is determined by society's opinion of you rather than the value you have in yourself. no sextape or Nobel prize can give you more acknowledgement or attention than you seeking your own in the world.
+falloutrangerlol Few friends is never a downside, buddy! Less to handle, more trust to distribute, life is easier. @everyone else, John used to seclude himself, it wasn't the fact that nobody gave a damn about him. A lot of people knew him because of his work, it was only when he won the Nobel prize that he had the courage come out and stand up.
they should have used a amazon wish list though, so that they didn't all show up with the same gift. and they are supposed to be high IQ people, sigh...
Personally I find it extraordinary the idea that anybody could will themselves into sanity by choosing not to acknowledge fantasy in an ever constant struggle to maintain a tether to reality. That is worthy of respect.
When Nash said "he takes the newer medications", that was added. The real Nash refused all medications, but the filmmakers didn't want to encourage anyone going off their meds.
@@paulbarclay4114 Well..... as someone who has lived with an untreated bi-polar person, sometimes you have to leave either for physical safety, or to let them realize what they're losing.
It basically is one of the primary treatments for some types of psychosis. You teach the person how to recognuze the hallucinations when theyre happening and how to basically ignore them.
The most touching scene in the movie. Russell Crowe should’ve won every award available for this role. It’s really sad that the world lost the real John and Alicia Nash to a car accident.
As others have pointed out - this never happened, yet it does not diminish how magnificent and wholesome this scene is. I cry every time I watch it. I absolutely love it.
It may not have taken place IRL, nor is there an actual ceremony like it, but it doesn't diminish its symbolic meaning in the context of the film. There's a deleted Scene where, after the Go match John spends the night studying the Go board, and in the morning bursts into the room with the idea for a new board game, first called 'Nash' but eventually gaining the name of Hex. I play in memory of John & Alicia Nash, and this Film.
That can be debated with no wrong answer. For personal reasons I prefer his best work to be Cinderella Man. But like I said, I don't think there's a wrong answer of what's truly his best work cause anyone can make a solid case for Gladiator, A Beautiful Mind or Cinderella Man or maybe open our eyes to another movie.
I suffer from hallucinations, so I admire the talent it took to play this role. He should’ve won an Oscar for this one. Denzel is great, but this performance was legendary
The mind is incredible. Incredible to the point of creating things and people, that aren't really there. Or are they? I'm going down a rabbit hole here. How can we know for absolutely certain, that we are not living in a virtual world akin to the Matrix? I mean, for all we know, the world around us might just be a simulation playing out only in our own minds... and any hallucinations are glitches in that simulation. Scary thought, isn't it?
I’ve watched this movie so many times, but today I finally came to a conclusion about this movie. It is never said, and I don’t know that the directors meant to do this, but Nash’s equilibrium was not only what helped him win the Nobel prize, but it also saved his life. It was only working with Saul, Bender, and Martin that greatness was achieved. It was only with his friends that he came up with his original idea (and not alone). It was only with Felicia that he discovered his affliction in fear he might hurt her. It was only with Martin and Felicia’s help that John was able to overcome his affliction and become a functional member of the community. Nash says in the movie that success can only be achieved when everyone does what’s best for themselves and the group. It wasn’t until John started working with the group that his real triumphs began.
Studies economics and doing my master in applied statistics (data science). The movie is beautiful as well as it's music but the Nash equilibrium is not presented correctly in the movie. It seems like it incorporates altruism into the maximisation problem of the individual but it does not. It shows that when maximizing individually a group of people will, given uncertainty over the choices off the others, not always reach the optimal outcome. So it is about trust in some way. However in my opinion stochastic optimization and information theroy develop this way further. Economics just hasn't caught up yet.
Russell Crowe was on 🔥 during that period of 5-7 years. LA Confidential, Gladiator, A beautiful mind. People would be happy to have one of these films in their portfolio in their entire lifetime. Crowe did those in quick succession. 🙏
If Russel Crowe didn't win the Oscar for The Gladiator he would have definitely got one for this. He was exceptional in this film. My favourite role he's played by far.
One of my favourite ever scenes. So touching to see him act so humbly and without any sense of believability that his accomplishments deserved such accolades.
There's something heart wrenching and yet heart warming in here. A life time of rebuttal followed with a highest honor by fellow academics in the most sincerest manner imaginable! Wow!
I love how he aged so candidly into his schizophrenia. Most people don’t recover because they’re ashamed and try to hide it. He’s like “now that I know you’re real, what do you want?” Savage.
Most people with schizophrenia aren’t aware they have the disease. Speaking from experience and a sizeable family history. It’s the greatest tragedy of all, to be perfectly honest. Suffering and not knowing why. Nash’s biggest strength is he eventually figured it out on his own.
He didnt have schizophrenia. Everyone else in his life did. It will be challenging for you to empathize with the whole world pulling a "no u" on you, in unison.
What a beautiful way for Ron Howard to invent this ceremony and give life and imagery to the acknowledgement of Nash's genius by his colleagues and peers.
So touching! Years after being told "try seeing accomplishment" after the first time he viewed the pen ceremony he finally achieved recognition. Absolutely beautiful! I had tears well up the first time I saw it.
John Forbes Nash Jr. (June 13, 1928 - May 23, 2015) was an American mathematician who made fundamental contributions to game theory, differential geometry, and the study of partial differential equations.[2][3] Nash's work has provided insight into the factors that govern chance and decision-making inside complex systems found in everyday life.
This film is to intellectuals what Brian's Song is to athletes. There are few words to describe the emotion of toiling in obscurity to only be recognized so many years after the fact. This is a poignant moment that always puts a lump in my throat. Russell Crowe's performance in this film is among his best, if not his best. I still find it difficult to watch, however, because some of the scenes strike too damn close to home. Still, it's in my library and I watch it to remember the struggle. BTW, Nash's comment regarding "the diet of the mind" is very sage advice. Everyone's life would be better if they acknowledged things that they indulge in that serve little purpose.
I agree - "too damn close to home". The brilliance of this movie is how I was taken in by it and self-identified as Nash more than any other character.
Looked it up: The scene in the movie A Beautiful Mind in which mathematics professors ritualistically present pens to Nash was completely fabricated in Hollywood. No such custom exists. What it symbolizes is that Nash was accepted and recognized in the mathematics community for his accomplishments.
21 years and it still gets me. Don't mind me. It's just the sweat of the heart after a good emotional flex saluting both the actor and the great man he is representing. Masterful scene. A legend to remember, in or out of the film.
Still one of the best movies I’ve seen! I think deep down, in life, all that one truly needs is to be recognised for their achievements no matter how small or great!
One of the best film from the Hollywood. The action by Russell Crow is excellent. The pen ceremony at the Harvard is highly emotional one. What a respect is given to a distinguished soul. Really unforgettable in life. RIP Prof. John Nash.
Followed up by the last scene of this film the most moving part of a most beautiful film. Anyone who persists in believing mental illness isn't as real as any physical one after this film lacks sanity themselves. RIP Professor & Alicia Nash.
I like that Nash seriously considered the possibility that he might embarrass them and wasn't insulted by the question. It demonstrated to me the sort of objective thinking that makes great men.
In our minds, Crowe was so brilliant in a difficult role to portray . We never forgot how much we enjoyed it , and still look forward to watching it again, whenever we have a chance.
To think that Nash died in a car accident coming home from receiving the Abel Prize for mathematics, a prize he himself regarded as even more prestigious than the nobel prize. I never heard of the abel prize before reading his obituary. Looks like he is the only person ever to win both Nobel and Abel prize.
It reminds me a little of Peter Sellers' character in "Being There". That was genius in simplicity, but here it is genius in complexity. Genius none the less though, and very memorable characters both.
I love this scene from _A Beautiful Mind._ The pen ceremony is a show of ultimate respect for the late, great John Nash. It's one of the best scenes in movie history. It's very impressive.
The part where we see his imaginary friends are still there and he chooses to ignore them is probably the most compelling and realistic depiction of real mental illness that I've ever seen in cinema.
Very interesting! For the last two days, I watched the scene from the movie "Shine" playing Helfgott's "Flight of the bumblebee". Today, you made this comment on the video I uploaded.
I met the real John Nash some years ago, we discussed post modernist philosophy which was not his cup of tea at all. It was a real privilege not just to hear him lecture but to converse with him and his wife afterwards in the hospitality room.
The sound design for this sequence is exquisite. Especially the footfalls on the floor, the way the shoes tap on the tile, and the movement of the foot in the leather that makes it creak a little. As a maker of shoestring almost nothing budget films, my production cost is a paltry 25 thousand and under, achieving that kind of ambience is currently beyond my capabilities.
Incredibly moving scene partly because there are so many truly deserving humans who never get acknowledged . Here one is acknowledged and it is truly moving.
watched this movies many times over the years, pursuing engineering for last 3 years makes me think about how world reacts to your work, If you choose not to express it or not to play by the rules
Im 66yrs old and the pen scene always makes me want to greet just that recognition after all those years despite his Schizophrenia clearly intelligense wins over prejudice every time👍👏
Excellent film and scene. My younger brother has schizophrenia, and now in his early 60s he seems to be coming out of it like it was some sort of confusing multi-decade nightmarish dream. It is "Great" to have him back!!!
@@euclideszoto997 Yes, and he has been for quite a while. Within the last few years he has become more aware and much more communicative. When my wife saw him last summer, she was amazed. He has always been a really nice guy but confused since 25 or so, but lately he even sounds like an old sage. I have read that many men do seem to get better over time. However, I am sure the meds did/do have some negative impacts...but are absolutely necessary!
There's an odd-but-poignant writeup about Nash and his son -- John Charles Nash -- where both men seem to agree that "he (father) passed his illness on to his son," and that having the son in his life somehow kept him on the 'straight' (saner) path. Strange concurrence between them that a demon was passed on, or a custodial burden. I wonder what their private conversations must have been like.
As many times as I have watched this, it just doesn't have the impact of when I saw it for the first time at the movies. This is one of those movies I wish I could forget so I could watch it again for the first time.
Russell Crowe deserved the Oscar, that Year. Denzel Washington’s performance in Training Day was absolute legend! It remains one of my favorite performances by him, and Training Day, is one of my favorite movies. But Russell Crowe’s performance in this is absolutely breathtaking and mind blowing. His performance brought tears to my eyes. He’s definitely one of the greatest actors in the film industry.
best scene in any academic movie let alone this one....from an educator view point being in the room alone when that happens is a once in a life time. I was lectured to by two laureates and it was hard to concentrate on the lecture knowing that!
