Actually, I do not think the title translation and content of “The Beautiful Mind” are compatible. “Mind” refers to the heart inside or brain, the movie gives an explanation of “beauty” in 2 hours and 15 minutes.
It seems that geniuses are more or less lacking in psychology or physiology, in the same time, the films of genius biographies also have a preference foe these talents. So most of the time, the public will selectively ignore these shortcomings and pay more attention to the intelligent of geniuses, who are only talents with brain but no mind.
Thanks to Hawking for having Jane, John Nash for having Alicia. John expresses his heart to his lover at the Noble Prize Ceremony, at first glance. I feel it a little bit opens high and walks low, but think deeply, after suffering from illusion, John gave up his talent and arrogance. In fact, he was the “devoid of all people”, but these things indeed achieved him, because they were not his most precious things.
“Be a man first, then an academic”. The best explanation for this sentence should be the argument between ordinary people and geniuses. First, an ordinary person, and then a genius. Special talents should not be the shining lampshade of human nature and life. Did John Nash achieve the highest academic achievement when he lived peacefully? No, unquestionably his highlight time is still the time when he is obsessed with himself, but a perfect brain for a beautiful mind should be the shining point of life.
The most touching part of the whole film is that he sits in the hall where he once stopped, smelling the fragrance of tea. When his name is said, other scholars take out their pens and put them on the table in front of him to show respect and congratulations. This is the moment when John Nash is most satisfied with his achievements I think.
THE BEAUTIFUL MIND
实际上,一开始我认为美丽心灵的片名翻译和内容并不契合。“mind”
指代的是心灵还是大脑,电影用两个小时十五分钟给出了“beautiful”解释。
好像天才都多多少少有点心理或生理上的缺憾,天才传记电影也对这样的天才多有偏爱,所以大众多数时候会选择性地忽视这些不足,更加专注天才的“才”,是只有大脑没有心灵的天才。
感谢霍金有简,约翰·纳什有爱丽西娅。在诺贝尔颁奖典礼上约翰·纳什对爱人深情表白,初看觉得有点高开低走,但深想,约翰在经历了幻想的困扰后,放弃了天赋,放弃了狂傲,事实上“泯然众人”,但这些却也在事实上成就了他,因为这些都不是他最宝贵的东西。
“先做人,再做学术”。这句话最好的解释应该是普通人和天才的辩驳,首先是个普通人,其次才是个天才。特殊的天赋不应该成为人性、生活的光辉的灯罩。约翰·纳什取得的学术最高成就是在他安然生活的时候吗?不是的,他的高光时刻仍然是他痴迷于自我的时间,但完美的大脑去换美丽的心灵应该才是人生的闪光点。
整部影片最让人感动的地方在于他坐在曾经止步的大厅,闻着茶香,当他的名字被说出来之后,其他的学者纷纷拿出自己的钢笔放在他面前的桌子上以示敬意和祝贺。这个时候,应该是约翰·纳什对自己的成就感到最满意的时刻了吧。