“Imagine if you suddenly learned that the people, the places, the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, had never been. What kind of hell would that be?” (Dr. Rosen, filminsight.net). Schizophrenia is a mental disorder characterized by a breakdown of thought processes like hallucinations, delusions or disorganized speech and thinking. In the movie “A Beautiful Mind” there is a clear outline of the progression of the disease, the impact and the effects on John Nash whereas in “Proof” the main focus is on Catherine’s story of love and relationship. Both the movies “Proof” and “A Beautiful Mind” portray the symptoms of schizophrenia. “A Beautiful Mind” centers around the character …show more content…
Throughout the movie “A Beautiful Mind” we saw the signs of schizophrenia in John Nash from having hallucinations that included his roommate Charles, Charles's niece Marcy, and government of defense supervisor William Parcher. His delusions led him to believe he was more than a professor, he believed he was a spy and could break codes by review of specific magazines and newspapers. Compared to “A Beautiful Mind”, “Proof” also shows signs of schizophrenia such as Catherine’s conversation with her dad as if he was physically present. But some scenes in the movie where Catherine woke up from the conversation with her dad making it seem like a dream and the idea of schizophrenia was destroyed at many points. Besides that, only a few types of schizophrenic diseases were expressed. In contrast, the plot of “A Beautiful Mind” shows the symptoms of schizophrenia better than …show more content…
“A Beautiful Mind” had clear examples of what schizophrenic people see in normal compared to “Proof”. In “A Beautiful Mind” some of the settings proved to the audience that John Nash was in fact mentally unstable are the, private FBI headquarters The university they chose in “A Beautiful Mind” was an old and very impressive building. It showed the prestige of an Ivy League university which communicated to the audience how important John Nash was as a renowned student and professor. In “Proof” the setting was very basic; it didn’t contribute to the characters or the storyline as where in “A Beautiful Mind” it supported the storyline and added the