Don's work was proceeding as planned, and it was not affected in the slightest by the lockdown orders of the two companies in full swing.

After completing the acquisition and restructuring of Focus Pictures, Don moved to Boston, Massachusetts, in a college town in Cambridge, to complete the filming of "A Beautiful Mind".

The film's male protagonist, John Nash, works mainly at MIT and Princeton University. Donn chose to shoot the main body of the film at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) for the simple reason that it was close to Harvard.

Even many of Harvard's lab courses are set up at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which is only a ten-minute drive away, which is convenient for Natalie's visits.

On the first day of shooting, most of them were relatively simple short shots and long shots, which gradually allowed the crew to adapt to the atmosphere of the shooting.

In order to better shoot the texture, the crew invited Mr. John Nash, who is over seventy years old, to come over.

The old gentleman looked sluggish and moved slowly, but his cloudy and shrewd eyes seemed to have a kind of wisdom to see through the world.

Don was very humble in front of this respected mathematician, and after the end of the day's shooting, he took the initiative to say hello, "Mr. Nash, tomorrow's scene will mainly shoot the scene of receiving the Nobel Prize, and the staff are decorating the auditorium, do you have any opinions?"

John Nash shook his head, "This is your story. ”

Don looked embarrassed and quickly explained, "Mr. Nash, the movie is derived from reality, but it is higher than reality. Indeed, more than half of the content of the script is fiction, but such a plot arrangement will be more impactful. ”

"A Beautiful Mind" is an autobiography authorized by John Nash, and the content is a true description of his legendary life.

However, for the sake of cinematic effect, when Donn wrote the script, he made a major change, using the structure of Mr. John Nash's life, that is, from genius to schizophrenia to Nobel Prize, and constructed a semi-fictional story based on it.

Even when the script was brought to the Writers Guild of America for trial, the title awarded by the Writers Guild was not the "screenplay_by" of the adapted version in the conventional sense, but the "ritten_by" in the original sense.

From this point, it can be seen that the script of "A Beautiful Mind" has been seriously detached from the original material and creatively written.

This is also a helpless option.

John Nash's life is legendary, but not very glamorous. He had illegitimate children in his twenties, and he had been between bisexuals for a long time, and because of mental problems, there were many ridiculous and ugly things.

And in his later years, Alicia, his wife who was blessed and respected by many people, chose to divorce him......

"A Beautiful Mind" is nominally a literary film, but in essence, it is a commercial propaganda film that pleases mainstream American values and promotes the American dream. Especially after the "911 incident", it will be beautiful, inspirational, legendary, and infectious, which must be the creative concept of the movie.

Even when John Nash was so mentally ill that he had a split personality, the story in the script split the image of a "patriot" for him, allowing him to help his country gather intelligence during the Cold War.

In short, this movie presents the most perfect and moving side, after the "911 incident", to move the whole United States and soothe the people's psychological wounds.

John Nash's expression was the same, as if he was dementia, but there was no problem with his head, "You are the director, and the movie is dominated by you." ”

Don breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, "Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Nash." ”

For such legendary scientists, most of them have strange personalities, and if he would rather destroy his screen image than conform to the facts, then Don Enke will be difficult to do.

"It's just that I'm curious, why do I fantasize about three characters?" John Nash discussed with Donn in a rigorous scientific manner, "I don't know these three characters at all. ”

Donn is now "mirror possessed" by biopic magnate Oliver Stone, and his insight into the structure of the film is naturally high enough.

"In my opinion, one of the most important things to attract the audience of a film is to establish a 'satisfying' interpersonal relationship with the audience. Tang En directly used one sentence to say the core of commercial films.

John Nash Gujing was already expressionless.

"In the fifties, social psychologist William Schutz proposed a three-dimensional theory of interpersonal relationships, and he believed that the pattern of interpersonal relationships can be roughly expressed by three kinds of interpersonal needs, namely the need for inclusion, the need for domination, and the need for emotion. And this is also the main direction of my control over the rhythm of commercial films. ”

"There are usually two motivations for moviegoers in the movie-watching process. One is to attach to oneself and try to find one's familiar and loving life in the film image, and the other is to reconstruct one's lost object in one's heart through eye contact with the image, through the assimilation of the film character, and to have the object that one's own unobtained in the heart. ”

"In real life, even the longest and most beautiful people in the eyes of the world will definitely have the experience of not being understood and feeling deeply lonely. Therefore, almost any audience can find in the male protagonist the real loneliness that has existed in life for a long time, and then get the satisfaction and fit of psychological compensation provided by the three hallucinatory characters with him. ”

The corners of John Nash's eyebrows twitched, and he had studied academics all his life and rarely watched movies.

Now listening to Don's remarks, I have discovered the complex relationship between film and social psychology, and it is no wonder that film is a comprehensive art.

"Mr. Walker, your success is not accidental. John Nash applauded from the bottom of his heart, "I have understood that the first hallucinatory character, roommate Charles, satisfies the need for tolerance, the second hallucinatory character, William Palmer, a defense officer, satisfies the need for domination, and the third hallucinatory character, the little girl Marcy, can arouse strong emotional resonance from the audience, which is an emotional need." ”

Don smiled and said, "Mr. Nash, your understanding is the greatest luck in our work. ”

John Nash waved his hand and looked at the sky, "I've got a party with a couple of old MIT guys in the evening, will you come along?"

Don was amused.

This Mr. Nash, as expected, has too much academic research, and he is not good at it.

A couple of old guys discuss academic research, what is he going to do?

As far as his knowledge of sociology, film and psychology is concerned, that is, he is fooling in front of the layman, and academic discussion is not qualified at all.

What's more, since the Cannes Film Festival, Nicole Kidman has moved out of Donn's house, and he has long been itching for the Australian mermaid.

There is no doubt that by taking the opportunity of filming, the two will relive their old dreams.

Sure enough, at this moment, Nicole Kidman had finished changing her makeup, her beautiful glow, her hair flowing, Shi Shiran walked over, her cold face, graceful figure, and charming curves made many men in the crew fascinated.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Nash, I've already made an appointment. Don looked apologetic, and then said half-jokingly, "By the way, you are familiar with this area, and this neighborhood ...... Is there any place for a good date?"

John Nash put it succinctly, "Harvard is half past four." ”

"Huh?"

"It's the library at Harvard. ”

Tang En suddenly turned purple, and he couldn't laugh or cry.

This John Nash, what a ...... It's funny!

Don had heard Natalie say early in the morning that Harvard students were very hardworking. In the library of Harvard, it is still lit up at half past four in the morning every day, and Natalie often works hard until the second half of the night.

Nicole Kidman held back a smile and lowered her voice in Donn's ear with a touch of high-quality fragrance, "I think Mr. Nash's proposal is very good." ”

Don smirked, said goodbye to John Nash, and then said viciously, "If you want to be eaten by those college students, you can go to the library and take a spin!"

Even Harvard college students are excited and manic in front of Nicole Kidman's big star and beautiful woman.

Nicole Kidman pursed her lips, biting her red lips with her teeth, and glanced at her, "What's the difference between going to the library and being eaten by the students and going back to the hotel to be eaten by you?"

Tang En couldn't help laughing, "It's because I've eaten it that I know which dish is the most delicious!"

Nicole Kidman rolled her eyes, "Better than Charlize Theron and Sophie Maffee?"

Tang En laughed, "Hot stir-fried and cold dishes are mutually beneficial, and soup and barbecue have their own strengths." ”

Nicole Kidman gave him a disgusting look, "You're so greedy, I don't believe you dare to tell Natalie this." ”

"Why don't you dare?"

"Okay, I'll tell her exactly what I want to do when I find a chance. ”

Don En disagreed, shook his head and said, "Nat is a vegetarian, and she is only interested in green vegetables. And me...... Hehe, I want to enjoy all the food in the world!"