Film still

A Beautiful Mind

Figure 12: In a powerful scene, the film show insulin shock

therapy used to treat John Nash's schizophrenia while his wife

Alicia (Jennifer Connelly) and psychiatrist look on.

2) **What details do you notice about the film still?

I notice the wife of John Nash turning away while they use shock therapy. His therapist is calmly watching as his wife looks away in grief.

3) What emotions can you ‘read’ in this film still? Sample evidence and cite for this film still? You are able to see the pain and sadness of His wife’s face. She’s clutching her hands as if she feels the pain her husband is enduring.

Another film still I would like to include is when the wife walks into the shed while John is in the house with the baby. That is the moment she realizes his schizophrenia hasn't gotten better. The look in her eyes is of confusion and fear, it ts the same look as before when John's friends showed her the room in his Princeton office.