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* Basically, the whole concept of the movie is chilling: [[MadMathematician a genius who is also a paranoid schizophrenic]] but almost never realizes it until somebody points it out to him. Imagine suddenly learning that someone like a good friend of yours is nothing but a figment of your imagination, all while interacting with them up to that point as if they were as real as everyone else. (Granted, this is technically artistic license since Nash only heard his hallucinations, but the movie's portrayal of this idea is still nightmarish.)

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* Basically, the whole concept of the movie is chilling: [[MadMathematician a genius who is also a paranoid schizophrenic]] but almost never realizes it until somebody points it out to him. Imagine suddenly learning that someone like a good friend of yours is nothing but a figment of your imagination, all while interacting with them up to that point as if they were as real as everyone else. (Granted, this is technically artistic license since Nash only heard his hallucinations, but the movie's portrayal of this idea is still nightmarish.)) Rosen says it himself as John gets the first round of insulin shocks.
-->'''Dr. Rosen:''' You see, the nightmare of schizophrenia is not knowing what's true. Imagine if you had suddenly learned that the people and places and the moments most important to you were not gone, not dead, but worse, ''had never been?'' What kind of hell would that be?
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* Nash protecting Alicia from Parcher, yet from her point of view, attacking ''her'' and knocking her down, with their child in her arms, no less. Her terror upon realizing that his schizophrenia has progressed to the point where he's a danger to her and their baby is palpable.
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** Right before, the scene of Alicia looking around the shed. We saw earlier John's memory of the shed with intelligence agents and electronic equipment, now we see what it really looks like with walls covered in papers and a radio, no equipment in sight. Its the clearest contrast between reality and John's imaginings seen the whole movie, and shows how bad the problem has gotten.

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** Right before, the scene of Alicia looking around the shed. We saw earlier John's memory of the shed shed, clean, with intelligence agents and electronic equipment, now equipment. Now we see what it really looks like with like: somewhat dingy and falling apart, walls covered in papers magazine and newspaper clippings, and a simple home radio, no special equipment or people in sight. Its the clearest contrast between reality and John's imaginings seen the whole movie, and shows how bad the problem has gotten.
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** Right before, the scene of Alicia looking around the shed. We saw earlier John's memory of the shed with intelligence agents and electronic equipment, now we see what it really looks like with walls covered in papers and a radio, no equipment in sight. Its the clearest contrast between reality and John's imaginings seen the whole movie, and shows how bad the problem has gotten.
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* Basically, the whole concept of the movie is chilling: a genius who is also a paranoid schizophrenic but almost never realizes it until somebody points it out to him. Imagine suddenly learning that someone like a good friend of yours is nothing but a figment of your imagination, all while interacting with them up to that point as if they were as real as everyone else. (Granted, this is technically artistic license since Nash only heard his hallucinations, but the movie's portrayal of this idea is still nightmarish.)

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* Basically, the whole concept of the movie is chilling: [[MadMathematician a genius who is also a paranoid schizophrenic schizophrenic]] but almost never realizes it until somebody points it out to him. Imagine suddenly learning that someone like a good friend of yours is nothing but a figment of your imagination, all while interacting with them up to that point as if they were as real as everyone else. (Granted, this is technically artistic license since Nash only heard his hallucinations, but the movie's portrayal of this idea is still nightmarish.)
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* The baby that almost drowns in a bathtub. Alone. And crying for mommy as the water pours into its mouth. Though the baby was rescued, it's still extremely haunting, [[AdultFear especially to a parent.]]

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* The baby that almost drowns in a bathtub. Alone. And crying for mommy as the water pours into its mouth. Though the baby was rescued, it's still extremely haunting, [[AdultFear especially to a parent.]]
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* The baby that almost drowns in a bathtub. Alone. And crying for mommy as the water pours into its mouth.
** Though the baby was rescued, it's still extremely haunting, [[AdultFear especially to a parent.]]

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mouth. Though the baby was rescued, it's still extremely haunting, [[AdultFear especially to a parent.]]
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** Though the baby was rescued, it's still extremely haunting.
** Especially to a parent.
* Basically, the whole concept of the movie is chilling: a genius who is also a paranoid schizophrenic but almost never realizes it until somebody points it out to him. Imagine suddenly learning that someone like a good friend of yours is nothing but a figment of your information, all while interacting with them up to that point as if they were as real as everyone else. (Granted, this is technically artistic license since Nash only heard his hallucinations, but the movie's portrayal of this idea is still nightmarish.)

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** Though the baby was rescued, it's still extremely haunting.
** Especially
haunting, [[AdultFear especially to a parent.
parent.]]
* Basically, the whole concept of the movie is chilling: a genius who is also a paranoid schizophrenic but almost never realizes it until somebody points it out to him. Imagine suddenly learning that someone like a good friend of yours is nothing but a figment of your information, imagination, all while interacting with them up to that point as if they were as real as everyone else. (Granted, this is technically artistic license since Nash only heard his hallucinations, but the movie's portrayal of this idea is still nightmarish.)

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** Though the baby was rescued, its still extremely haunting.
** Especially to a parent.

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** Though the baby was rescued, its it's still extremely haunting.
** Especially to a parent.parent.
*Basically, the whole concept of the movie is chilling: a genius who is also a paranoid schizophrenic but almost never realizes it until somebody points it out to him. Imagine suddenly learning that someone like a good friend of yours is nothing but a figment of your information, all while interacting with them up to that point as if they were as real as everyone else. (Granted, this is technically artistic license since Nash only heard his hallucinations, but the movie's portrayal of this idea is still nightmarish.)
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** Tough the baby was rescued, its still extremely haunting.

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** Tough Though the baby was rescued, its still extremely haunting.
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*The baby that almost drowns in a bathtub. Alone. And crying for mommy as the water pours into its mouth.
**Tough the baby was rescued, its still extremely haunting.
**Especially to a parent.

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