Pub Scene Analysis
Every director has his or her own little techniques or ways of hinting the audience about the certain characters in their movies. Ron Howard does a tremendous job of revealing John Nash's abnormal talent for seeing patterns, equations, and even coming up with new theories. In the most important scene in the movie, I believe, Howard puts all the pieces together perfectly to explain Nash's Nobel Prize winning Game Theory. The scene takes place in a musty old pub. Light from the lamps hanging above each table and an eerie cigarette smoke fill the air. The tables are dark brown, old looking, and look like they have been around for a while. Surrounding the tables are red vinyl chairs that have no arms, but have backs that reach the upper back. There is an old fashioned jukebox in the background and pinball machine as well. A pool table is situated in the back of the room; it is surrounding by a bunch of guys that are playing a game of pool at the time. It starts off with five women, around their twenties, enter the cluttered pub. Among the ladies is a beautiful blonde bombshell. She immediately stands out from the others and all eyes in the pub are suddenly glued to her, especially t
Nash and his buddies become the main focus of the shot; his buddies laugh at him but the laughter quickly comes to a halt because they realize that there is some truth in what Nash is saying. After a long gaze at the blonde bombshell, Nash finally takes his eyes off of her. He chuckles again out of pure excitement that he has just revised Adam Smith economic theory. Suddenly Nash jumps forward in his seat and start talking frantically with his hands and speaking back and forth between all four buddies. The focus moves close up to Nash speaking to one particular friend but his friend is blurred and Nash is sharp and in focus. This is the climax of the scene because Nash finally put all three major pieces of the puzzle together and defines his revision in a whole. "Adam Smith said, best result comes from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself, right?...Incomplete, because the best result will come from everyone in the group doing what's best for himself and the group." Nash calls this Governing Dynamics and states that Adam Smith is wrong. he eyes of Nash and his four buddies. We now see Nash at a table doing work and his buddies quickly surrounding him to join in staring and commenting on the blonde. Nash then stops his work and goes into a deep stare toward the blonde, but once she looks back at him he get embarrassed and nudges his head down. The camera now shoots the blonde from the overhead position. She only stands alone for about a second or two and is met shortly by Nash's four buddies. They all approach the blonde at once, but they all disintegrate one by one into dust and smoke leaving the blonde alone again. This segment of the scene explains the first part of Nash's explanation. "If we all go for the blonde, we block each other and none of us will get her." Howard uses this part of the scene to start using his trickery and trademark directing. Nash stares deeply at the girl but sees her in four or fi
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