Geniuses and lunatics

Cleve 2022-01-06 08:01:54

The film’s original name was "Proof", and there are many translations: "Seeking Proof", "Evidence", "Love Is All Love"... the audience was confused. And this most commonly used "Proof I Love You" is not very appropriate.

Professor Robert is a famous mathematician. In his later years, he suffered from mental problems and fell into a state of madness, unable to take care of himself even in life. His daughter Catherine was unwilling to send him to a lunatic asylum, so she gave up his studies and took care of her father at home. A few years later, Robert passed away. His student Hal found a notebook containing mathematical arguments in the professor's house. This notebook contains shocking arguments, the author turned out to be Catherine. But can she prove it?

I think this script is more suitable to be performed in the form of a stage play, and it is unnecessary to change it into a movie. Fortunately, several actors can hold the play. Especially the heroine Gwyneth Paltrow, this powerful actress who has played "Juliet" has a strong line skills, her performance is delicate and solid, and the film has the effect of acting on stage.

After watching the title "Prove I Love You", I thought the movie wanted to show the love of father and daughter, but it was not. This film mainly talks about the self-exploration of the heroine. She inherited her father's mathematical talent, but wondered if she had inherited the mad gene at the same time. It was herself that she tried to "see for proof".

Some things are really impossible. Ten years of bitter readings in the cold window are still not enough for a genius. This is what the heroine laughs at Hal in the film, which is mean but real.

Thinking of the inspirational text "Chen Jingrun's Story" that I saw when I was a child, it had a serious negative impact on me. It seems that you can only become a mathematician by studying as a fool. So, in order not to appear to be an idiot, I never read mathematics well. (Practical skills can't be learned well) Anyway, since geniuses and lunatics are only a thin line apart. I'll be a silly elder sister honestly.

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Proof quotes

  • Hal: Well, I'm gonna be late. Some friends of mine are in this band. They're playing in a bar on Diversey, way down the bill, they go on about 2 to 2:30. I said I'd be there.

    Catherine: Great.

    Hal: They're all in the math deparment, they're really good. They have this song called 'i', you'd like it. Like lower-cased i. They just stand there and don't play anything for three minutes.

    Catherine: Imaginary number.

    Hal: It's a math joke... You see why they're way down on the bill.

    Catherine: That's a long way to drive to see some nerds in a band.

    Hal: You know, I hate when people say that. It's not really that long of a drive.

    Catherine: So, they are nerds.

    Hal: Oh, they're raging geeks. But they're geeks who, you know, can dress themselves and hold down a job at a major university. Some of them have switched from glasses to contacts. They, uh, play sports, they play in a band, they get laid suprisingly often... So, it makes you kinda question the whole set of terms. Geek, nerd, wonk, dilbert, paste eater...

    Catherine: You're in this band, aren't you.

    Hal: Ok, yes. I play the drums. You wanna come? I never sing, I swear to God.

  • Robert: I hope you're not spending your birthday alone.

    Catherine: I'm not alone.

    Robert: I don't count.

    Catherine: Why not?

    Robert: I'm your old man. Go out with friends.

    Catherine: Yeah, right.

    Robert: Aren't your friends taking you out?

    Catherine: Nope.

    Robert: Why not?

    Catherine: For your friends to take you out, you have to have friends. Funny how that works.