Proof

Ward 2022-03-23 09:02:36

A young Katherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is going through life's trials as she has to work and care for her ailing father, Robert (Anthony Hopkins). Although Robert was a famous mathematician, he was still unable to take good care of himself in his later years.
Robert died anyway, and Catherine was heartbroken, and she shut herself up. Katherine is furious when Robert's student Hal (Jake Gyllenhaal) tries to find the math notes left by her teacher. Sister Claire (Hope Davis) hopes her sister Katherine can sell her father's house and move to New York with her. Because she felt that her sister might have inherited some of her father's symptoms, and wanted to take care of her sister in time. Katherine didn't want to leave at all, and her relationship with Hal became complicated at this time.
Hal took the key given by Catherine and opened Robert's drawer, and a mathematical sample appeared in front of him. He was so happy that he proposed to publish the material in Robert's name, but who was the author? Hal and Claire All were taken aback.

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  • 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.