In principle, it is not easy for genius people to find their place in society. You may have heard of such a problem as “deviant behavior”, which is most often associated with adolescents who grew up in dysfunctional families and adopted the crime habits of their parents. But few people know that many researchers also refer to the concept of social deviation as children of gifted, talented, genius, since it is as difficult for them to adapt to life among “normal” people as it is for aggressive, embittered and rebellious adolescents. Schizophrenia is often called the “disease of geniuses”, although in fact it is widespread among people with ordinary abilities, it is simply not customary to talk about it. However, it is obvious that a disease affecting higher nervous activity, distorting a person’s thought processes and his picture of the world, and genius, in principle, suggesting a non-standard view of things – concepts that exist in some fairly close planes. The film begins with Katherine talking to the ghost of her recently deceased father, created by her imagination. In the film “Proof” we are shown the life stories of two people at once, whose abilities turned out to be much higher than average: Robert, played by Anthony Hopkins, and his daughter Katherine, whose role went to Gwyneth Paltrow. In general, the theme of genius and accompanying mental disorders has been used very actively in cinema, especially in the last couple of decades: such stories always look intriguing, mysterious, inevitably evoke a wide range of emotions in the audience and, possibly, make them think about something. This question runs through the entire film as a red thread, permeating it through and through. Probably, every person who was born without special talents in any area would sometimes like to be gifted. Probably, every genius, forced to bear the burden of his giftedness throughout his life, without stopping or respite, at least sometimes dreams of becoming “normal”. But in the end, everyone can only be themselves and try to cope with what that means.
In other words, “Proof” is not a legendary movie, although it has everything that could determine such a status. It just came out, perhaps at the wrong time, was filmed by not the most popular director and is devoted to a topic that is not the most acutely social and actively discussed in the press. Oddly enough, the rather interesting, beautiful, well-built “Proof” turned out to be a much less well-known Madden project than, for example, “Shakespeare in Love”, “Reckoning” or even two parts of the “Hotel Marigold” “. The people who still watched this film, for the most part, belong to one of two groups: those who managed to look at the corresponding screening in the cinema in 2005, or fans of Gwyneth Paltrow, Jake Gyllenhaal or Anthony Hopkins, who decided to expand their knowledge about films in which they have ever starred. The psychological drama “Proof” was directed by John Madden based on his own play of the same name. According to the director himself, in principle, he tends to take something from one type of art and transfer it to another, and the presence of such experience, in many ways, helps to create a harmonious and complete picture.
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