In the film, Nash has delusion of reference in which people are talking about him. Because his job as secret agent, he feels the Russians are spying him.
In Figure 63, the scene at the governor’s party, the camera pan right to see a group of individuals talking together through a shot from Nash’s POV shot and cut to
Figure 64, a shot of Nash and Alicia. Here, Nash is convinced that they are talking about and against him.
Figure 63 Figure 64
4. Delusion of Persecution
Delusion of Persecution is false belief of an individual that he is plagued by feelings of paranoia and an irrational yet unshakable belief that someone is
plotting against him or out to harm him. Nash has experiences the delusion of persecution in which the Russians
are persecuting him. After being chased by the Russians and an exchange of gunfire, Nash becomes weird. He comes home late and Alicia asks him why he
did not call her, but Nash just walking through Alicia to the room and locks the door. Alicia wonders and asks Nash to open the door see Appendix 3.
Alicia : […] John... Please, talk to me. Tell me what happened. John,
open the door. Come on, open the door Let me in Talk to me John Open the door
Nash becomes increasingly paranoid
and to behave erratically in his class. He becomes suspicious and sensitive. In Figure 65, Nash looking carefully
through the window. The next shot Figure 66, a high angle through the window toward the street outside, shows us people walks out from the car from his point
of view. The camera pan left Figure 67, a straight-on angle of the students in a class, shows us what Nash sees, from his point of view. In Figure 68, we see
Nash’s expression after he is looking into the window and see the students.
Figure 65 Figure 66
Figure 67 Figure 68
When Nash meets Parcher, he tells him that he afraid of his dangerously job. He believes that Russians are spying him.
John Nash : William. This is not what I signed on for. Every time a
car backfires or a door slams-
William Parcher : I understand- better than you could possibly imagine.
You need to calm down, John. […]
