2015 Directed by Matt Brown
Growing up poor in Madras, India, Srinivasa Ramanujan Iyengar earns admittance to Cambridge University during WWI, where he becomes a pioneer in mathematical theories with the guidance of his professor, G.H. Hardy.
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El hombre que conocia el infinito
You know it's a biopic when the hero starts shivering uncontrollably at some point.
dev, i forced myself to care about math for 108 minutes bc of you and if that's not a proclamation of love, idk what is
A mannered and milquetoast period biopic about the short life of mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan, "The Man Who Knew Infinity" opens with a Bertrand Russell quote that conveniently frames its failings: "Mathematics, rightly viewed, posses not only truth but supreme beauty." Writer-director Matthew Brown ("Ropewalk") has made a handsome and well-meaning testament to a rare man, but his film is all truth and no beauty (and that truth has been strained through the filter of historical revisionism and narrative convenience).
I normally don't like math movies. When I see a movie about a subject I am deep into, it can be deeply rewarding to see it portrayed with care and spirit (which is why I love Whiplash so much). But at this point I just can't believe that math can be portrayed well in a film. Maybe if it's only barely related, like in "It's My Turn" where Jill Clayburgh delivers a totally accurate performance of someone explaining the Snake Lemma to her class but it's just a scene to introduce the fact that she's a math professor about to sex Michael Douglas.
I was eager for this one though, because I know fuck all about combinatorics. I was sure…
7/10
This was a really enjoyable biopic. It's nothing especially new. Similar ideas are explored more deeply in other oppressed/struggling people doing math movies, but it is a very enjoyable subgenre, what with films like Hidden Figures, The Imitation Game, and The Theory of Everything, and this was an addition to the subgenre that was really quite good. It is pretty moving and inspiring and is ultimately good enough for a good rating.
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Don't be intimidated. Great knowledge comes from the humblest of origins.
-Littlewood
An incredibly weak script propped up by great actors and a great production. Can't remember the last time I watched a biopic that had so little to say on it's subject, but sometimes it managed to be good enough at times that I didn't care. It's hard to not like Jeremy Irons even when he's being a complete ass.
如何去衡量這種踩線和彼此的不理解，而做出適當的反應 (在各自文化中的文明展現)？
尊重、善意、接納、理解。
說起來容易，但其實非常困難，因為這會挑戰到自身的認知與習慣的思考和環境。身為一個人，其自我就是建立在這些價值觀上，動搖根本，等於需重新塑造。在維護和保護自我的機制下，排斥、嘲弄、抵抗便會出現。
很喜歡這部片帶出了那不經意的文化衝擊以及不知情下的冒犯。
在每個文化面前，我們都是以自己為出發點。更別說面對/身處一個強勢的時代，要怎麼去更加理解對方，進而了解我們自己。
是一部情感處理上非常細膩的電影。以理性平靜的氛圍，講的是數學，但卻表達出最深刻的人性。
A história é até meio interessante mas não entendi metade do filme e tem uma narrativa muito lenta
While it didn’t blow me I’m glad they made a film appreciating Ramanujan :)
Inspiring and interesting story. Well directed and well performed by Dev Patel and Jeremy Irons. It was a little boring sometimes.
Even though I love and admire Ramanujan and his work, as a movie this was awfully mediocre and uninteresting. And also why does is it feel like stories about POCs are often framed from the perspective of a white man. Really makes ya think
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