"A Brilliant Young Mind" film's lead character is autistic
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The lead was a member of the 2006 British mathematics olympic team. Another member of the team is an aspie http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/11/movies/review-a-brilliant-young-mind-facing-infinite-obstacles.html?referrer=google_kp&_r=0http://www.avclub.com/review/brilliant-young-mind-rote-drama-about-autistic-tee-224980
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http://www.avclub.com/review/brilliant-young-mind-rote-drama-about-autistic-tee-224980
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interesting. I like Eddie Marsan
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that was funny!
"You'll accomplish things in the future.
You haven't
You charming little bastard!"
Although this is a nice divergence from the Rainman version of autism it still fails to look at not-high achieving autistics and I fear reenforces the "hang-banging non-verbal" or "Einstein" sort of dichotomy between autistic peoples ... *sigh* lots more ground to be covered! I'd like a whole CAST of autistic people in a movie (as in the people played are autistic of different stripes). Not everybody is some quirky maths/physics type person...
"You'll accomplish things in the future.
You haven't
You charming little bastard!"
Although this is a nice divergence from the Rainman version of autism it still fails to look at not-high achieving autistics and I fear reenforces the "hang-banging non-verbal" or "Einstein" sort of dichotomy between autistic peoples ... *sigh* lots more ground to be covered! I'd like a whole CAST of autistic people in a movie (as in the people played are autistic of different stripes). Not everybody is some quirky maths/physics type person...
Oh Goodness, it was better than I thought it would be, and it wasn't as focused on the "this kid is really awesome at mathematics look at how SMART autism makes you!" subject as I thought it would be. I actually really really enjoyed the portrayal of the other autistic kid Luke or whatever his name was(I'm terrible at remembering names)- he brought a lot of depth to the portrayal of the two autistic boys in the bit of screen time he had. It was short, but, wow, I was pleasantly surprised at how neat the narrative was and the different aspects or facets of autism they were able to cover.
yeah... and i've also noticed you never see anyone on the spectrum in a zombie apocalypse. or in movies like 2012 (world disaster movies)...LOL
but hey...Asa Butterfield.. so i'm sold, i'll go see this movie.
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I've seen a few trailers of 'X + Y', and although it isn't quite the same, stereotypical script as 'Rainman' (which was nonetheless very well acted), it tends to pursue the theme of the autistic savant yet again. Asa Butterfield is undoubtedly a fine actor and it's an excellent performance, yet they still trot out the platitudes: Someone says 'How do you do?' to him, and he answers 'How do I do what?' By 16 the majority of those with AS/HFA know what this means. And then there's the stuff about prime numbers. It's about time we moved on and produced some more realistic material about autism. But then, would that be as cute and glamorous as Asa Butterfield?
I was discussing this recently with a couple of young Aspien friends, who felt much the same. The stuff about 'how do you do' just made them laugh.
I was discussing this recently with a couple of young Aspien friends, who felt much the same. The stuff about 'how do you do' just made them laugh.
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Watched the film.
The director made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTDcYi_uG08, I enjoyed the documentary more than the film.
I have watched the documentary 3x in full because I simply love brilliant Aspies and Mathematics.
I appreciate hearing of the film.
Thanks.
I like that documentary. There is more than one person with autism on that film.
Jos is the more obvious type of autistic. He is blunt, extremely socially awkward, anti-social, rude, unaware that everyone there (quite literally) doesn't like him.
Daniel can blend in a bit more that's probably why he was diagnosed that late. He can get along (to some extent) with fellow team mates.
I glean that there were more in the Camp in Blugaria.
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The director made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTDcYi_uG08, I enjoyed the documentary more than the film.
I have watched the documentary 3x in full because I simply love brilliant Aspies and Mathematics.
I appreciate hearing of the film.
Thanks.
Film? You mean X+Y. Where can I watch that?
I know Daniel is the main character in the documentary (sort of). However Jos got far more screen time than Daniel.
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"There are two types of cryptography in this world: cryptography that will stop your kid sister from looking at your files, and cryptography that will stop major governments from reading your files."
-Bruce Schneider
The director made https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTDcYi_uG08, I enjoyed the documentary more than the film.
I have watched the documentary 3x in full because I simply love brilliant Aspies and Mathematics.
I appreciate hearing of the film.
Thanks.
Film? You mean X+Y. Where can I watch that?
I know Daniel is the main character in the documentary (sort of). However Jos got far more screen time than Daniel.
I just watched it on putlocker:
(you can watch almost anything there)
http://putlocker.is/watch-a-brilliant-y ... ocker.html
I was discussing this recently with a couple of young Aspien friends, who felt much the same. The stuff about 'how do you do' just made them laugh.
Sometimes I'm not sure whether it is that I'm incredibly dull or just the autism, but with new people for whom I haven't built up a data-set for I am genuinely not sure whether they do literally mean "How do you do XYZ" or "How are you" from snippets like that- I might have misheard them... Although, generally it's quite obvious.
I have another documentary on the theme of Maths and ASD that I recommend, here it is for those so inclined.
Title:Growing Pains of a Teenage Genius
Subject: Cameron Thompson
"Cameron Thompson is a young man with Aspergers Syndrome and severe anxiety issues.
Going through school he was bullied and struggled to cope with everyday pressure but he was very good at Maths.
He was able to lose himself in mathematical study and this was his passion. At the age of 15 he was awarded a B.Sc (Hons) degree. When he turned 16 he went to the local 6th form college but quit after one day; he could not cope with the pressure and all the people. Focusing on further studies, Cameron began his Masters Degree and this became his whole life. He loves his maths and it lets him escape from his difficulties."
Source: above noted
Enjoy!...I know I did!
just a young mind, lol (oldie)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1BAOfnCF64&index=25
The Growing Pains Of Adrian Mole.
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