This film, in my opinion, gives mental illness a truthful and positive representation. The Soloist is a true story of a musician who developed Schizophrenia, became homeless, and becomes friends with a journalist who writes about him.
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This film portrays the harsh and depressing reality of mental illness, with the audience able to sympathise with the schizophrenic character by seeing what he has to go through. We get put into the main characters shoes (journalist, Steve - played by Robert Downey Jr), which helps us befriend Nathaniel (schizophrenic - played by Jamie Foxx), just like the journalist does. Because they are friends, it helps notice that they are people, who shouldn't be feared like the media proposes. The narrative of this film is gritty, full of realism, and manages to be compassionate without being patronising, which is what I hope to achieve in my short film.
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