The Man Who Knew Infinity
Starring Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Devika Bhise
Written & Directed by Matthew Brown
Rating: *****(5 Stars)
How does one describe, let alone cinematically circumscribe ,the life of an unvarnished genius like Srinivasa Ramanujan who at the at the age of 32 had burnt himself out, scorned, smothered and snuffed out by his own unplumbed brilliance.
This is not an easy story to tell. Director Matthew Brown wisely follows the course set down by Robert Kanigel’s biography of Ramanujan. As seen through the prism of poignant artlessness and a belief that the mathematical genius flows from the will of God, true to the somber end to its unrehearsed design, the narrative seems to flow almost by divine ordinance.
The story of a simple human being with a complex mathematical mind that he failed to explain to himself, let alone to the world which marveled at his prodigious skills,...
Starring Jeremy Irons, Dev Patel, Devika Bhise
Written & Directed by Matthew Brown
Rating: *****(5 Stars)
How does one describe, let alone cinematically circumscribe ,the life of an unvarnished genius like Srinivasa Ramanujan who at the at the age of 32 had burnt himself out, scorned, smothered and snuffed out by his own unplumbed brilliance.
This is not an easy story to tell. Director Matthew Brown wisely follows the course set down by Robert Kanigel’s biography of Ramanujan. As seen through the prism of poignant artlessness and a belief that the mathematical genius flows from the will of God, true to the somber end to its unrehearsed design, the narrative seems to flow almost by divine ordinance.
The story of a simple human being with a complex mathematical mind that he failed to explain to himself, let alone to the world which marveled at his prodigious skills,...
- 4/30/2016
- by Subhash K Jha
- Bollyspice
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). Essentially "The Theory of Everything" meets "Good Will Hunting" with a hard colonialist twist, "The Man Who Knew Infinity" begins in 1920, where snooty British academic G.H. Hardy (Jeremy Irons, who's a treat to watch even on auto-pilot) is waxing nostalgic about "the most romantic figure in the recent history of mathematics." He's referring, of course, to Ramanujan (Dev Patel, natch),...
- 4/29/2016
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
• Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) will co-star opposite Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel in The Man Who Knew Infinity, an upcoming biopic about revered Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Matthew Brown (Ropewalk) will direct and pen the screenplay for the upcoming film based off Robert Kanigel’s biography, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan. Irons will play G.H. Hardy, an English mathematician who pulls Ramanujan (Patel) out of Edwardian India and installs him at Cambridge University. [Variety]
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• Amanda Seyfried (Les Miserables) is in talks to star in He’s F-ing Perfect for Universal, about a woman...
- 12/6/2013
- by Pamela Gocobachi
- EW - Inside Movies
• Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) will co-star opposite Slumdog Millionaire’s Dev Patel in The Man Who Knew Infinity, an upcoming biopic about revered Indian mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. Matthew Brown (Ropewalk) will direct and pen the screenplay for the upcoming film based off Robert Kanigel’s biography, The Man Who Knew Infinity: A Life of the Genius Ramanujan. Irons will play G.H. Hardy, an English mathematician who pulls Ramanujan (Patel) out of Edwardian India and installs him at Cambridge University. [Variety]
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• Pretty Little Liars’ Ian Harding will star in the upcoming indie Dynamite: A Cautionary Tale. Directed by Tate Steinsiek...
- 12/6/2013
- by Pamela Gocobachi
- EW - Inside Movies
With the release of the first trailer for Skyfall earlier this week and a handful of other Bond-related news stories, somehow I missed this intriguing little headline. As most 007 fans are probably aware, Bond's creator Ian Fleming served as a Naval intelligence officer in WWII, and his experiences in the Royal Navy inspired the fictional adventures he would write later in life. We had been hearing about the possibility of a biopic about Ian Fleming for a few years now with James McAvoy and Leonardo DiCaprio both previously rumoured to be attached. While we still don't know who will star, this week the project has been assigned a director in the form of Duncan Jones (Moon, Source Code). Here is what he had to say about the announcement: "Fleming lived through one of the most perilous periods in world history, in a position that allowed him a unique vantage point of all the players,...
- 5/24/2012
- by Sean
- FilmJunk
James McAvoy is rumoured to be playing Ian Fleming in the $40 million biopic in development about the James Bond author for Palmstar Entertainment and Animus Films says Pajiba.
The story specifically focuses on his younger years as an aimless playboy growing up under the shadow of a famous family, and his experiences in WWII that changed his life and gave him inspiration for the character of 007 based on his own exploits.
The story will be based on the book by Andrew Lycett which Matt Brown ("Ropewalk") has adapted. A director is currently being sought.
The story specifically focuses on his younger years as an aimless playboy growing up under the shadow of a famous family, and his experiences in WWII that changed his life and gave him inspiration for the character of 007 based on his own exploits.
The story will be based on the book by Andrew Lycett which Matt Brown ("Ropewalk") has adapted. A director is currently being sought.
- 12/30/2009
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
James McAvoy is rumoured to be playing Ian Fleming in the $40 million biopic in development about the James Bond author for Palmstar Entertainment and Animus Films says Pajiba.
The story specifically focuses on his younger years as an aimless playboy growing up under the shadow of a famous family, and his experiences in WWII that changed his life and gave him inspiration for the character of 007 based on his own exploits.
The story will be based on the book by Andrew Lycett which Matt Brown ("Ropewalk") has adapted. A director is currently being sought.
The story specifically focuses on his younger years as an aimless playboy growing up under the shadow of a famous family, and his experiences in WWII that changed his life and gave him inspiration for the character of 007 based on his own exploits.
The story will be based on the book by Andrew Lycett which Matt Brown ("Ropewalk") has adapted. A director is currently being sought.
- 12/30/2009
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Palmstar Entertainment and Animus Films are developing a biopic based on the life of Ian Fleming, according to our source, The Hollywood Cog. Currently working under the title, Ian Fleming, the movie will be about the man behind James Bond, specifically focused on the years that gave him inspiration for the Bond character.
Years before creating Bond, Fleming struggled and floundered under the shadow of his family name (his father was a member of Parliament, and his siblings were also well-known, as well, including Peter -- a travel writer). Likable but lost, Fleming was little but an aimless playboy, until his experiences in World War 2 changed his life, and it was those autobiographical experiences during war time that inspired James Bond, who was based -- in part -- on Fleming.
The movie itself will be based on the book, Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond, by Andrew Lycett,...
Years before creating Bond, Fleming struggled and floundered under the shadow of his family name (his father was a member of Parliament, and his siblings were also well-known, as well, including Peter -- a travel writer). Likable but lost, Fleming was little but an aimless playboy, until his experiences in World War 2 changed his life, and it was those autobiographical experiences during war time that inspired James Bond, who was based -- in part -- on Fleming.
The movie itself will be based on the book, Ian Fleming: The Man Behind James Bond, by Andrew Lycett,...
- 12/29/2009
- by Dustin Rowles
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