QWho is Nathaniel Anthony Ayers?
A Nathaniel Anthony Ayers [b. 1951] is an gifted classical bassist, violinist, and cellist, one of the few Black Americans trained on scholarship at the Julliard School in New York, who lapsed into mental illness during his schooling and was diagnosed with schizophrenia. Fighting his disease, he eventually moved to Los Angeles where he became a homeless musician playing broken-down violins and cellos on various street corners.
QAny recommendations for other movies depicting schizophrenia?
AViewers of The Soloist also recommending seeing the following movies, all of which depict aspects of sxhizophrenia: A Beautiful Mind (2001), Das weiße Rauschen [The White Noise] (2001), Clean, Shaven (1993), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), and David and Lisa (1962).
ASteve is about to give up on trying to help Nathaniel, but Mary (Catherine Keener) convinces him that the best way he could 'help' Nathaniel is by just being his friend. Steve contacts Nathaniel's sister Flo (Lorraine Toussaint), who flies to LA and re-establishes contact with her brother at the LAMP Community. Nathaniel apologizes to Steve, and they re-establish their friendship. In the final scene, Nathaniel, Steve, Mary, and Flo attend a concert together. In a voiceover, Steve attests that his efforts have, at least, gotten Nathaniel off the streets, and describes how having Nathaniel as a friend has also impacted on his own life.
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