In line with a vow he had made to himself as a young man to remain inscrutable to all but his most intimate friends, he cultivated a cold, haughty mannerin public and refused to countenance any questions about his often decisive role in the family business.
The shift in focus on the two MTWs was a method for breaking away from the Cold War paradigm, but in a cautious and sensible manner that did not reject the possibility of significant conventional conflict.
Despite some critics' concerns that this poignant film didn't portray John Nash 's real-life experiences honestly enough, there is no denying the artful mannerin which Howard spins a tale that morphs from cold war drama to love story and then into everybody's favorite liet-motif: Triumph in the face of adversity.