At a special dinner honoring The Man Who Knew Infinity movie, and Academy Award winner Jeremy Irons at Bagatelle in the Meatpacking district this week, the discussion was on how you play a math geek. The answer: you have a secret weapon, a real math geek who can teach you how to scribble those equations effectively on a chalkboard. The man in question, Manjul Bhargava, was honored with a Fields Medal; Neil DeGrasse Tyson, “just your neighborhood astrophysicist,” as he describes himself, explained just how impressive the Fields Medal, is. It’s like the Nobel Prize.
Producer Ed Pressman introduced the celebrants to Matt Brown, who wrote and directed this film, so beautifully shot by longtime Kubrick collaborator Larry Smith. The lovely Devika Bhise, who plays Ramanujan’s wife back in India, was also present. Jeremy Irons was looking forward to speaking on a panel at the White House this weekend, followed by a screening of the film. Explaining his new found math skills, Jeremy Irons, so charming and droll with a career that counts 70 or more films, offered the following advice: “Never put your martini down in a crowded restaurant.”
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