Mr. Lopez Meets Mr. Ayers
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- Опубликовано: 21 мар 2009
- Nathaniel Ayers, a mentally ill musical virtuoso, was discovered living on the streets by Los Angeles Times columnist Steve Lopez. Morley Safer reports on the unbreakable bond between them.
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I saw the movie "The Soloist" and I was so moved, I had to look him up, and find more info about him. He is so humble and he is such an individual. He is just a great guy.
I cried my eyes out watching the soloist. Then I cried my eyes and my nose out watching this documentary. The gift of friendship.
You need some tissue man? 😊
Ayers, you don’t sound crazy to me. You’re a Legend
Mr. Ayers 🥰
He is not crazy, he is mentally ill.
i dont understand how people can listen to what this man is saying and thing it is just jibberish. His descriptions of Beethoven, his tunnel, and music in general are GENUIS once you actually take the time to think about what he is saying.
I am reading the book, it is really good, so descriptive and honest, if you haven't read it, you should
if you listen closely. He is very clever and gifted. Some things might be jibberish but the knowledge is overwhelming, he just chooses to pick his own words to say what he means.
@@andisadler2897 "pick his own words" yes exactly. :)
We had an uncle in my family who was severely schizophrenic and unable to hold a job or home and ended up homeless the rest of his life, we haven't seen him years except here and there. It was something that seemingly ran in my family but no one in my generation has shown any signs of having it, but it truly makes me empathetic to those who do suffer such extreme mental illnesses
He still a great man today. Such a humble man. Still speaks the same way, with such a soft voice and still plays his Ciello.
Oddly enough, I can actually imagine Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx acting out this interview as well as they performed in the movie.
+quitters remedy that was a great film.
Be still my heart! I am so happy they found each other. What a beautiful thing.
The Soloist was amazing.
Great stories like these are why i love 60 minutes...
I just saw this movie. It was very good.
Hooray for the both of these men.
I've just finished the book....this is heart breaking story.
i'm still reading it, i love it
Such a good book.
Isn't it a movie?
I'm so proud of both of you!
bruh I literally caught the last 30 mins of The Soloist which brought me here, I didn’t know it was based on a true story. Truly Amazing.
WOW that was really great!
what an inspirational story of a great man!
The movie is to me Jamie Fox best theatrical performance.
I was really moved by this piece!
I just finished the book. Had to look up some more information and came upon this. THANK YOU! I'll try to see the movie next.
A Black man at Juilliard in the 70's? Rare, difficult, stressful, dangerously competitive and racist environment. Yes, I can see how he could loose his mind and become paranoid. No one to talk to about how he feels. Hate is a killer emotion.
It's only one race the Human and it's only one big mistake: ignorance!
He may have just been mentally ill. People who are relatively healthy don't become schizophrenic as a result of hate. It's more about the brain chemistry being off balance.
You can't be serious with this comment. Schizophrenia is a debilitating mental illness that effects people of all gender, ethnicity, and social economic back grounds. It unfortunately doesn't show any signs until a person is late teens to early 20's. I have as a Nurse seen how it can destroy the lives of not only the person affected but everyone who loves them. To even hint that racism or the normal stress of college caused this is simply ignorant and uninformed.
Shonna Grippaldi Right on
Ignorance and Hate like you wrote here is a killer as well. It is obvious that you are devoid of any factual knowledge regarding the debilitating mental disease called paranoid schizophrenia. Google It Fool!!
I can't believe the number of people on here saying that someone at school must've poisoned him, or that he must've taken drugs and ruined his own brain. Schizophrenia happens, people! There is no one to blame.
i hope the best for Mr. Ayers's future...and i hope his demons are laid to rest someday
Ayer in spanish means yesterday, so its like you started off with yesterdays future IRONIC
3:14 the acoustics of tunnels are cool. Then again, he’s isolating himself.
I hope Mr. Ayers was compensated for the movie/book (his story).
Did the teacher say "he's rusty?" He Sounds great to me.
Amazing story! It's one all should hear!
I'm weeping it's so beautiful
An amazing movie and story.
"And I felt good about giving that" I like that.
He's not the devil. He's not dealing with demons. He's sick. Just like you and I.
I am crying.
Oh, I am crying.
#Magnificient
It starts like this "...once again in a sunny Sunday I went to the hilltop close by walking along a rather short road to its top, so beautiful the time I stood under a dense tree on the hilltop, only wathcing the wind blowing the leaves. I could carry a piece of music in mind too when I wanted to..." and then it goes to how the cops missed him, and then goes to how God has shown him His wrath. How can we help these people hunted by this vicious mental illness?
stark and dillion.
It kind of makes you understand why the Father , The Higher power or whatever you want to refer to it as or whatever you believe in endows and blesses us with certain abilities and qualities to feed each other so I believe the purpose is somewhat to give and continue to give these energies to develop and others in ourselves what we may not have developed just yet
He just needs to sit down with the Tuning CD.
the soloist is great jamie foxx make me feel sad for mr ayers
modern day van Gough
Lowkey sounds like dr. Phil. I loved The Soloist.*
Return3 The journalist, Mr. Lopez? Not even close.
0:12 - A troubled man with a brilliant past? =P
+Quaishaun Colbert (Shaun) I'm thinking it should have been "a brilliant man with a troubled past".
+M. Strain Jr. Yeah I cosign with +Quaishaun Colbert (Shaun)....guy isn't troubled he is mentally ill and unmedicated. Tragedy, but not "trouble" in the way of a drug addict or someone who has destroyed their life. In L.A. so many homeless people w/o access to mental health care.
nkj777able
I don't know how I feel about the concept of everyone having "the right" to healthcare. Remember where the money comes from. Should taxes be increased and more money be taken from your paycheck to support people who may be where they are because of bad decisions?
I was homeless for a time, living in the shelter in downtown Raleigh. A lot of those people live to leech off of others, and they act like they have the right to do so. I'm not talking about all homeless folks, but many of the ones I encountered there were lazy, irresponsible, and little more than a selfish burden on others. While there are those who are legitimately trying to claw their way out of the deep mud pit that is homelessness (and it is very hard to get out without the strong help of family), many of them are content to do nothing but expect everyone else to take care of them.
Is it our responsibility as a society to throw money at people who will squander it, to "help" people who won't be bettered by that help? Free healthcare means that they will look for any excuse to go to the hospital so they could have shelter for the night, which blocks up the system and makes it more difficult for people who actually have health problems.
Yes, in theory, it sounds so nice that we should take care of our homeless, but why should we do so when so many of them have accepted their lifestyle and aren't doing much of anything to help themselves? It's a waste of resources that should be going to those who are contributing to society. We shouldn't punish those who are working by taking money from them and giving it to people who are generally just taking advantage.
I think if you are a living, breathing contributing member to society....our wealthy [compared to most of the world] society you should have access to healthcare. I don't thing its something you have to "earn" or "prove" yourself worthy. This and adequate shelter seem to be a no-brainer for a place as rich as the U.S. People who do crimes, acquire addictions, become a weight on our public sector typically wouldn't do those things (as much if at all) if there was life-sustaining work, shelter & health care available. And even if you go the route of the underground economy & the criminal justice system...people in jail have better healthcare than part-time retail/service industry employees much less artists who contribute mightily to our lives.
This man was given some meds that he didn't like & memories of shock therapy kept him from seeing help.....but still there should have been some options available before he hit the street.
I'm an L.A. guy and have seen that kind of homelessness and now in Portland, OR I see a different kind of homelessness....doesn't seem right for us to have so many issues while so many are over the top wealthy.
+nkj777able
Unfortunately, this is a reality to deal with. I understand the desire to want to help our fellow men, but to what end? You care about the homeless, but a good number of these guys don't care about you. They're selfish and will rip you off without regret so they can get what they want. And if you give a homeless guy money, he'll only squander it and be encouraged to beg for more. You offer him free classes to better himself, and he'll either never show up, or he would go once or twice before dropping out. A lot of homeless people are so used to their lifestyle that they've become content enough not to want to do anything to get out of it. You think they want to work jobs like the rest of us? These guys begging for money on the side of the road can make more money in one day than I do in the course of the week, and yet they continue to be homeless because of the bad choices they're continuously making.
What are we supposed to do? How can we change people who expect things to be handed to them?
Then of course there's the issue of there not being enough jobs for everyone. Not sure if you've noticed, but a lot of complanies have been down-sizing, running on the minimum number of employees that they can. Lots of people who have families, cars, houses, etc are struggling to find and maintain work. It's nice to talk about giving jobs to the homeless, but doing so takes a job from someone who has a home, and that doesn't solve homelessness, does it?
Yes, we are a wealthy nation. But I promise you that if all our money was equally distributed so every citizen had the same amount of wealth, within several years the same people will the rich and the same people will be poor. It all comes down to personal responsibility and the consequences of our own decisions.
Homelessness is a reality that will never be solved. It has existed from the beginning of man, and it will continue on.
Two characters played by Robert Downey Jr. and Jamie Foxx
did mr. lopez say this is the relationship he earned the most from?
So I know this is a very old comment, but I believe what he said was that it's the relationship he's _learned_ the most from, not earned.
Learned
4:13
who's here because of helix charter high school mrs.thedell english class
Nah nigga, I'm here because of Santa Paula High School, Mrs. McPhersons Sociology class.
Well, I went to Helix, but graduated '95 which is probably before your time. :)
I thought this movie, when i first saw it was a fucking downer, but then when i researched this guy, i realized how exaggerated the movie was and that i didn't have all the acts
sorta good movie
Robert Downer Jr
Did mathan smack the guy like the movie....
LA.....lopez and ayers
Ayu!!!!!!!!
He's my neighbor at nursin an he's not doin great .
someone at school gave him something to mess him up
German Lopez I think so also.
Big G I agree!!!!
U can't give someone something and they come down with paranoid schizophrenia, it doesn't work that way. There's criteria and science involved in making the diagnosis. They didn't just say oh he seems crazy, he has paranoid schizophrenia! People like to believe conspiracy theories
Mitchell Kalina drugs can trigger schizophrenia if you are susceptible to the illness. They also can cause enough enough brain damage to make you hallucinate or develop psychosis... they can do serious damage... It’s questionable especially hearing from the sister how he was very clean and mentally stable before college. This is bittersweet. At least he still had his music and nothing can take the joy you get away from
Having a personal concert at your fingertips every single day.
I believe he's suffers from clinical schizophrenia.
Probably onset at around early to late puberty. He has classic signs of it. Paranoia, voices, hallucinations and erratic train of thought.
Someone at that school did something to him. I simply cannot believe that this man just lost his mind while attending one of the most competitive schools in the country.
I remember some of my friends tried drugs in college and sadly their mind is gone forever! Some have schizophrenia, & manic disorders I don’t want to imply he tried drugs but it’s highly unlikely no one in his family noticed this behavior before he left for school! I believe someone may have slipped him drugs out of jealousy thinking he got into Juilliard because of his skin color!
S M no he has a mental illness
@@niyatishetty8925 thank you.
Schizophrenia can lie dormant until the mid 20's. It's perfectly possible he didn't exhibit symptoms until he was already attending Juliard. Why would you make the ludicrous assumption that drugs given with malicious intent caused his illness?
You not lying it happen to one of my aunties at a party someone slipped something in here drinks she went ..it happened to a classmate .Also it happen to one of my older cousins fraternity brother in Mississippi.
Drugs don’t work like that. He had it early on when he started playing. The shock therapy alone could have made it worse. Drugs can impact brain health no doubt but drugs can’t bring on mental illness. They may only make it more apparent while under the influence