A Dangerous Method @ The Flicks
99 min – Biography | Drama | Thriller |
A look at how the intense relationship between Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud gives birth to psychoanalysis, starring Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender and Viggo Mortensen. Given his entire filmography is concerned with themes linked to man’s identity and the complexities of human sexuality, David Cronenberg is, on paper at least, the ideal director for A Dangerous Method, a movie dealing with the birth of psychoanalysis.
What was the source of conflict which caused a gulf to form between Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung? When we examine their personal and professional lives, what turning points shaped their theories? What were the storms which blew through the lives of Jung and Sabina Spielrein? These are some of the questions this film attempts to highlight, and in fact begins to touch upon.
This movie can be seen as a play by Moliere with Jung and Freud as characters. Comedy and description of society, drama and piece of biographic way, mirror and childish trip: it is a “cake” with many spices.
A Dangerous Method is a brilliant , absorbing and thought provoking movie that boasts excellent performances by the three leading actors.
