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CRONENBERG’S FREUD AND JUNG SHOW

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March 7, 2012

A DANGEROUS METHOD directed by David Cronenberg (Canada, 2011)

"Trust me, I'm a doctor!"

‘Restrained’ and ‘tasteful’ are not adjectives I want to see associated with David Cronenberg.

It’s as incongruous as describing a Terry Gilliam as understated and temperate or David Lynch as cosy and reassuring.

For a film that deals with sexual behaviour and personal liberty you’d expect A Dangerous Method to stir up some healthy controversy. Yet, the normally provocative director seems intent on maintaining an uncharacteristic (and unwelcome) level of respectability.This means that Viggo Mortensen, who plays Sigmund Freud, is not being ironic when he calls it Cronenberg’s Merchant-Ivory film. Continue reading →

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BLACK SHEEP REVOLUTION BLUES

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November 10, 2011

Julian H. Cope is a national treasure who thankfully shows no sign of hanging up his boots.

Further proof of his flawed/floored genius comes with the news that he and his merry band of Black Sheep are to release a DVD of a 3-day/11 gig busking tour undertaken in 2008.

Start Productions filmed the impromptu performance at  overlooked sites of historical significance in the UK.

This includes footage at the site of the Peterloo Massacre in Manchester, the Carl Jung statue in Liverpool and the place Eddie Cochrane died  interspersed with pearls of wisdom from the Archdrude of Wessex himself.

Watch the trailer for Revolution Blues below:

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