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
