The gentleness of the film may be because it is based on Christopher Hampton's stage play "The Talking Cure", which also gives dialogue a pivotal place in the film. Movies seldom use deliberate shots to express the psychological activities of the characters, and they are more of a conversation. Whether it is the treatment of Keira Knightley, the analysis of her own dreams, or the communication and debate, they are all based on language. This is a movie dominated by language. As a result, this also created the film’s focus not on the horrifying style established by the director in the past, but more on the tit-for-tat confrontation between the two great psychologists. In "The Dangerous Method," David Cronenberg puts aside his sensational impulse, hides in the words of others (not even his own screenwriter), and appears extra cautious.
David Cronenberg has exaggerated expressiveness and a passion for fighting. The thoughts lurking in people's hearts are often directly exposed in the form of the flesh. In "Videodrome", the video tape is given breath, which can be integrated with the human body like an organ; another example is "Sensual Game (eXistenZ)" (as a science fiction film). The smell of the machine, whether it is a "drive" or a pistol, is attached to a kind of flesh and blood. Apart from these fantasies, even in a realistic movie like "Eastern Promises", I don't forget to have a naked fight in the bathroom. He always has an unusually thick nerve that puts lust and violence at both ends. After I endured this weird tremor, when I arrived at the end of the film, a kind of relief that I wanted to shout would have sprouted. It is in this extreme form that David Cronenberg expresses his own criticism or feelings, and is full of hot emotions.
It's just "Dangerous Method" that makes people depressing. Sabina Spillerin drove in the carriage, tears away from Jung’s affectionate vision, elegant music played and subtitles appeared. There is a surprisingly blandness. If it weren't for the lovable soundtrack, the few lines of subtitles that indicate that you are a biographical movie might seem colder. Many people are deeply impressed by Keira Knightley's crumbling chin, which also shows from one side that there is really too little memorable thing about this movie. Although the struggles and conflicts between the characters are clear and orderly, there is no gleam in sight. There is no romantic reason for the emotional entanglement between Jung and Sabina Spillerin in such a serious biography. The confrontation between Jung and Freud was also reduced to the establishment and collapse of the father's image.
This is a soothing movie. "Dangerous method", the director hides the "danger". The release of desire by Jung and Sabina is a danger, and whether Jung follows in Freud's footsteps is also a danger. But these dangers were not ignited.
"I think people who like "The Flies" may not like "Dangerous Method" all at once, because every movie is different. I respect their particularity and I am also seeking change." Try to change. Maybe he just suddenly discovered that there was too much libido in previous movies. This time, it was just a safe escape-the author was not present. Who knows this?
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