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Mighty Movie Podcast: Christopher Hampton on A Dangerous Method
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- Published on Tuesday, 22 November 2011 14:40
- Written by Daniel Persons
David Cronenberg is no stranger to exploring how people undo themselves by venturing into the boundaries of human sexuality. In A Dangerous Method, though, he delves into the historical figures who helped set those boundaries, and creates a drama where intellect and science are pitted against human passion and sexual politics.
The story -- as adapted by screenwriter Christopher Hampton from his stage play, The Talking Cure, which in turn was based on John Kerr's book, A Most Dangerous Method: The Story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein -- spins off the actual relationship between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender), one of the founders of modern psychoanalysis, and Spielrein (Keira Knightley), a young woman who starts out as the doctor's patient and eventually becomes his colleague and, as rumor has it, mistress. As Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortenson) is drawn into their orbits, the film becomes an intelligent and moving tale of people striving for the betterment of humanity, frequently against the pull of their own frailties.
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Caveh Zahedi Is A Sex Addict -- An Interview
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- Published on Sunday, 30 October 2011 18:39
- Written by Brad Balfour
Juno Temple & Jeremy Dozier Dress Up "Dirty Girl"
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- Published on Wednesday, 26 October 2011 09:45
- Written by Brad Balfour
Despite a substantial effort to integrate gays into mainstream America, anti-homosexual violence continues for those who don't conform to this country's far-too-conservative mores. Though it's hard to believe that it continues, bullying still spurs teen suicides in a country charged by Tea Party extremism.
So first-time director Abe Sylvia used his juvenile experiences as a gay kid growing up in 1980s Norman, Oklahoma, as a starting point to inform us about his efforts to flee such attitudes. His debut feature, Dirty Girl, details a comedic search for identity and freedom which provides a context to illustrate the effect such repression has and how it stimulates the will to escape.
Director Durkin Makes A Cultic Film Worthy of Award Noms
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- Published on Monday, 24 October 2011 22:19
- Written by Brad Balfour
![Sean Durkin [Photo by Brad Balfour]](/images/stories/2011/11/sean-durkin-bb.jpg "Sean Durkin [Photo by Brad Balfour]")
Whether Sean Durkin wins at IFP's 2011 Gotham Awards for Breakthrough Director of The Year (held at Cipriani Wall Street, November 28th, 2011) or not, he enters this season's award cavalcade through his debut feature, Martha Marcy May Marlene (which is also nominated for best ensemble performance).
Launched at Sundance Film Festival 2011 and introduced to NYC audiences at this year's New York Film Festival, the film has garnered cultic interest for both its star, Elizabeth Olsen (herself a nominee tonight for breakthrough actor) and its young producer/director/writer.
MMMM's dark tone and horror film tropes makes it more than a character study of Martha (Olsen), a PTSD-afflicted escapee from an upstate New York cult.
Both the isolated farm scene of the cult and the seeming conventionality of her sister Lucy's vacation retreat that Martha returns to offers a similar feeling of solace and alienation for the near-catatonic Martha and audiences alike. Such a feeling lends an almost hallucinogenic vibe to this thriller-like, ominous tale
