The Floyd Theater presents 'A Dangerous Method' [Movies]

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David Cronenberg is an incredibly fascinating filmmaker. While on the surface many of his films may appear to be merely strange sci-fi outings or overly erotic indulgences, there is a lot more going on in his work. For example: in a lot of his older work, he has a strange fascination with exploring the [usually] dangerous consequences of the rise of technology in our society. There are films like “The Fly,” about a scientist whose experiments with teleportation go seriously wrong (and the dangers of teleportation are something my friends can tell you I won’t shut up about since reading Michio Kaku’s fascinating book “Physics of the Impossible [3]”; for further examples, click here [4]); or the bizarrely erotic “Crash” (not the 2005 Oscar winner) which at first glance may look to just be about a vehicular sexual fetish, but the metaphors run deeper; or 1999’s “eXistenZ,” which works curiously well as a companion piece to his earlier film “Videodrome,” an exploration humanity’s fascination with the violent and depraved.

However, after 2002’s “Spider” he took a curious turn for the more realistic with the [still great] films “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises.” Last year he released his newest film, “A Dangerous Method [5],” which plays this weekend at the University of Louisville [6] Floyd Theater.

“A Dangerous Method” is based on the true story of the relationship between Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung, and Jung’s once-patient and eventually first female psychoanalyst, Sabina Spelrein. The film stars Viggo Mortenson (in his third consecutive starring role in a Cronenberg film) as Freud, Michael Fassbender as Jung, and Keira Knightley as Spelrein.

“A Dangerous Method” plays at the Floyd Theater tonight at 5:00 and 8:00, Saturday at 5:00 and 8:00, and Sunday at 8:00. Admission is $1.50 for U of L students and $3.00 for the general public. The Floyd Theater is located on the third floor of the Student Activities Center on the U of L campus.

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