Sony Picture Classics has send us over some stills and the official poster to one of the most anticipated films of the fall David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method", which stars Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender, Keira Knightley and Vincent Cassel. The film is slated to open in New York and Los Angeles on November 23rd.
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Plot Synopsis:
Seduced by the challenge of an impossible case, the driven Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) takes the unbalanced yet beautiful Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) as his patient in A Dangerous Method. Jung's weapon is the method of his master, the renowned Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen). Both men fall under Sabina's spell.
Sony Picture Classics recently released the official trailer and a couple of stills for the upcoming David Cronenberg film "A Dangerous Method", which stars Michael Fassbender, Viggo Mortensen,and Keira Knightley. The film will be making its North American Premiere at this year's Toronto International Film Festival. "A Dangerous Method" Opens in NY and LA on November 23rd.
For more information on this film, you can visit the film's official website at: http://www.sonyclassics.com/adangerousmethod/
Plot Synopsis:
David Cronenberg adapts Christopher Hampton's 2002 stage play concerning the turbulent relationship between Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) and his mentor Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) as they struggle to treat a troubled patient (Keira Knightley).
Upcoming Screenings:
Saturday September 10th
Roy Thomson Hall
6:30pm
Toronto, Canada
Monday September 12th
TIFF Bell Lightbox 1
4:45pm
Toronto, Canada
"A Dangerous Method": Official Trailer
Eastern Promises
Year: 2007
Director: David Cronenburg
Stars: Viggo Mortensen, Naomi Watts and Vincent Cassel
MPAA Rating: R
Running Time: 100 Mins
Review Rating: 5 Stars
Eastern Promises is the latest film from cult director David Cronenburg. This film also re-teams him with actor Viggo Mortensen (The Lord of the Rings trilogy) who also stared in Cronenburg’s last film, A History of Violence. In Eastern Promises, Mortensen plays a notorious low-key gangster/driver named Nikolai Luzhin. He finds out that his existence has been compromised, when a woman (Naomi Watts) inadvertently discovers a notebook, from a dead girl that has some information that’s incriminates a member of his family and threatens his existence. Soon, his life is threatened as he begins to fear that people wants him dead, as he can’t trust anyone not even his own family. This will lead to murder, deceit and retribution for all those involved. Vincent Cassel (Derailed, Oceans Twelve) and Armin Mueller-Stahl (Shine, The X Files movie) co-star in the film.
Eastern Promises is a very dark and gritty gangster film that may not be for everyone, unlike me. I’m really starting to become a Cronenberg fan. He seemed to have gotten away from his trademark weirdness that’s been seen in most of his films like Crash (1996), Naked Lunch, and Videodrome. He’s focusing his efforts mostly on directing these days, instead of writing the films too. I like how he captures the dark atmosphere here, as it goes very well with the subject matter here. He again, like in A History of Violence manages to have the gangsters be creepy villainous characters, which is great and is not seen in many films of this genre. The screenplay was written by, Steven Knight who was nominated for Oscar in 2004 for Dirty Pretty Things. I thought he was very disciplined with the screenplay, as he didn’t rush the story along or try to move it along to the point where you don’t understand anything. He takes his time developing the characters and inserting the back-story of the dead girl within the film, which helps its grittiness and plays a vital role here. Also, I’m very surprised that the filmmakers got away with it’s R rating as there was a fight in the shower with a naked Mortensen, near the end of the film. Usually that’s something that the rating board frowns upon.
What also makes a great gritty gangster film is the acting and it was great here. I thought Viggo Mortensen was perfect for this role, as he deserved his Oscar nomination. He brought that creepy edge to the role, which made it perfect. At times, his character reminded me of Ed Harris in A History Of Violence. He’s up there with Guy Pearce, as one of Hollywood’s most underrated actors. Naomi Watts was very good, as she seemed to capture the innocents of this character, who caught in the middle of this.
Eastern Promises is a very gloomy gangster film that Cronenberg and gangster film films will have the benefit of watching one of the best films of 2007.
