A Dangerous Method (2011; David Cronenberg) is another
superlative film from this most singular of directors, one that tackles
subjects familiar to the filmmaker’s fans (mad doctors; body-horror; the
mind-body split; the body in rebellion; the pain in our heads that never goes
away; sexuality and repression; misdirected creativity; and so on), but
presented in a thoughtful and precise manner showing Cronenberg’s maturation as
an artist and human being.
Cronenberg’s still blowing up heads; just in a new,
more intellectually rigorous manner.
