Viggo Mortensen

In this week’s Knotted Fur there’s some science-fiction tragedy, with ‘ The Phantom Menace’ , the horrific, ‘ The Woman in Black’  and David Cronenberg’s newest film, ‘ A Dangerous Method’ . Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace Hack:  George Lucas Running Time:  Far too long but sadly not in a galaxy far far away Certificate:  Brain dead This weekend sees the long overdue, 3D release of “The George Lucas Saga”. It’s long overdue, not because I’ve been chomping at the bit, to...Read Full Story

A Dangerous Method: a spanking performance by Keira Knightly in David Cronenberg's look at the Freud/Jung 'relationship' The theatrical releases this weekend range from the tween horror, The Woman in Black, to the 3D release of, Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. But sadly they’ll be no more mention of Daniel Radcliffe, nor double ended lightsabres… pity. Anyway, despite the ominous shadow of half-term, those kind distributors haven’t completely abandoned those above the age of 16...Read Full Story

David Cronenberg ’s latest film follows the forming of the relationship between Carl Jung ( Michael Fassbender ) and Sigmund Freud ( Viggo Mortensen ), and it’s subsequent descent into chaos on the arrival of the unbalanced but alluring Sabina Speilrein ( Kiera Knightley ) into their lives. A Dangerous Method is a film about the birth of psychoanalysis, but it is far from the dry, academic film it could be. Sabina Speilrein arrives at the hospital spitting, growling and laughing maniacally...Read Full Story

David Cronenberg has always remained abit of an oddity to most film fans, especially with his films largely exploring body horror, with a particular interest toward bodily mutation and infection, with his films usually not being as straightforward as the plots many of his fellow horror directors. Still with his last two films “A History of Violence” and “Eastern Promises” he had begun to move away from horror and instead changing his interest to that of the human psyche, a theme now carried...Read Full Story

A Dangerous Method Plot If you have seen the trailer, you’ve seen it all: Freud (Viggo Mortensen) wants to work with Jung (Michael Fassbender), who is at the time treating a female patient (Keira Knightley). Jung is impressed by how smart and educated his patient is, and he encourages her to pursue her dreams about being a doctor. After she gets better, she enrolls in the university to become a psychiatrist. She and Jung seem to agree more on things than Jung and Freud do, as Freud is not...Read Full Story