Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Page to Screen: A Dangerous Method

November 23rd – A Dangerous Method
Starring: Viggo Mortensen, Keira Knightley, Michael Fassbender
Movie Synopsis: This historical film depicts the volatile relationship between psychotherapists Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud, and the woman who comes between them before the start of World War I.

Based on: A Most Dangerous Method: the story of Jung, Freud, and Sabina Spielrein by John Kerr (1993)
In 1907, Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung began what promised to be both a momentous collaboration and the deepest friendship of each man’s life. Six years later they were bitter antagonists, locked in a savage struggle that was as much personal and emotional as it was theoretical and professional. Between them stood a young woman named Sabina Spielrein, who had been both patient and lover to Jung and colleague and confidante to Freud before going on to become an innovative psychoanalyst herself.

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