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A Dangerous Method (2011) Movie Segment Analysis
In his film, A Dangerous Method (2011), David Cronenberg sought to depict the ancient
historical perspective of the 'talking cure' of psychoanalysis. The introduction segment portrays
two main characters, Freud and Jung, who interact in their scientific careers. Freud views that
Jung can actively promote consistent study and research on the talking cure. Jung appears to
have enthusiasm, devotion, and energy for scientific rigor and continued study.
Jung is portrayed as a young psychiatrist who has just begun his research and clinical
work in a reputable international hospital in Switzerland. The segment also introduces Eugen
Bleuler, who is the facility's director who is renowned in the psychiatry sphere for formulating
the word schizophrenia. Jung takes time to study Freud's pieces and is specifically interested in
the element of dreams.
According to the film segment, Jung does not only read works literally but has also
started to apply the 'talking cure' approach with his clients at the facility. The segment illustrates
that Freud and Jung have consistent communications through letters and, at one instance, meets
physically at Freud's resident in Vienna, where they had an extensive conversation that lasted for
13 hours.
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From the viewpoint of supervision and training, it is imperative to cogitate, the collegial,
essentially monitoring interactions between the two characters in psychotherapy and counseling.
Notably, the initiation of 'the talking cure' was not an easy process, as it mandated operating
through numerous complex issues. Jung and Freud deliberate on various facets of the ongoing
analysis. Regulations on which parties ought to take part in any given is seemingly different from
the modern ethical guidelines in Canada. Over the last century, since the historical moment that
the film is based, much has taken place in advancing the code of ethics in mental health
practices.
At some point in the segment, a female patient, Sabina Spielrein, arrives at Jung's clinic.
She is typically desperate and manic and struggles to bypass two attendants at the facility's
entrance. It takes the hand of Jung, who takes her in to assess her condition. Using Friend's
psychotherapy approach, Jung successively manages to calm her, untwist her, and ultimately
liberates her intelligent mind. By that time, Jung was yet to meet Freud and relied on his
writings.
In contemporary Canada, being a mentor, trainer, or supervisor could allow an individual
to respond to various unprofessional practices such as those conducted by Jung and Spielrein. It
is also known how highly unethical it is to analyze a family member. For instance, after Spielrein
begins improving and is noted to have a keen interest in medicine, she helps Jung out in his study
with Jung's pregnant wife being the subject. After the study, when asked to comment on Jung's'
marriage, she negatively responds.
With the evolution of the medical field, mental health experts cognize that having social
relationships with their patients could affect treatment and are guided by the principle of 'no
harm'. As mentors and supervisors in today's world, it is essential to guide our mentees or
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supervisees in developing correct boundaries with their patients while also cultivating healthy
boundaries. With the formulation of CCPA's Ethical code, clear guidelines on how psychiatrists
should relate with their clients and how research in such matters should be done has been put in
place.
It is seen from the segment that these unhealthy relationships with clients could pose
adverse effects on an individual's profession and any advancements after that. That is well
depicted in the struggle that Freud and Jung find themselves in that break their relationship.
Additionally, The segment brings out the picture of an inner struggle whereby, as seen in the case
of Jung, it is possible to help others deal with their mental problems while having a struggle
with self-control.
As Sabina recovers and blossoms, she falls in love with Jung, and the two start an affair
even though Jung has a wife called Emma. Later as she attends her clinical sessions with Freud,
she confesses that they were having an affair with Jung. Freud uses that piece of information in
the diagnosis and compares it to a weapon in his ideological struggle with Jung. In that regard,
the film emphasizes that psychoanalysis can tamper with the scuffle between Freud and Jung.
Besides, Sabina may have made some much more convenient conclusions compared to the two
battling male approaches.
The film segment depicts the initially touchy relationship between two psychiatrists,
Freud and Junk, which eventually fall apart over a sexually hysterical patient called Sabina. In
the field of psychotherapy, the relationship between the three could be said to form a triangle.
That presents a case where a foreign party tries to attract some personal attention from an
internal party.
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As a result, one of the internal parties could give in to the need for the external party. In
doing so, the involved internal party may tend to be more attached to the foreign party, at the
expense of the other remaining party. That results in some adverse effects as the neglected party
tries to win the attachment back. For instance, in the movie, Jung begins to disagree with Freud
on the appropriately meaning of Libido and whether sexual development and sexuality start at
neuroses. As noted earlier-above, the ideological differences are instigated by Sabina's revelation
about her romantic affair with Jung. Various love triangles depicted in this segment may include
that between Freud, Jung, and Sabina, as well as that one formed by Sabina, Jung, and Emma.
In conclusion, the paper has portrayed an in-depth analysis of the introduction segment of
David Cronenberg's film, A Dangerous Method (2011). The analysis has been performed in terms
of an allegory of Canadian identity and has successively managed to portray the prevailing love
triangle between the film's main characters, Freud, Jung and Sabina. It also illustrated the
reactions that various parties within a love triangle tries to pose, to get attachment from either of
the other two parties.
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Work Cited
Furlotti, Nancy. "A Dangerous Method. (2011). Directed by David Cronenberg." (2012): 262-
263.
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