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Friday, March 9, 2012
ENTERTAINMENT
Movie Review
A Dangerous Method
// LANDON MCDONALD
David Cronenberg's "A Dangerous Method" is a scintillating psycho-sexual safari masquerading as another drab period piece, trading powdered wigs and petticoats for riding crops, tightly laced corsets and feral erotica.
From sci-fi classics like "Videodrome" and "The Fly" to his masterpiece "A History of Violence," the Canadian auteur has long been obsessed with the concept of bodily deformation or decay as a metaphor for the moral corrosion of the soul. Now he's finally tackling one of the driving influences behind his "body horror" fixation: the story of Carl Jung and Sigmund Freud's tumultuous friendship and the eventual schism that precipitated the birth of modern psychology.
The story centers on Jung (Michael Fassbender) and his ill-advised decision to take one of his mental patients as a mistress. The girl in question is the alluring Sabrina Spielrein (Keira Knightley),
the brilliant but unhinged masochist who would go on to become one of the Soviet Union's leading psychoanalysts.
Haunted by his unethical desires, Jung retreats to Vienna and quickly ingratiates himself to Freud (Viggo Mortensen), whose theories of the unconscious mind are already being met with admiration and infamy. Their talks together are fascinating, ranging from intellectual jousing to the deepest of existential musings. Then Sabrina arrives in Vienna like a heat wave, and all sense of propriety between the two men quickly evaporates.
Knightley is a physical marvel, contorting her body into a writhing, rickety tangle of limbs that simultaneously conveys helpless terror and insatiable lust. Fassbender is more restrained here than usual, turning in a performance that essentially acts as a sounding board for Knightley and Mortensen. Mortensen is a mercurial, cigar chomping delight as
Freud, a man whose genius is dwarfed only by his own regard for it. Special mention must also be made of the brilliant French actor Vincent Cassel, whose pansexual anarchist Otto Gross steals every scene he slithers into.
Despite its many strengths, "A Dangerous Method" has some difficulty finding the balance between its three main characters. We spend an inordinate amount of time in the cold, loveless home
of Jung and his vengefully pregnant wife. Mortensen, arguably the film's acting highlight, only appears sporadically, and too much of the third act is spent watching characters write, send and read various letters. But these are minor gripes. Like Knightley's incredible shrinking corset, Cronenberg's latest deserves to be seen before it's gone.
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"We're just trying to be proactive," he said. "We want to make it safer than it was in 2008."
He said that the University student community, and the rest of Lawrence, have maintained order well in that past and no significant issues have come up during past NCAA tournaments.
Brandon Graham, bought Jefferson Restaurant, 743 Massachusetts St. in May, 2011, and bought Papa Keno's Pizzeria, 1035 Massachusetts St. in January. He said he doesn't know what operating those businesses during the tournament, will be like, but he doesn't expect crowds to be a problem.
"I give the public the benefit of the doubt." Graham said.
He said the ordinance shouldn't affect bars because people are already prohibited from leaving drinking establishments with open containers. And, Graham said, Papa Keno's uses plastic cups
"It's a no-brainer public safety issue," he said.
Squire, who assists the city in planning for NCAA tournament crowds, said the police would have a significant presence downtown during the Final Four weekend. Squire said he couldn't give specifics about how the police and city plan to deal with a large crowd, but did say a number public safety and sanitation were considered.
"With that many people, plus alcohol, bad things can happen," he said. "We want eliminate as many things as possible."
Squire said along with broken glass causing injuries, glass can be used as a dangerous projectile. He said plastic containers are much less likely to cause injury or property damage.
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University assistant professor of political Science Michael Lynch said the Kansas caucus is more important in this election than in past elections, because the Presidential candidate has usually been determined before the Kansas caucus is held.
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According to a fact sheet provided by University of Kansas College Republicans' president Ashley Moretti, students who are 18 years or older by March 10 registered as a Republican before Feb. 17 can vote at Free State High School on Saturday, as long as they live in the same congressional district as the University. If students don't live in the same congressional district as the University, they can still vote in a provisional ballot at the local site. Voters should bring a valid ID, which will prove state residency.
Free State High School will host the local Kansas Republican Presidential Caucus Saturday.
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KANSAS CAUCUS FORMS OF VALID ID:
- A Kansas Driver's License or no-driver's identification card
- A concealed carry of handgun or weapon license
- A US Passport
- An employee of identification document issued by a government employer
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- A student identification card issued by an accredited postsecondary institution of education in the state of Kansas
- Source: Kansas Federation of College Republicans
Presidential candidates Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romeny, Ron Paul and Rick Santorum will appear on the ballot.
Burdett Loomis, a University professor in political science, said he predicted Rick Santorum will probably be favored in the Kansas Caucus, because he has a strong support from social conservatives.
"The general rule is that strongest supporters are the ones that come out," Loomis said.
Lynch said caucuses last longer than regular primaries, because voters have the opportunity to hear
speeches supporting each candidate on the ballot before they cast their votes. He said Evangelical Christians and other very conservative Republicans are more likely to vote during a caucus, because they are more willing to take the extra time. Lynch said this demographic of voters supported Mike Huckabee in the 2008 election and will most likely support Santorum this year.
He said students who want to vote in Saturday's caucus should expect to spend more time at the polls than they would during other elections.
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"If Santorum wins Kansas and couple other states, he can argue it's not over," he said.
Loomis said Kansas' role in the presidential election is greater during the GOP primaries, because Kansas is a traditionally Republican state.
Loomis said Mitt Romney, who took a lead over other candidates on Super Tuesday, has a strong chance of winning the GOP nomination, but Santorum is not far behind.
"Presidential politics will leave the state after Saturday," he said.
Lynch also said voters who arrive at 10 a.m. will have to listen to about 30 minutes of speeches before voting. Speeches will repeat through out the voting period, and voters should expect the high school to be crowded, as there is only one caucus site in Lawrence.
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"You aren't just showing up and voting." Lynch said.
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