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Collaborators: A Dangerous Method: Research - Part 1

A fictional drama based on real-life historical figures, A Dangerous Method required extensive research from the outset. Hear screenwriter Christopher Hampton discuss his research process and the discoveries he made as he prepared to write the script.

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David Cronenberg directs Keira Knightley and Michael Fassbender in this behind-the-scenes image from A Dangerous Method. Director David Cronenberg and Cinematographer Peter Suschitzky on set with Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein and Michael Fassbender as Dr. Carl Jung.

A Dangerous Method, 2011
Photographer: Liam Daniel
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A DANGEROUS METHOD appears courtesy of Prospero Pictures, Entertainment One & Sony Pictures Classics Inc.
Dr. Carl Jung treats Sabina Spielrein in this scene from A Dangerous Method.Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) treats Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) in this scene from A Dangerous Method.

A Dangerous Method, 2011
Photographer: Liam Daniel
© Recorded Picture Company, 2011
A DANGEROUS METHOD appears courtesy of Prospero Pictures, Entertainment One & Sony Pictures Classics Inc.
Dr. Sigmund Freud (Viggo Mortensen) and Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) converse in this scene from A Dangerous Method. Viggo Mortensen as Dr. Sigmund Freud and Michael Fassbender as Dr. Carl Jung.

A Dangerous Method, 2011
Photographer: Liam Daniel
© Recorded Picture Company, 2011
A DANGEROUS METHOD appears courtesy of Prospero Pictures, Entertainment One & Sony Pictures Classics Inc.
Emma Jung (Sarah Gadon) and Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) converse in this scene from A Dangerous Method. Sarah Gadon as Emma Jung and Michael Fassbender as Dr. Carl Jung.

A Dangerous Method, 2011
Photographer: Liam Daniel
© Recorded Picture Company, 2011
A DANGEROUS METHOD appears courtesy of Prospero Pictures, Entertainment One & Sony Pictures Classics Inc.
Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) converses with Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) in this scene from A Dangerous Method. Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein and Michael Fassbender as Dr. Carl Jung.

A Dangerous Method, 2011
Photographer: Liam Daniel
© Recorded Picture Company, 2011
A DANGEROUS METHOD appears courtesy of Prospero Pictures, Entertainment One & Sony Pictures Classics Inc.
Dr. Carl Jung (Michael Fassbender) treats Sabina Spielrein (Keira Knightley) in this scene from A Dangerous Method.Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein and Michael Fassbender as Dr. Carl Jung.

A Dangerous Method, 2011
Photographer: Liam Daniel
© Recorded Picture Company, 2011
A DANGEROUS METHOD appears courtesy of Prospero Pictures, Entertainment One & Sony Pictures Classics Inc.
Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein and Michael Fassbender as Dr. Carl Jung in Freud's office.Keira Knightley as Sabina Spielrein.

A Dangerous Method, 2011
Photographer: Liam Daniel
© Recorded Picture Company, 2011
A DANGEROUS METHOD appears courtesy of Prospero Pictures, Entertainment One & Sony Pictures Classics Inc.