In glancing at a few reviews prior to seeing A Dangerous Method , I recall one that noted audiences finding the film "too talky." While this seems tantamount to finding The Artist a tad too silent, it does point out the difficultly facing David Cronenberg and his accomplished screenwriter, Christopher Hampton (adapting his 2002 play, The Talking Cure, based on the novel by John Kerr, A Most Dangerous Method: the story of Jung, Freud and Sabina Spielrein ). Just how do you create something cinematic about the early days of psychoanalysis and a few of its leading figures? Do you attempt to flesh out these extremely complex historical figures and do justice to most of the intellectual issues with which they grappled, at the risk of producing something that is too...well, clinical? Or do you go the more florid, Ken Russel route with these august personages? Freudomania, anyone? A kind of middle ground is achieved,which goes back to Mr. ...