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Then there’s the first day in the theater, the first time you enter your dressing room and discreetly switch your name tag with someone else’s because you always end up in front of the damned door every time and you’re sick of exposing your naughty bits to God and country. Then there’s the first day in the theater, the first time you enter your dressing room and discreetly switch your name tag with someone else’s because you always end up in front of the damned door every time and you’re sick of exposing your naughty bits to God and country.

David Cronenberg’s ‘Method’

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While the latest film from David Cronenberg is a further departure from the psychological horror films of his early career, it does still put psychology (and psychoanalysis) at the forefront. “A Dangerous Method,” starring Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Keira Knightley, takes place on the eve of World War I and looks at the relationship between the psychiatrist Carl Jung and his mentor Sigmund Freud. That relationship shifts when Jung takes on and develops a close bond to a new patient, Sabina Spielrein, played by Ms. Knightley. The film’s screenplay was adapted by Christopher Hampton from his stage play, “The Talking Cure.” The Times’s Stephen Holden writes about “A Dangerous Method” in his notebook about films in the festival. In this video, Mr. Cronenberg discusses how he and his team used source material — letters written by the two main subjects — to create an accurate account of both the personal and professional lives of these men.

Sundance Adds ‘New Media’ Projects

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Sundance has expanded its vaunted filmmaker labs program to include projects that focus on the convergence of film and new media technologies. (Think Matthew Barney.) The first New Frontier Story Lab will start Oct. 23 at Sundance’s headquarters in the mountains outside Salt Lake City. Keri Putnam, executive director of the Sundance Institute, called the intersection of film and new media “a new and important field where we felt independent voices needed nurturing and resources.” The inaugural New Frontier workshop, underwritten by Coca-Cola and McCann, will include 11 artists working on projects like “18 Days in Egypt,” an interactive documentary project that will tell the story of the recent Egyptian revolution through a collage of videos, photos, tweets and other electronic media.