Interviewed in Maclean's magazine about his new film, A Dangerous Method, the director David Cronenberg confessed to being puzzled by the behaviour of one of his actors.
Although there is plenty of weeping and sighing, the methods of the director, Abdellatif Kechiche, are less melodramatic than meteorological.
In recent days a string of actors, including Jessica Chastain and Chris Evans, have lined up to condemn Bertolucci's methods, but the director himself hit back, calling the controversy "ridiculous".
Most cast members were more familiar with Mr. Brook's method: naturally, the director's English wife, Natasha Parry (who plays Gertrude), but also Bruce Myers (Polonius and Gravedigger), an English veteran of his company.
"The rural poor are impervious to traditional prevention methods," said Gary Howe, the director of the International Fund for Agricultural Development in the East and Southern African division.
But in defending himself from both his detractors and his fans and in trying to clarify his methods and attitudes, the director is aiming at more than self-justification.
But in defending himself from both his detractors and his fans and in attempting to clarify his methods and attitudes, the director is aiming at more than self-justification.
"The scoring is a tool to enable financial institutions to make decisions about financing based on unconventional methods," says David Vladeck, the director of the bureau of consumer protection at the Federal Trade Commission.
Morgan admits the scoring method devised by Andrew Strauss, the director of cricket who wisely opted to retain him as captain last year, is not at the forefront of his mind; instead he wants to "reconnect" with the cricket that wowed audiences in 2015.
Here's how Dana describes a method Michels employed with the director Adam McKay, who suffered from "a fear of the red carpet and talk shows": Michels gave him an index card bearing the mantra "YOU ARE MARKED TO BATTLE THE FORCES OF JUDGMENT" and one with a drawing of a stick figure radiating arrows to symbolize the internal seat of authority, which McKay keeps in the visor of his car.
The director's methods serve the film's theme, which is the tension, the imperfect alignment, between human love and its divine correlative.
