Extraordinarily good looking, without the baggage of Bergman's earlier seriousness. Also has the colors of The Man with the Umbrella, and Three Strange Lovers, with lots of flashback montages fitting in with the precise pacing for an otherworldly effect.
Eva Dalhbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand's excellent comedic performances are the cornerstones of the film's very dramatic performances. On the contrary, the Bergman lovers have a slightly smaller role in this movie. But somehow the combination of his modernist themes and the precision of his audiovisual language is strangely at odds with the fact that, even though this is Bergman's first movie to make the audience laugh, it doesn't seem to be his style.
Eva Dalhbeck is too good here. There's no sound in the second half of cc.
Eva Dalhbeck and Gunnar Björnstrand's excellent comedic performances are the cornerstones of the film's very dramatic performances. On the contrary, the Bergman lovers have a slightly smaller role in this movie. But somehow the combination of his modernist themes and the precision of his audiovisual language is strangely at odds with the fact that, even though this is Bergman's first movie to make the audience laugh, it doesn't seem to be his style.
Eva Dalhbeck is too good here. There's no sound in the second half of cc.