Sawdust and Tinsel (Blu-ray)

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  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 32 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region A
  • Released: December 18, 2018
  • Originally Released: 2018
  • Label: Criterion Collection

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Rating: 3/4 -- Hailed by some at the time of its release as Bergman's masterpiece, this is proof of the director's maturing visual and thematic style. Full Review
TV Guide
Aug 29, 2006
[Anticipates] Bergman's mature works. Full Review
Film4
May 24, 2003
Rating: A -- It has great performances and is a visual treat, but its masochistic storyline might not be for all tastes. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Nov 29, 2007
A major early feature by Ingmar Bergman. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Feb 13, 2001
Rating: 3/4 -- Pain and degradation follow, inevitably before the eyes of a derisive crowd. Full Review
Slant Magazine
Nov 25, 2007
Vsually it is a treat, with Bergman's richly baroque compositions and persistent use of deep focus brilliantly exploiting the circus and theatre settings. And the performances are first-rate. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 26, 2006
Rating: 9/10 -- Not just a showcase for motifs that Bergman would use to create masterpieces later; it's a great film all by itself. Full Review
Antagony & Ecstasy
Sep 2, 2008

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Ingmar Bergman's SAWDUST AND TINSEL bears a resemblance to his later, better-known features in its harsh treatment of human relationships. Jealousy, lovers taking turns humiliating one other, selfish sexual desire--all these are familiar themes that would be developed further by Bergman later on, but the film's final moments seem to hold a rare promise of reconciliation. Albert Johansson (Åke Grönberg) is a sad, pathetic man who has given up domestic tranquillity for an uncertain life on the road as the director of the traveling Circus Alberti. Since leaving his wife and children, he has taken up with young bareback rider Anne (Harriet Andersson, who often played sexy, earthy characters in Bergman movies of the period). In Albert's old hometown the couple approaches the haughty director of a local theater company (Gunnar Björnstrand) to borrow props and costumes for the night's performance. Anne falls for the dandylike ham actor Frans (Hasse Ekman), who subsequently insults Albert in public, and a physical confrontation between the two men ensues. The film is formally captivating throughout and contains a celebrated, somewhat surreal flashback sequence early on, reminiscent of German Expressionist cinema, in which a white-faced clown (played by Anders Ek) suffers a breakdown after being confronted with his wife's infidelity.

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