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While traveling in caravan through the country of Sweden, one member of the decadent Alberti Circus tells the owner and ringmaster Albert Johansson a sad story about the clown Frost: seven years ago, ...( read more 
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MCT:October 13, 2008
Oh Ingmar, you never fail to impress me!
The plot concerning the lives of a circus troupe is simple and nothing new but Bergman makes it his own. Filled with gorgeous images, such as the great use of mirrors and that amazing flashback sequence with the clown. The performances are also strong especially Åke Grönberg as Albert the ringmaster, and Andersson, who as always, is brilliant. -
MCT:October 10, 2008wow i have just seen this movie 4 the 1st time n think that this is a good movie...its a subtitled movie (its a foreign movie)...its filmed in black n white which is really good throughout the movie...its got a really good cast of actors/actressess throughout this movie...i think that the director of this Drama, Art House & International movie had done a really good job of directing this movie because you never know what 2 expect throughout this movie...its got a really good cast of actors..its an old 1953 movie but its still worth a watch in these days i think its a pretty good movie
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MCT:September 8, 2008
There is something about this film, the very exuberance of it all in contrast to the despair of its members, the meaningless morass of man's relationships to each other and beyond that is interesting here. The character's mess sometimes relate well and we wonder at the end how pathetic man can become and turn into.
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MCT:February 8, 2008
You know, for a second...I actually thought this could be a happy movie. IT'S A MOVIE ABOUT A CIRCUS?! You can understand my logic, right? Okay, but it's Bergman. Bergman is depressing. This is Bergman at his most depressing. But here's the kicker...it's an amazing movie.
This feels like one of Bergman's most contained films. It isn't very long and really uses some of the best cinematography that I've seen in his movies. I couldn't help comparing the flashback of the clown to the closing of The Seventh Seal, but I really like that famous moment so I'm glad to see that mentality used here.
Bergman deals with a world of cruelty and somehow makes it real. I know that there are just evil people out there who are so filled with pride and cockiness that they have to tear everyone else down. Perhaps I'm blessed that the negativity in my life is temptered to tolerable limits. But it is hard to watch genuinely good people (who have made mistakes, sure) get torn down. But Bergman isn't necessarily a pessimist. Bergman, I believe, is a crafty optimist. While all this crap is raining down from the skies, there's always that silver lining that has to do with the future. Sure, the situation presented to us hasn't worked out in the way that the characters hoped, but life keeps going, no matter how dark the world gets. In this case, it involves shooting a circus bear. (I told you this movie was depressing!)
I really have to compliment Criterion again. I've noticed with a lot of their more recent releases, the prints look fantastic. These are movies that have been torn to shreds, but Criterion gets them near perfect. Sawdust and Tinsel and Le Bonheur (review coming soon!) both visually blew me away and I have so say thanks to this company for making these movies available.
By the way, (little side story) if you can't find Sawdust and Tinsel, you need not look further than your local Giant Eagle. That's right, I bought this and Drunken Angel at Giant Eagle. Man, I wish we had Giant Eagle. -
MCT:December 11, 2007I am a sucker for movies about show people, the circus, theater, etc. I am also devoted to Bergman's films, finding him to be unjustly presumed a "difficult, arty" filmmaker. If you actually watch his movies, you will find an earthy blend of spirituality, sexuality, philosophy, comedy, universal symbols, all with Bergman's deft cinematic touch.
This early work by the master is damn near perfect as a beautifully photographed evocation of the vagabond life of circus performers and a (slightly underdeveloped) story of romantic betrayal. Fellini's "La Strada" has echoes of this picture and the same sort of gentle sadness permeates the entire film.
We have passed the era when European art films were either viewed as an opportunity to see raw depicitions of sex or were only supported by academic types who always ruin the joy of art by dissecting it into micro-bits. Bergman is not difficult, he is organic and true and quite possibly the greatest of all cinema artists. -
MCT:September 27, 2007
Prob my 2nd fav IBergman now. Complicated story of complicated ppl living ordinary lives... with CLOWNs lol.
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