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I have seen two Ingmar Bergman films so far, this and 'The Seventh Seal'. I found the Seal to be really overrated and terribly dated. But, I found this the worst, it's so irritating, the actors and the everything just everything. Bergman tried so hard to be different it became painfully funny. His attempts of "being different" were a repeated conversation by showing the different sides of people's faces!?, how is that talented or unique... I don't think so. I think he's just a really overrated director. I'm really happy he never won an Oscar, he may have been nominated, but, he was never Oscar worthy. And one of the main things that annoys me about this movie is that Liv Ullman is best know for her part in this movie, she's also known to be an amazing actress by well a certain few anyway, yet she doesn't even speak in the film, at least mediocre actors take the trouble of speaking in a movie, that's all. Overrated, terrible acting and silly attempts at being unique: LoL. So, it's a real shame Bergman produced this crap, his first attempts though at film making I think were his best, and I suggest you check them out, because that was before he knew he could pass things like this off, and get the same amount of critical acclaim, yet his earlier films are not really that bad, but still you can feel the 'artsie' within his every film. I suggest you avoid this pretentious rubbish.
As it seems, this will only appeal to artsies who believe their superior to everyone else. This film is rubbish, if you don't think so, well I'll put it this way: Stop thinking this bullshit is in any way "Art", for it's not. It's just some Swedish guy who make a fair amount of money because he lied saying this was art...I don't think so. This is utter pretentious bullcrap, just like 2001 - another film artsies just LOVE! I'll say it once more: This is not art, art would be the painting Girl With a Pearl Earring, not this artsy fartsy rubbish. I highly suggest you avoid this crap, and have dignity in yourself. You'll thank me later...
Also this film irritated me throughout. He tried so desperately to be different it was funny, and irritating of course. So I must say, I think this has to be his worst film, there were parts in The Seventh Seal I liked, but it was certainly no 'masterpiece', that's for sure.
1/10
