Bergman made this period piece around the same time as
those masterpieces "The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries". This may be a
lesser film but it hardly deserved to disappear in the way that it did
and it’s negative critical reputation is certainly unjustified. The
theme is the battle between reason and superstition or what may be magic
or between science and religion and it is a fine, powerful piece of
work superbly played by the director’s stock company and luminously
photographed by Gunnar Fischer. The tone, too, is lighter than many
later Bergman films given the darkness of the material. (Bergman called
it a comedy but there are many elements you would find in a horror
film). A lesser work then but only by the narrowest of margins and
certainly not to be missed.
Saturday 4 August 2018
THE MAGICIAN
Bergman made this period piece around the same time as
those masterpieces "The Seventh Seal" and "Wild Strawberries". This may be a
lesser film but it hardly deserved to disappear in the way that it did
and it’s negative critical reputation is certainly unjustified. The
theme is the battle between reason and superstition or what may be magic
or between science and religion and it is a fine, powerful piece of
work superbly played by the director’s stock company and luminously
photographed by Gunnar Fischer. The tone, too, is lighter than many
later Bergman films given the darkness of the material. (Bergman called
it a comedy but there are many elements you would find in a horror
film). A lesser work then but only by the narrowest of margins and
certainly not to be missed.
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