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Title: Perhaps not Bergman's best, but still very worth seeing
Review: An outstanding looking, very odd mix of somewhat broad comedy, horrorfilm, and (of course) Bergman's metaphysical musings.A band of traveling magicians, wanted by the law as charlatans, arepulled in for questioning and forced to perform for some upper classnon-believers. The 'nothing-in-life is-what-it- seems' theme is strong,but does get repetitive, and at times you can see it coming.Also, on first viewing the elements didn't really feel like they fittogether, and I found it a bit of a bumpy ride. The comedy made thedark side hard to take seriously, and the serious, creepy elements madethe comedy feel all the more wedged in.That said they are a some amazing sequences that I know will stick withme, and I do feel haunted by the film. Many call it a masterpiece orclose, and I'll certainly see it again.
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