Sawdust and Tinsel
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1953 • Sweden
Starring Åke Grönberg, Harriet Andersson
Ingmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival of humiliation in SAWDUST AND TINSEL, one of the master’s most vivid early works and his first of many collaborations with the great cinematographer Sven Nykvist. The story of the charged relationship between a turn-of-the-twentieth-century circus owner (Åke Grönberg) and his younger mistress (Harriet Andersson), a horseback rider in the traveling show, the film features dreamlike detours and twisted psychosexual power plays, making for a piercingly brilliant depiction of physical and spiritual degradation.
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Sawdust and Tinsel
Directed by Ingmar Bergman • 1953 • Sweden
Starring Åke Grönberg, Harriet AnderssonIngmar Bergman presents the battle of the sexes as a ramshackle, grotesque carnival of humiliation in SAWDUST AND TINSEL, one of the master’s most vivid early works and his first of many collaborations with the g...
Extras
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SAWDUST AND TINSEL Commentary
Recorded in July of 2007, this commentary features film scholar Peter Cowie, author of “Ingmar Bergman: A Critical Biography.”
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Ingmar Bergman on SAWDUST AND TINSEL
In 2003 Swedish television journalist Marie Nyreröd recorded brief introductions with Ingmar Bergman for many of his films. Here Bergman and Nyreröd discuss SAWDUST AND TINSEL.
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Julie Taymor on SAWDUST AND TINSEL
