Gycklarnas afton [Sawdust and Tinsel] (1953)

(In French, On TV, April 2022) All right, Ingmar Bergman fans, here’s the deal: I don’t have a good batting average when it comes to his films. There are a few I like, a few more I can tolerate, and far many more that I don’t really care about — except for a vague sentiment of having wasted my time watching something I don’t care about. Sawdust and Tinsel goes into that last category – it’s one of his early films, it takes place at a circus and it’s not about anything much. It’s not perceptively funny (in keeping with Bergman’s comedies) and not particularly dramatic and, most of all, not really involving. So there it is: Sawdust and Tinsel. Need I go on? Not really.