Ingmar Bergman’s Cinema №18. Sawdust and Tinsel / Gycklarnas afton (1953) + The Rite / Riten (1969) [Criterion Collection]
Blu-Ray | BDMV | AVC, 1920x1080, ~34.0 Mbps | 1hr 33mn + 1hr 16mn | 45,5 GB
Swedish (Svenska): LPCM Audio, 1 ch, 1152 kbps; English (Commentary): AC3, 1 ch, 192 kbps
Subtitles: English
Genre: Drama | Director: Ingmar Bergman
In honor of Ingmar Bergman’s one hundredth birthday, the Criterion Collection is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of his films ever released on home video. One of the most revelatory voices to emerge from the postwar explosion of international art-house cinema, Bergman was a master storyteller who startled the world with his stark intensity and naked pursuit of the most profound metaphysical and spiritual questions. The struggles of faith and morality, the nature of dreams, and the agonies and ecstasies of human relationships—Bergman explored these subjects in films ranging from comedies whose lightness and complexity belie their brooding hearts to groundbreaking formal experiments and excruciatingly intimate explorations of family life.