What a beautiful film.
I am quite an admirer of Bergman, but I had not seen this movie until tonight. It certainly doesn't deserve "lesser known" status. I've now seen all but seven of his 37 films (non-tv productions) and have yet to actually find one that is a lesser work. Not every movie can be a Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries or Virgin Spring, but none of them have been abject failures by any means..
He continues to astound me.
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How many early Bergman films have you seen?
Breaking Down Bergman
http://www.youtube.com/breakingdownfilms
Same here I'm a big Bergman fan but only got to see this yesterday, Beautiful indeed.When there's no more room in hell, The dead will walk the earth...
I've started to watch his films and just got done watching all five films from Eclipse's Early Bergman box set. I really liked To Joy. I don't think there was one film from the box set I didn't dislike because starting from Torment (1944) (even though he directed solely the ending and was the screenwriter) and so on, I felt Bergman's films progressed. They're beautiful, deep, psychological, poetic, eloquent, and just very engaging films.
To Joy was no exception. I think what struck me about To Joy was it happened to be a film about two musicians. Music was my second major in college and a lot of times, music theory was a struggle, so I can somehow relate to the main character although his situation differed very much so from mine.
Cast Away...It's like Forrest Gump, but on an island.