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...Magician (Swedish). Writer-Director Ingmar Bergman's latest public fantasy, full of sharp physical images and foggy symbols; the story of a mid-19th century Mesmer and his touring Magnetic Health Theater, whose members include his wife (Ingrid Thulin), masquerading as a male helper, his witch-grandmother, an ailing actor and an oversexed coachman...
...Magician (Swedish). Writer-Director Ingmar Bergman's latest public fantasy, full of sharp physical images and foggy symbols; the story of a mid-19th century Mesmer and his touring Magnetic Health Theater, whose members include his wife (Ingrid Thulin), masquerading as a male helper, his witch grandmother, an ailing actor and an oversexed coachman...
Bergman's magician (Max von Sydow) is a mid-19th century Mesmer whose touring Magnetic Health Theater is entirely composed of psychological castaways: the magician's wife (Ingrid Thulin), masquerading as a male helper; his witch-grandmother; an ailing, tosspot actor; and a silly, sex-ridden coachman. Headed for Stockholm by coach, the troupe is stopped by police at a tollgate, taken into the custody of three local notables and challenged to prove its supernatural powers. As the magician prepares for the performance, his associates get seduced by the kitchen help, the hostess has hysterics, and grandma hands...
Your July 13 cover story on Soviet First Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov's official visit to this country seems excessively cynical, sarcastic and vindictive-like the reaction of the fairy-tale witch whose mirror of truth began telling her that she was no longer the fairest in the land. It will do us no good to lie to ourselves. The Russians are gaining on us in all fields and will continue to do so, regardless of TIME'S neurotic reactions...
...Hiram Sherman, being innately comical, cannot as Ford quite convey "the finest mad devil of jealousy that ever governed frenzy"; perhaps it would have been wiser for him to exchange roles with Patrick Hines (Page). Ford is also too half-hearted in his cudgeling of Falstaff disguised as a witch; Falstaff ought to be beaten "grievously." Falstaff, in recounting his indignities, misses the point by interjecting, "a man of my kidney"; the sense demands, "a man of my kidney." Finally, the closing explanations of the triple elopement seem sudden and confusing because the portions containing the precise conditions and preparations...