Youth rebellion in three acts: courtship, ecstacy, consequences. One or two hokey moments at first, but in retrospect I think this is to mirror the characters’ innocence? Maybe? But to think this was made in 1953! Terrific stuff. Ann enjoyed it, too, but was right to point out the one or two contradictions in the storytelling. Still – visually stunning, heartbreaking, glorious, sexy and even funny.
Incidentally, this is the one that famously and inadvertently turned Woody Allen into a Bergman fan when the young Woodman heard there was nudity in the film.
