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MASTERPIECE

Today's NYTimes Best 1176 Film was

Trollflöjten / The Magic Flute (1975)

Ingmar Bergman plus Wofgang Mozart equals magic.

This was made for television and so benefits from the closeup and other small screen techniques.

One of the interesting aspects of this production is the use of actual theater equipment for many of the scenes. No effort is made to hide it. This adds to the magical quality of the whole.

There are many other happy quirks in the business as one would expect from Bergman.

If you averse to opera, this is safe for you.

It is not 'operatic' in any sense.

Well, it is. But it is captivating, nonetheless.

A glorious 5 out of Netflix5.

A ten if I could manage it.