Dir: Ingmar Bergman
1968
****
It's funny, Bergman himself was unhappy with the end result with Shame and said that due to the uneven script, the first half of the film suffers. I actually felt it was the other way around. What started as a film of intrigue and suspense, the second half, as good as it was, became a little muddled with far too much happening at once. I think less would have been more, the idea of the shame people can feel due to their helplessness, the fact they are often taken advantage of and some times the actions they have to take at times of war and hardship could have been just left to the two main instances (not saying what so as not to spoil it for anyone). I thought the scenes with Col. Jacobi were unclear and overlong and the film started to drag. It may not sound like it, but I did really enjoy this film, I just can't help but think it could have been better, especially as many state it as being his finest film.
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