A Film Trilogy: Through a Glass Darkly, The Communicants (Winter Light), The Silence de Ingmar Bergman, tr. Paul Britten Austin - 1968

Calder and Boyars, 1968. Soft cover. Very Good. 143 pages. Three film scripts translated from Swedish, plus six double-sided plates with b&w stills from the films. Second printing. 1963 remark by Bergman in the front matter: "The theme of these three films is a 'reduction' - in the metaphysical sense of that word. Through a Glass Darkly - certainty achieved. The Communicants - certainty unmasked. The Silence - God's silence - the negative impression." Trade paperback, creases to spine, light shelf wear, light soil and minor creases to wraps, edges age-toned, pale foxing to plates and to some pages, especially those facing the plates. Handwritten check mark in the margin of one page, no other writing observed.