The Naked Night aka Sawdust and Tinsel
The Devil Finds Work: James Baldwin on Film
September 11 - 14, 2015
For Baldwin, Sawdust and Tinsel was the best film directed by Ingmar Bergman, which he characterized as “moving” and “uncannily precise and truthful.” We will screen a release print of the film under the original U.S. title The Naked Night.
Considered by Baldwin as “one of the very few genuine artists now working in film,” Bergman was the subject of intense interest from the American author who flew to Stockholm to meet and interview him, culminating in his essay “The Northern Protestant.” For Baldwin, Sawdust and Tinsel was Bergman’s best film, which he characterized as “moving” and “uncannily precise and truthful.” We will screen a release print of the film under the original U.S. title, The Naked Night.
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