A hysterical play with the medium. Bergman seem jaunty in this one, placing a talky Monsieur Hulot-esque character in the centre of the (partly tiresome, partly humorous) chaos. Fascinating at times, but quite uninteresting and relatively pale as a whole - despite the glorious, colourful cinematography.

In between between the bleak, inpenetrable dramas The Silence and Persona is... a wacky comedy. Knowing looks at the camera, jokey title cards, sped up action, zany ragtime music. Part sex slapstick, part vicious satire of critics, and part comment on Bergman's own attitudes towards women and his art. Occasionally amusing, nice photography (Bergman's first color film) and has some interesting experimental touches, but mostly it's horribly awkward, broad and sometimes even obnoxious.