A transcendent collaboration between revolutionary artists, the film is a stunning meditation on the essence and power of form and burgeoning sentimentalities of a transforming world of cinema.
While the film is aesthetically effective and faithful to Kafka's text, it is stricken by the notable flaw of a miscast Anthony Perkins as the confounded hero.
A multidimensional take on the trials of youth and parenthood, the film is infused with bold philosophical ideas and incredibly moving performances from Liv Ullmann and Ingrid Bergman.
The genius of the Coen Brothers' modern allegorical craft is extracting the fantastical and stirring from the monotony of daily routine and habitual faith.