I guess I'm a philistine. Even if some find Tystnaden (The Silence; 1963) "immensely powerful, and among the most disturbing of Bergman's works", or "one of his most perfectly realized efforts" portraying "the oppressive atmosphere of a world that becomes more and more incomprehensible", I just found it boring, like BOSLEY CROWTHER:

Mr. Bergman has not given us enough to draw on, to find the underlying meaning or emotional satisfaction in this film....the whole thing is rather tame, mystifying, and morbid.