After Bergman's international successes of The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957) and The Virgin Spring (1960), he decided to attack his next projects with a little less visual trickery and complex narratives. This resulted in a group of films many critics consider a trilogy of sorts. The constant theme of these film's is how they deal with religious uncertainty, a situation Bergman himself was in and wanted to address in his projects. The trilogy's three films, Through A Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light (1962) and The Silence (1963) were pumped out at an incredible rate and often involved many of the same actors and actresses. I've yet to see the final installment, but based on the previous two, I can say that this is a trilogy amongst the other art house series like Kieslowski's Three Colors or Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy. I highly recommend this series, along with the others I've mentioned if you haven't already.
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