If Bergman wanted to express that God is dead, and to deepen the point through a lens where "God" is not present, that's a neat move indeed. But in the subplot, in the conversation between the younger brother and the father, the moral theory of God still exists, and it is an arc from negative to positive. This contradicts the values of Karin's main plot. The director did not use Nietzsche's superhuman theory as the ending of father and son, because it would make the main and subplots related and more convincing. I would like to point out the disagreement with McKee, who mentions in the book about Karin seeing "God" that "we all want her desire to see God be fulfilled." We all know Bergman is extremely mean-spirited The message is expressed without the subjective perspective of Karin's fantasy at first. When the climax sees "God", the camera is blurred and edged, which is obviously not a subjective perspective, but it can also be understood as having Karin's subjective emotions. This is the same as the male protagonist in "The Lighthouse" seeing the mermaid. I personally think that the blur of this film is not as good as that of "The Lighthouse", "The Lighthouse" will be more shocking, and will accompany the mystery, oppression and fear of Cthulhu feel.
Personally, I wasn't interested in Karin's fantasies from the beginning, and all I saw was Bergman as a deserted bystander, watching Karin's visions in the room, performing stage-moving performances. The audience can only know that she is fantasizing about God through other means (of course, on the one hand for technical reasons and on the other for financial reasons). The bond between the audience and Karin is always lost.
I'm even thinking about putting in a dream sequence at the beginning of the film (like "Wild Strawberry"), or if it would be better for unconscious hallucinations, the above is just a personal opinion, not enough to explain anything, of course, the director I can think of is sure I can think of it, it's just that I didn't understand it. Just because I like Roy Anderson doesn't mean that I don't like Bergman. On the contrary, I love both directors.
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