Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (I Am Curious (Yellow)) (1968)
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One of the most popular and controversial films in Swedish history, I Am Curious brought the sexual revolution to Sweden's silver screen. While much of the media hype centered on the film's scandalous content, the film's blending of documentary and fictional footage was equally shocking… More One of the most popular and controversial films in Swedish history, I Am Curious brought the sexual revolution to Sweden's silver screen. While much of the media hype centered on the film's scandalous content, the film's blending of documentary and fictional footage was equally shocking for Swedish audiences. Content-wise, the film's more controversial parts include the defacement of a photograph of Franco and a sequence where a young couple has sex in front of the royal palace. A film in two parts, Yellow and Blue each have essentially the same vague outline of a plot. Lena and her boyfriend engage in lots of liberated sexual play -- that's the fiction. At the same time, they are working on a documentary, which is real. In the documentary footage, they investigate Sweden's political history, the state of its democracy, and the everyday lives of its citizens. In the Blue version, Lena journeys far into the deserted north, filming the beautiful wilderness and revealing a decidedly unmodern Sweden. Blue's most significant departure from the first part is in this exploration of Sweden's pastoral ideal. ~ Brian Whitener, Rovi
- Directed By
- Vilgot Sjöman
- Written By
- Vilgot Sjöman
- Genres
- Art House & International, Classics, Comedy, Documentary, Drama, Special Interest
R,
- In Theaters
- Jan 1, 1967 Wide
- On DVD
- Oct 8, 1992
Critic Reviews
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Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Today we can get our sex with less punishment, which is progress of a sort.
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Vincent Canby, New York Times
I'm not very fond of this sort of moviemaking, which tries to disarm conventional criticism by exploiting formlessness as meaningful itself, but I like Sjoman's sense of humor and sense of humanity, and his obvious affection for Lena.
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, Time Out
The mix of frivolousness and moral reproach, though, seems altogether '60s, rather than particularly Swedish.
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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The movie is simply, basically, boring. It is stupid and slow and uninteresting.
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Douglas Pratt, Hollywood Reporter
It is an intellectually stimulating work with a smart, comical atmosphere, and it sustains its appeal through the perky modern attitude exhibited by Nyman, even when she has her clothing on.
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Cast
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Börje Ahlstedt
as Boerje, Borje Lena's boyfriend
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Peter Lindgren
as Lena's Father
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Lena Nyman
as Lena, Lena Nyman
- Vilgot Sjöman
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Marie Goranzon
as Marie Borje's mistress
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Magnus "Mankan" Nilsson
as Magnus Lena's school friend
- Holger Loewenadler
- Maj Hultén
- Sonja Lindgren
- Chris Wahlström
- Anders Ek
- Martin Luther King Jr.
- Gudrun Ostbye
