I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967)

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Audience Score
57
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NR 2 hr 1 minMar 10th, 1967DramaI'm Curious Collection PosterPart of I'm Curious Collection
Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive. She experiments with relationships, political activism, and meditation. Meanwhile, the actors, director and crew are shown in a humorous parallel plot about the making of the film and their reactions to the story and each other. Nudity, explicit sex, and controversial politics kept this film from being shown in the US while its seizure by Customs was appealed.
StarringLena NymanVilgot SjömanBörje Ahlstedt
DirectorVilgot Sjöman
WriterVilgot Sjöman

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:March 10th, 1967
Original Language:Swedish
Executive Producers:Lena Malmsjö
Production Companies:Sandrews
Movie Tags:
politicsrevolutionmeditation

I'm Curious Collection

Seized by customs upon entry to the United States, subject of a heated court battle, banned in cities across the United States, Vilgot Sjöman’s I Am Curious—Yellow is one of the most controversial films of all time. This landmark document of Swedish society during the sexual revolution has been declared both obscene and revolutionary. It tells the story of Lena (Lena Nyman), a searching and rebellious young woman, and her personal quest to understand the social and political conditions in 1960s Sweden, as well as her bold exploration of her own sexual identity. Shattering taboos as it freely traverses the lines between fact and fiction, I Am Curious—Blue, a parallel film featuring the same characters and in which the lines between documentary and fiction are even further blurred.