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I am Curious (YELLOW) (Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult)

 

 

Written and Directed by Vilgot Sjöman

Sweden 1967 / Drama / 95 min / Black & White / Monaural / 1.33: 1  Ratio / NTSC /  In Swedish with Optional Thai and English Subtitles


Lena Nyman, Peter Lindgren, B๖rje Ahlstedt , Magnus Nilsson, Marie Goranzon

Seized by customs upon entry to the United States, subject of a heated court battle, banned in cities across the United States, Vilgot Sjoman'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 rvolutionary. 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-Yellow" is presented here for the first time with its companion piece "I am Curious-blue", a parallel film featuring the same characters and in which the lines between documentary and fiction are even further blurred.

 
       

Bonus Features:

◦ New high-definition transfer with improved subtitle translation
◦ New video introduction by the director
◦ Director's diary: a selected audio commentary by Sjoman
◦ Video interview with legendary publisher Barney Rosset and attorney Edward De Grazia about the controversy surrounding I Am Curious - Yellow
◦ The battle for I Am Curious - Yellow:: A video piece on the film's censorship and trial