Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (1967)

Director:

Vilgot Sjöman

Writers:

Release Date:

10 March 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything...

Plot Keywords:

Political | Controversial | Sex | Nudity | Class Differences

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lena Nyman	...	Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
Vilgot Sjöman	...	Vilgot Sjöman
Börje Ahlstedt	...	Börje, Lena's boyfriend
Peter Lindgren	...	Lena's Father
Chris Wahlström	...	Rune's Woman
Marie Göranzon	...	Marie, Börje's mistress
Magnus Nilsson	...	Magnus, Lena's school friend
Ulla Lyttkens	...	Ulla, Lena's friend
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anders Ek	...	Exercise leader
Martin Luther King	...	Himself
Yevgeni Yevtushenko	...	Himself

Also Known As:

I Am Curious (Yellow) (USA)
Jag är nyfiken - gul

Runtime:

121 min | West Germany:95 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:(Banned) (uncut) (1967) | Finland:K-18 (cut) (1970) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2006) | UK:18 (video rating) (1994) | UK:X (original rating) (1968) (cut) | Germany:16 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (heavily cut) | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut) | Norway:18 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:X | Australia:MA | Spain:(Banned) (1967 - 1978)

Company:

Sandrews

Trivia:

In Marvel Comics' "The Amazing Spider-Man #101" (published in October 1971) Gwen Stacy suggests to Peter Parker to go and see this film, adding he could cover her eyes "during the spicy parts."

Quotes:

Vilgot Sjöman: Do you have to have a religious belief to take part in a non-violent movement?
Martin Luther King: No, not necessarily.
Vilgot Sjöman: If you find that a person cannot stand being attacked, what do you do with him? Do you speak to him and explain to him that he cannot be with you any longer?
Martin Luther King: Well, we always discourage those who cannot be subjected to attack - the one who would retaliate with violence - not to participate in a demonstration. The rules are very rigid in a non-violent movement and we feel that a person who can't take it - a person who cannot submit himself to violence if it comes to him and who would retaliate with violence - should not at all participate and so we discourage that person completely.
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Movie Connections:

Featured in "X-Rated" (2004)

Not a masterpiece, but not trash either

I've read one comment which labeled this film "trash" and "a waste

of time." I think this person got their political undies tugged a bit

too much.

I just rented the new Criterion DVD's of both Yellow and Blue.

These films--although hardly great--have at least become of

historical interest as to the so-called "radical student

political-social movement"of the late '60s.

I hadn't seen either picture and from their notorious reputation, I

was expecting some real porn (there isn't any.) There is frontal

nudity (including the still verboten frontal male nudity (automatic

NC-17--the Orwellian-X) in the U.S. But I wasn't expecting the films

in-your-face democratic socialist message.

Though it tends to the simplistic , I thought it occassionally made

its points well. Both films occassionally had me laughing out loud

and the director's commentary made it clear there was plenty of

parody in the film. Especially the supposedly "pornographic" sex

scenes. The first such scene is very realistic. The lead couple is

clumsy, inept, funny and endearing in their first copulation scene.

The second--which caused the most complaints--has faked

cunnilingus and fellatio. And the last is the end of an angry fight,

that is believable.

The extras include an informative introduction to the film, an

interview with the original American distributor and his attorney,

excerpts from trial testimony in the U.S. and a "diary" commentary

by the director on some scenes.

This is the film that "blue noses" wouldn't let alone and led to the

pivotal "prurient interest with no social redeeming value" standard

that, thankfully, still stands.

Those with an interest in the quirks of history will find this a must

see.