I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult (original title)

Director:

Vilgot Sjöman

Writers:

(more)

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:

Politics | Actor | Meditation | Sex | Nudity

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Lena 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
Lars Hansson	...	Guard at the castle (uncredited)
Bo Holmström	...	TV reporter (uncredited)
Holger Löwenadler	...	The King (uncredited)
Bertil Norström	...	Factory worker (uncredited)
Olof Palme	...	Himself (uncredited)
Dora Söderberg	...	Old lady in elevator (uncredited)
Öllegård Wellton	...	Yevtushenko's Interpreter (uncredited)
Ewonne Winblad	...	Herself - TV news anchor (uncredited)
Sven Wollter	...	Captain (uncredited)

Directed by
Vilgot Sjöman

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Vilgot Sjöman		uncredited

Produced by
Lena Malmsjö	....	executive producer
Göran Lindgren	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Bengt Ernryd		(uncredited)

Cinematography by
Peter Wester		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Wic Kjellin		(uncredited)

Sound Department
Tage Sjöberg	....	sound (uncredited)

Other crew
Marianne Johnson	....	script girl (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Sandrews

Distributors

• Film Canada Presentations (1970) (Canada) (theatrical) (as "I am Curious Yellow") (subtitled)
• Grove Press (1969) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Art Free (2009) (Greece) (all media) (re-issue)
• Criterion Collection, The (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Sandrew Metronome International (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• UFA Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"Jag är nyfiken - en film i gult" - Sweden (original title)

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) | Portugal:M/18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut) | Norway:18 (1970) | Sweden:15 | USA:X | Australia:MA | Spain:(Banned) (1967 - 1978)

Company:

Sandrews

Trivia:

The interview with Martin Luther King was filmed in March 1966 when Dr. King was in Stockholm with Harry Belafonte to garner Swedish support for the American Civil Rights Movement.

Quotes:

Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman:What would the rest of you do if we were invaded?
Boy in Uniform:Not give up. Sweden doesn't give up. And ignore all radio messages saying Sweden's been defeated.
Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman:Is that what you learn?
Boy in Uniform:It's in the book In Case of War. It was sent to everybody.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in There's a Girl in My Soup (1970)

Fascinating

Fascinating I approached I Am Curious (Yellow) and it's companion piece with great trepidation. I'd read numerous reports on its widely touted controversy and explicit sex. What I got wasn't this, but a thoroughly thought provoking and engaging cinema experience unlike any other. I sincerely believe that the majority of the commenter who felt the film was `lame' or `boring' approached the film as if it were pornography. Perhaps this is pornography, assuming pornography is something intended to titillate the senses, but it is intentionally un-erotic. Lena, the protagonist, throws her all into her performance giving it a realistic and humanity that is simply convincing and enduring. Her breasts may be saggy, her nipples unusually large, her thighs fat, and her face, chubby. But by the end of the film, the audience comes to identify with her, and accept her faults as human. This touch gives her even more believability out necessity. Had the director cast a Briget Bardot bombshell the effect would have been nullified. I cannot more highly recommend this thought provoking piece. Be prepared to invest much thought in this deliberately paced film. The patient and unassuming viewer will be thoroughly rewarded in ways most other films could dream.