Jag är nyfiken - en film i blått (1968)

Director:

Vilgot Sjöman

Writer:

Vilgot Sjöman (writer)

Release Date:

11 March 1968 (Sweden)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

You'll wonder where the (yellow) went?

Plot:

The same movie with the same characters, cast and crew as I am Curious (Yellow), but with some different scenes and a different political slant...

Plot Keywords:

Sex | Social Democrat | Social Commentary | Scabies | Social Justice

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Maj Hultén	...	Doctor
Vilgot Sjöman	...	Vilgot Sjöman
Lena Nyman	...	Anna Lena Lisabet Nyman / Lena
Börje Ahlstedt	...	Börje
Sonja Lindgren	...	Sonja Lindgren
Bertil Wikström	...	Bertil Wikström
Gunnel Broström
Hans Hellberg	...	Hasse
Bim Warne	...	Hasse's Girlfriend
Peter Lindgren	...	Lena's Father
Gudrun Östbye	...	Lena's Mother
Ulla Lyttkens	...	Lena's friend
Magnus Nilsson
Gun Jönsson	...	Woman
Pierre Fränckel	...	Man

Also Known As:

I Am Curious (Blue) (USA)
Jag är nyfiken - blå

Runtime:

107 min | West Germany:80 min

Country:

Sweden

Language:

Swedish

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (2006) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2007) (uncut) | West Germany:18 (original rating) (heavily cut) | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:R (Ontario) (cut) | Finland:K-18 | Norway:18 (1970) | Sweden:15

Filming Locations:

Gröna Lund, Djurgården, Östermalm, Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

Company:

Sandrews

Quotes:

Vilgot Sjöman: You get a love scene with Lena. A love scene with consequences.
Börje: What kind of consequences?
Vilgot Sjöman: I don't know. I'll think of something.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Psych-o-cysts (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

NU SKA VI OPP, OPP, OPP

Better than Yellow, if you're patient

After seeing both films, I'd characterize Yellow as the more light-hearted of the two, but Blue has much more to offer. It might just be that I was more prepared for the semi-random storytelling, but I spent less time feeling lost and/or jerked around during Blue - while still not having an actual plot, it seemed to spend more time on the people and the relationships, to good effect. Lena is facing more of the world, getting closer to the people she meets, and facing the "dark side" of people's personalities. Friends turn out to be not fully committed to her politics, or they treat each other poorly, or they do not care for her as she wishes they would. It's not always a pretty movie, but it's definitely one worth seeing.