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I Am Curious (Blue), whose original Swedish title, Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått, translates as "I Am Curious – A Film in Blue," is a 1968 Swedish film directed by Vilgot Sjöman and starring Lena Nyman as a character named after herself.
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- 2
- Vilgot Sjöman
- 107 min
In Blue, Lena confronts issues of religion, sexuality, and the prison system, while at the same time exploring her own personal relationships. Like Yellow, Blue freely traverses the lines between fact and fiction, employing a mix of dramatic and documentary techniques.
- Lena
In BLUE, Lena confronts issues of religion, sexuality, and the prison system, while at the same time exploring her own personal relationships. Like YELLOW, BLUE freely traverses the lines between fact and fiction, employing a mix of dramatic and documentary techniques.
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- How The Film Speaks to 1968
- How The Film Speaks to Me Today
- Recommended Reviews and Resources
Both of Vilgot Sjöman’s I Am Curious films are far too often unjustly overlooked and appear to have been saddled with harsher reputations than either of them deserve. (Yellow) probably suffered a serious backlash due to its extraordinary popularity after it was censored and brought before the United States Supreme Court as obscene and therefore pro...
I Am Curious (Blue) was released in early 1968, several months after I Am Curious (Yellow), and well before the earlier film had begun its trek toward infamous notoriety in the USA when it was seized by customs agents in Boston in November of 1969. So even though I think both of the films speak quite eloquently to concerns that were in the air all ...
Last week I recorded a podcast with Scott Nye and James McCormick, both regular contributors to this site, so I will post that link here when the episode goes online. After I give it a re-listen, I may revise this section to include any thoughts on (Blue) that I forgot to mention in our conversation. Overall, this feels like a bit of a “lesser” fil...
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I Am Curious (Blue) Summaries. Told in a quasi-documentary style, this companion piece to I Am Curious (Yellow) (1967) deals with topics such as class society, religion, sex, contraceptives, and the Swedish prison Kumla.
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While in principle the reconsideration of the social norms was indeed befitting, "I am curious" follows the nasty New Left habit of abolishing all norms without replacement by new ones. The viewer is simply encouraged to experiment and discover his or her own boundaries (see the title).
