I Am Curious

a.k.a. I Am Curious Yellow/ Blue

( 5 )
Pick Up In Store

Pick Up in Store

Reserve and pick up in 60 minutes at your local store

DVD (Black & White)
$38.68
BN.com price
$39.99 List Price (Save 3%)

Overview

One of the most popular and controversial films in Swedish history, I Am Curious brought the sexual revolution to Sweden's silver screen. While much of the media hype centered on the film's scandalous content, the film's blending of documentary and fictional footage was equally shocking for Swedish audiences. Content-wise, the film's more controversial parts include the defacement of a photograph of Franco and a sequence where a young couple has sex in front of the royal palace. A film in two parts, Yellow and Blue each have essentially the same vague outline of a plot. Lena and her boyfriend engage in lots of liberated sexual play -- that's the fiction. At the same time, they are working on a documentary, which is real.
... See more details below

More About This Product

Overview

One of the most popular and controversial films in Swedish history, I Am Curious brought the sexual revolution to Sweden's silver screen. While much of the media hype centered on the film's scandalous content, the film's blending of documentary and fictional footage was equally shocking for Swedish audiences. Content-wise, the film's more controversial parts include the defacement of a photograph of Franco and a sequence where a young couple has sex in front of the royal palace. A film in two parts, Yellow and Blue each have essentially the same vague outline of a plot. Lena and her boyfriend engage in lots of liberated sexual play -- that's the fiction. At the same time, they are working on a documentary, which is real. In the documentary footage, they investigate Sweden's political history, the state of its democracy, and the everyday lives of its citizens. In the Blue version, Lena journeys far into the deserted north, filming the beautiful wilderness and revealing a decidedly unmodern Sweden. Blue's most significant departure from the first part is in this exploration of Sweden's pastoral ideal. Brian Whitener

Special Features

Excerpts from director Vilgot Sjoman's Self Portrait (1992), a documentary made for Swedish Television; 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; excerpts from the transcripts of the trial for I Am Curious - Yellow; essay by critic Gary Giddins and a reprinted 1968 interview with the director.

Product Details

  • Release Date: 3/11/2003
  • UPC: 037429175620
  • Rating:
  • Source: CRITERION
  • Presentation: Black & White
  • Time: 3:48:00
  • Sales rank: 23,653

Scene Index

Side #1 --
1. Opening in the Dark
2. Slogans and Credits
3. Screen Test for Madeleine
4. Sex Education at a Girls' School
5. Screening Room at Sandrews
6. The Male Lead Arrives
7. Börje's Screen Test
8. Lena's Fan Mail
9. The First Day on Location
10. Lena Opens an Institute
11. The Guess My Income Show
12. Lena Attacks the State Church
13. The Old Lightship
14. Hans' May Day Dream
15. Lena's Intellectual Father
16. Cecil's Bar
17. Goodbye for the Summer
18. A Search for Mother
19. Lena and the Pentecostal Boy
20. The Couple With Scabies
21. The New Prison at Kumla
22. Lena and Dr. Wikstrom
23. The Lady of Svartön
24. Grand Hotel, Strömsund
25. A Sex Questionnaire
26. Sonja's Story
27. Lena the Voyeuse
28. The March Against Imperialism
29. The Lightship Triangle
30. The British Motor Company
31. St. George's Hospital
32. The End
33. Color Bars
Side #2 -- Yellow
1. The Elevator
2. Slogans
3. Yevtushenko Reads Poetry
4. Lena Sleeps Over
5. Lena Asks Questions
6. Lena at the Forbundshuset
7. At the Home of Olof Palme
8. The Cutting Room
9. "If Sweden Were Occupied?"
10. Lena Opens an Institute
11. Lena Protests
12. Lena Hates Franco
13. The Picture-Frame Shop
14. Factory Sabotage
15. Lena Meets Börje
16. Lena Comforts the King
17. Marie
18. Lena and the Universal Problem
19. A Cozy Evening
20. A TV Program
21. lena Takes a Bicycle Ride
22. Lena Tells the People
23. The Rivals
24. Lena on a Retreat
25. Wild West in Fagerdal
26. Sightseeing in Rumskulla
27. Roses for Madeleine
28. Lena's Crisis
29. An A-Bomb for Sweden
30. Lena Returns Home
31. British Motor Company
32. Lena Runs Amuck
33. The Cleansing Bath
34. At Sandrews
35. Slogans
36. Color Bars

Menu

Side #1 -- Blue
   Play
   Chapters
   Director's Diary
   Subtitles
      On
      Off
   Deleted Scenes
   Self Portrait '92
      Play
Side #2 -- Yellow
   Introduction by Vilgot Sjöman
   Play
   Chapters
   Director's Diary
   Subtitles
      On
      Off
   Rosset/de Grazia
      Play
   The Battle for I Am Curious - Yellow
      Play
   Trial Transcripts
   Trailer

Customer Reviews

Average Rating 3
( 5 )

Rating Distribution

5 Star

(0)

4 Star

(1)

3 Star

(4)

2 Star

(0)

1 Star

(0)

Your Rating:

Review Guidelines
Add Recommendations
Your Name: Create a Pen Name or Leave Anonymously

Barnes & Noble.com Review Rules

Our reader reviews allow you to share your comments on titles you liked, or didn't, with others. By submitting an online review, you are representing to Barnes & Noble.com that all information contained in your review is original and accurate in all respects, and that the submission of such content by you and the posting of such content by Barnes & Noble.com does not and will not violate the rights of any third party. Please follow the rules below to help ensure that your review can be posted.

Reviews by Our Customers Under the Age of 13

We highly value and respect everyone's opinion concerning the titles we offer. However, we cannot allow persons under the age of 13 to have accounts at BN.com or to post customer reviews. Please see our Terms of Use for more details.

What to exclude from your review:

Please do not write about reviews, commentary, or information posted on the product page. If you see any errors in the information on the product page, please send us an email.

Reviews should not contain any of the following:

  • - HTML tags, profanity, obscenities, vulgarities, or comments that defame anyone
  • - Time-sensitive information such as tour dates, signings, lectures, etc.
  • - Single-word reviews. Other people will read your review to discover why you liked or didn't like the title. Be descriptive.
  • - Comments focusing on the author or that may ruin the ending for others
  • - Phone numbers, addresses, URLs
  • - Pricing and availability information or alternative ordering information
  • - Advertisements or commercial solicitation

Reminder:

  • - By submitting a review, you grant to Barnes & Noble.com and its sublicensees the royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable right and license to use the review in accordance with the Barnes & Noble.com Terms of Use.
  • - Barnes & Noble.com reserves the right not to post any review -- particularly those that do not follow the terms and conditions of these Rules. Barnes & Noble.com also reserves the right to remove any review at any time without notice.
  • - See Terms of Use for other conditions and disclaimers.
Search for Products You'd Like to Recommend

Recommend other products that relate to your review. Just search for them below and share!

Create a Pen Name

Your Pen Name is your unique identiy on BN.com. It will appear on the reviews you write and other website activities. Your Pen Name cannot be edited, changed or deleted once submitted.

Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously

We're sorry, but penname is already taken.

Please select one of the following:
Your Pen Name can be any combination of alphanumeric characters (plus - and _), and must be at least two characters long.

Continue Anonymously

penname is available!

By visiting the BN.com website or marking a purchase on BN.com, a User is deemed to have accepted the Terms of Use.

Continue Anonymously

Welcome, penname

You have successfully created your Pen Name. Start enjoying the benefits of the BN.com Community today.

Sort by: Showing all of 5 Customer Reviews

  • Anonymous

    Posted July 15, 2010

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted November 14, 2011

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted March 17, 2009

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted November 20, 2010

    No text was provided for this review.

  • Anonymous

    Posted July 19, 2009

    No text was provided for this review.

Sort by: Showing all of 5 Customer Reviews