I Am Curious (Yellow)
I Am Curious (Yellow) (Swedish: Jag är nyfiken – en film i gult, meaning "I Am Curious: A Film in Yellow") is a 1967 Swedish erotic drama film written and directed by Vilgot Sjöman, starring Sjöman and Lena Nyman. It is a companion film to 1968's I Am Curious (Blue); the two were initially intended to be one 3+1⁄2 hour film.
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| Produced by | Göran Lindgren (uncredited)
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| Written by | Vilgot Sjöman (uncredited)
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| Music by | Bengt Ernryd (uncredited)
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| Cinematography | Peter Wester (uncredited)
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| Edited by | Wic Kjellin (uncredited)
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| Running time | 122 minutes
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| Country | Sweden
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| Language | Swedish
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| Box office | $27.7 million (US/Sweden)
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- Initial reception to the films were hostile with Vincent Canby of The New York Times stating that, "I'm not very fond of this sort of moviemaking, which tries to disarm conventional criticism by exploiting formlessness as meaningful itself," but more modern critics(who?) have begun to look at the films as classics.
- Is a companion film to 1968's I Am Curious (Blue); the two were initially intended to be one 3½ hour film. The films are named after the colours of the Swedish flag.
- 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."
- 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.
- This landmark document of Swedish society during the sexual revolution has been declared both obscene and revolutionary.
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