 |
Available on DVD! To buy, click on link(s) below and help keep this site afloat (commissions earned) |
|
Always make sure of DVD-compatibility!!!
|
|
|
 |
|
This film has two levels of reality: One is the real world, in which
director Vilgot Sjöman has just hired Lena Nyman for his new film and is
also having an affair with her, and then there is the film-within-a-film
level, which makes up most of the narration: Here, Lena Nyman is a young
student with muddled leftist political ideas partly inspired by Martin
Luther King, who runs a small group of political activists who protest
against everything, from the USA's involvement in the Vietnam war to
taking a vacation to Spain (because of Franco) ... but since her group
consists of no more than 3 members, the protest marches tend to look
rather sad ...
Eventually, Lena falls for Börje (Börje Ahlstedt), who unlike her
votes conservative and feels no shame in the fact that he cares for money
and luxury more than political ideals. Soon, Lena and Börje embark on a
passionate affair ... until Lena learns that Börje actually ahs a
mistress (Marie Göranzon) and a little daughter - and somehow she can't
deal witht he fact that he lied to her, even if she doesn't mind about his
mistress as such.
Lena löeaves the city to get away from it all (and especially from
Börje) and meditate in the country - but Börje, who's crazy for her
despite his mistress, follows her and even though they initially fight,
they soon shag, shag, and then shag some more - until Lena finds out
Börje has yet another mistress ...
Lena and Börje get into another fight that ends in more shagging and
ultimately thwir break-up. And Lena promises that should she ever see
Börje again she'll kill him - and suddenly she realizes she has left the
path of non-violence preached by her idol Martin Luther King - and just at
a time when she learns from the TV that the Swedish military will switch
to non-violent defense tactics ...
Ultimately, Lena has to visit Börje one more time - to tell him she
has accidently contracted him with scabies ...
Eventually, Lena arrives home again, to learn that her father (Peter
Lindgren) is now sharing his bed with a woman (Chris Wahlström), and that
somebody has been at the files she keeps in her room. Enraged Lena tears
down the whole filing system that makes up most of her room and smashes
her rack, just like her political ideals have been shattered when she
threatened to kill Börje ...
Back in the real world - that kept coming through into the
film-within-a-film in some of the most crucial moments, Vilgot Sjöman's
directing style has grown more and more dictatorial, so much so that Lena
can't stand him anymore and ultimately starts an affair with Börje
Ahlstedt, whom she has just dumped in the film-within-a-film ... still she
is somehow disappointed when she finds out Vilgot has already found a new
girl to replace her - on film and in his private life ...
I am Courious (Yellow) is a weird film, made up in parts of
real-life interviews, with Martin Luther King and Swedish politician Olof
Palme as well as passers-by, in part of (sometimes contradicting)
political propaganda as well as slogans like right out of a TV-commercial,
then there's quite a bit of (simulated) sex and the so-called real
world (meaning the framing story about Vilgot Sjöman actually
shooting the film which is probably no more real than the
film-within-a-film) that seems to break through rather at random, and
often at quite important moments during the film. All this makes bizarre
viewing indeed, and though being 40 years old, the film remains remarkably
fresh - even if the sex scenes tht caused such a stir back in the days,
are positively tame by today's standards.
In all, I am Courious (Yellow) is by no means the most
light-weight of films, but it's an interesting and remarkably fresh
document of a long by-gone era called the late 60's, sexual
revolution included.
I am Curious (Blue) was this film's companion piece.
|
amazon.co.uk
amazon.de
eThaiCD.com
find I am Curious (Yellow) at adultvideouniverse.com
