I Am Curious (Blue) (1968)

Original title

Jag är nyfiken - en film i blått

Directed by

Vilgot Sjöman

Genre

drama film, art film

Country

Sweden

Runtime

1h 20m

Rated

15

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman named Lena Nyman plays a version of herself in a film that re-edits and expands on an earlier movie. She explores political and personal questions through conversations and scenes set before and after the first film. The movie is more downbeat and sarcastic than its companion, examining topics like sexuality and social hierarchy.

sombersatiricalintellectualexperimentalslow-burnreflectivefragmentedprovocative

What happens

I Am Curious (Blue) (Swedish: Jag är nyfiken – en film i blått, lit. '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. It is a companion film to 1967's I Am Curious (Yellow); the two were initially intended to be one 3½ hour film. The films are named after the colours of the Swedish flag. Blue is a second version of Yellow, taking place before and after the first film. It has a more somber and bitterly satiric style, and a further explication of the framing narrative. Questions of lesbianism, religion and critiques of meritocracy are discussed. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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