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Jag är nyfiken : en film i gult / English title from subtitles: I am curious : a yellow film Also known in English as: I am curious--yellow Also known in Swedish as: Jag är nyfiken--gul , Sweden - 1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert. - Criterion collection ; 180 Criterion collection ; 179 Classic collection . - Criterion collection ; 180. Criterion collection ; 179. Classic collection (Chicago, Ill.) .

Originally released as a motion picture in 1967. Full screen (aspect ratio 1.33:1). Also issued as part of the 2-disc set: I am curious. "Janus Films." Special features: New video introduction by the director ; director's diary: a commentary on selected scenes by Sjoman ; video interview with legendary publisher Barney Rosset and attorney Edward De Grazia about the controversy surrounding the film ; "The battle for I am curious - yellow" a video piece on the film's censorship and trial ; excerpts from the transcripts of the trial ; theatrical trailer ; essay by critic Gary Giddins.

Written and directed by Vilgot Sjöman ; cinematographer, Peter Wester ; editors, Wic Kjellin, Carl-Olov Skeppstedt ; music, Bengt Ernryd. Written and directed by Vilgot Sjöman ; cinematographer, Peter Wester ; editors, Wic Kjellin, Carl-Olov Skeppstedt ; music, Bengt Ernryd.

Lena Nyman, Vilgot Sjöman, Börge Ahlstedt, Peter Lindgren, Chris Wahlstrom, Marie Göranzon, Magnus Nilsson, Ulla Lyttkens.

Using an innovative stylistic approach, director Vilgot Sjöman deliberately blurs the lines between the characters' lives and those of the actors portraying them. Lena, the film's protagonist, is a true woman of the 60's in search of her own selfhood. She becomes a political activist, challenging traditional values on the issues of militarism, social equality and sexual liberation. The film was seized by U.S. Customs and released in the U.S. only after the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals overturned the ruling of a lower court.


DVD.


In Swedish (Dolby digital mono) with optional English subtitles.

ISBN: 0780026586 9780780026582 078002642X 9780780026421

Standard No.: 037429177228 037429175620

Publisher. No.: IAM020 Criterion Collection IAM040 Criterion Collection

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Women--Sexual behavior--Drama.
Political activists--Sweden--Drama.
Youth--Conduct of life--Sweden--Drama.
Feature films--Sweden.
Motion pictures--Sweden.
Feature films.
Motion pictures--Censorship--United States--Cases.
Longs métrages--Suède.
Cinéma--Censure--États-Unis--Jurisprudence.
Feature films.
Motion pictures.
Motion pictures--Censorship.
Political activists.
Women--Sexual behavior.
Youth--Conduct of life.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Sweden.
United States.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Foreign films.
Feature films--Sweden.
Foreign films.
Erotic films.
Drama.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Trials, litigation, etc.
Feature films.
Erotic films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Feature films--Sweden.
Foreign films.
Films érotiques.
Films de fiction.

LC Class. No.: PN1997 / .S5213 2003

Dewey Class. No.: 791.437