Dalbert Pringle I'm certainly no prude, but since viewing 1967's, controversial I Am Curious (Yellow), I am now no longer curious about anything, regardless of its color.I guess that back in the supposedly "Swinging Sixties", it was this film's totally blase', wham-bam-thank-you-mam attitude towards sex (promiscuous sex, that is) and the shocking reality of VD (Oh! My gosh!) that got a bunch of sneering, self-righteous critics all in a snitty, little outrage over the sheer brazenness of this film's content back in the USA.Banned outright (upon its initial release) in several countries across the globe, I Am Curious (Yellow), (which contains plenty of full-frontal nudity of both men and women) made sex, from my perspective, to be about as interesting to view as being forced to have to watch someone, whom I disliked immensely, fry an egg.Very amateurish, indeed - This disappointing Swedish production, which was definitely far too long for its own good, certainly seemed to go out of its way to feature a number of decidedly unattractive actors (especially when seen in the nude) in its cast.And after the whole ordeal was finally done - I may be somewhat naive about a lot of things that go on in this crazy world of ours, but, after watching this film, I still don't frickin' know what the hell being "curious (yellow)" is supposed to mean.

Indyrod This is a landmark Swedish film, that pretty much changed the way American films at least, looked at censorship, especially nudity and sex in general. Banned at first in American in 1969, the ruling was overturned and it made a huge amount of money. I believe this is the first time I have watched the entire 2 hour movie, and found it very interesting indeed on a couple of levels. First of all, many people will probably find it a bit boring, but there is much to like. To me, the controversial material is not the frontal male and female nudity and sex scenes, but the political message, which I interpret as nothing but Communism. There's not really a plot, it's about a girl hooked on her very very left wing activist politics, and her uninhibited sex life. I would call the political theme radical, but remembering how things were back then, the censors were more concerned about the male frontal nudity, and one particular scene where she kisses a guys flaccid penis. Big deal, we have indeed come a long long way. The movie is important, because it opened up the American film market to just about everything, and you could say, helped launch the mainstream porn market because they benefited greatly by the relaxed censorship laws. Today, the movie is not shocking in the least, but still an interesting and historical exposition and the changes occurring in the sixties. I have the companion film "I Am Curious (Blue)" on loan from the library too, which with (Yellow) was supposed to be one long film, but they broke it up into two. The Yellow and Blue comes from the Swedish flag. Did you hear me, I got them from the library. That's saying a lot about how much things have changed.

Sam Sloan (samsloan) This movie caused a great sensation in 1969 because it was considered pornographic. The movie was not allowed to be shown in America. Finally, after a highly publicized court battle, the courts allowed the movie to appear and everybody went to see the movie. The movie was banned in many countries, not only in America, because is showed a man and a woman having sexual intercourse, the first time ever in a movie. However, in the actual scene, they climb a tree in a public park and have intercourse fully clothed in the branches of the tree. It takes the reader's imagination to understand what they are really doing. The content is so mild by today's standards that the movie is largely forgotten. However, it was because of the court precedent set by "I Am Curious (Yellow)" that we are allowed to see almost everything today. Sam Sloan

imdb020106 Oh, brother...after hearing about this ridiculous film for umpteen years all I can think of is that old Peggy Lee song.."Is that all there is??" ...I was just an early teen when this smoked fish hit the U.S. I was too young to get in the theater (although I did manage to sneak into "Goodbye Columbus"). Then a screening at a local film museum beckoned - Finally I could see this film, except now I was as old as my parents were when they schlepped to see it!!The ONLY reason this film was not condemned to the anonymous sands of time was because of the obscenity case sparked by its U.S. release. MILLIONS of people flocked to this stinker, thinking they were going to see a sex film...Instead, they got lots of closeups of gnarly, repulsive Swedes, on-street interviews in bland shopping malls, asinie political pretension...and feeble who-cares simulated sex scenes with saggy, pale actors.Cultural icon, holy grail, historic artifact..whatever this thing was, shred it, burn it, then stuff the ashes in a lead box!Elite esthetes still scrape to find value in its boring pseudo revolutionary political spewings..But if it weren't for the censorship scandal, it would have been ignored, then forgotten.Instead, the "I Am Blank, Blank" rhythymed title was repeated endlessly for years as a titilation for porno films (I am Curious, Lavender - for gay films, I Am Curious, Black - for blaxploitation films, etc..) and every ten years or so the thing rises from the dead, to be viewed by a new generation of suckers who want to see that "naughty sex film" that "revolutionized the film industry"...Yeesh, avoid like the plague..Or if you MUST see it - rent the video and fast forward to the "dirty" parts, just to get it over with.