Genre	Drama
Date Released	9 October 1967
Related Links	1967 Movies October 1967 Movies
	1967 Drama Movies
Rate this Title	Please select   1 - (out of 10)   2 - (out of 10)   3 - (out of 10)   4 - (out of 10)   5 - (out of 10)   6 - (out of 10)   7 - (out of 10)   8 - (out of 10)   9 - (out of 10) 10 - (out of 10)

• 
  thriftstorejunkie

Trivia and Quotes

Quotes

Are there any interesting social cases here? People in sleazy flats? People with unpaid dental bills? Drug cases will do, too. I work for "Expressen" the paper with a sting. My paper is planning a conservative victory in the `68 elections. We`re doing a series on the ten most sordid social welfare cases.

(Magnus, Lena`s school friend:)

Trivia

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.

(wikipedia.com)

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.

(wikipedia.com)

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."

(imdb.com)

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.

(imdb.com)

This landmark document of Swedish society during the sexual revolution has been declared both obscene and revolutionary.

(criterion.com)

Seized by customs upon entry to the United States, subject of a heated court battle, and banned in numerous cities, Vilgot Sjöman’s I Am Curious—Yellow is one of the most controversial films of all time.

(criterion.com)

See also Trivia Index (I) :: Quotes Index (I) :: Connections Index (I)

Super Star Sites

• Do you have a I Am Curious (Yellow) Fansite?

• Exchange links with this page.

• 
  Dirty Work
• 
  A Shot in the Dark
• 
  28 Weeks Later