the leading man is my tpye

It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Fantastic!

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

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.

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.

It is not the bad art film I expected. In fact, it left me with the impression that lots of people could relate to it these days (the question of obesity is treated interestingly even if it is only in an impressionist way). The politics are not that bad either - but someone brought up in a conservative environment may think it's strange or dated. It is not also the `socialist' film I thought it would be also. It ends with a crew member singing `freedom is not easy'. I kept thinking that this is the main idea of the film: freedom is not anarchy. Freedom is a situation in which you can do what you want to do if the other with whom you are expressing it wants the same freedom. If not, then problems arise. As for the claims of being pornographic, I don't get it. If seeing people naked is bad - while killing people in wars is ok - then I really do not get it. At the individual level, the film is more about the struggles of a young woman discovering moral freedom. She tries to express it with free sex but finds herself enmeshed in jealousy at the same time. An interesting movie that merits, at least for me, its cult status.

Fascinating I approached I Am Curious (Yellow) and it's companion piece with great trepidation. I'd read numerous reports on its widely touted controversy and explicit sex. What I got wasn't this, but a thoroughly thought provoking and engaging cinema experience unlike any other. I sincerely believe that the majority of the commenter who felt the film was `lame' or `boring' approached the film as if it were pornography. Perhaps this is pornography, assuming pornography is something intended to titillate the senses, but it is intentionally un-erotic. Lena, the protagonist, throws her all into her performance giving it a realistic and humanity that is simply convincing and enduring. Her breasts may be saggy, her nipples unusually large, her thighs fat, and her face, chubby. But by the end of the film, the audience comes to identify with her, and accept her faults as human. This touch gives her even more believability out necessity. Had the director cast a Briget Bardot bombshell the effect would have been nullified. I cannot more highly recommend this thought provoking piece. Be prepared to invest much thought in this deliberately paced film. The patient and unassuming viewer will be thoroughly rewarded in ways most other films could dream.