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This is not a "pornographic film"; don't take my word, the U.S. Supreme Court also ruled that it was not pornographic (see the article). Can we remove that stub label? — Walloon00:59, 15 December 2005 (UTC)[reply]
I think I would have to agree with user:Walloon. I don't think every film with gratuitous nudity or which causes an uproar is porn. Porn producers set out to make porn, and may be secretive in distribution, but they don't tend to argue that it's "not porn." There is a distinction. Technically, as I understand it, the Supreme court ruled on whether or not it was "obscene," not the same thing. But porn is a separate genre, and there are clear differences in approach and execution. At the time, this fell into a category, 'art films.' Censors equated them with porn, but they were usually foreign films, produced to different standards, and only lumped together with porn in certain conservative markets, mostly in the U.S., and often in the 'old south.' I don't expect my argument will sway consensus much, as the template/category has probably been in place for a decade, but none of that makes it porn. rags (talk) 13:33, 6 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]
Just an F.Y.I., Supreme Court rulings don't mean diddly squat. No one in their right mind would say that Roe vs. Wade meant that abortion is ethical, when clearly there are people who think otherwise. Also, they have a history of making shitty-ass decisions. Ever heard of Plessy vs. FergusonorDred Scott?MightyArms (talk) 07:42, 11 April 2020 (UTC)[reply]
I've seen a lot of Bergman, and I have a hard time imagining how I Am Curious shares any stylistic elements with his work. Perhaps some of the themes are comparable: identity, jealousy, emotional breakdown. But I Am Curious is very much a new wave film. Bergman's style is not new wave at all. His films are sometimes poetic, minimalist, surreal, but not new wave. The prominent stylistic elements of I Am Curious are film within a film, jump cuts, and footage of non-actors on the street(in the interviews). Bergman does not do any of these things in his films. It would be more accurate to compare this film to the work of Truffaut or (early) Godard. However, it is possible for Sjöman to be influenced by Bergman without his films taking on Bergman's style, in the way that Godard was influenced by Hawkes, Ford, and Hitchcock.
There seems to be one scene in the film where one character plays with an illustrated article about Bergman. Since Bergman was a cineast auteur superstar and Swedish grand old man at the time, it's not strange that he's being referenced. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 00:17, 18 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]
Any chance we could actually talk about movie and what it is about instead of the history about it? — 198.62.72.2 08:33, 2 February 2007) (UTC)
The film doesn't really have a plot. It's a commentary on the socialist caste system in Sweden. It's about two hours long, which is time better served taking a nap.
While plot should not replace a discussion of an influential movie's place in history, this article certainly is lacking either a plot synopsis or, if the movie could not be said to have a plot as such (as the second commenter implies), some description of the content beyond one or two individual scenes. Lawikitejana06:48, 22 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]
One of my friends saw this film, and summed it up perfectly by "It was so boring I almost slept through the dirty parts. In one scene, Lena and her boyfriend have sex in the branches of what is labeled "The Largest Tree In Europe". While it is mildly interesting as an athletic feat, it is in no way erotic. JHobson2 (talk) 17:21, 26 September 2013 (UTC)[reply]
If nobody objects, I'm gonna merge this and I Am Curious (Blue) into one article at the disambiguation page (I Am Curious). I think they would be better covered in one article instead of two. I've started it in my sandbox and I'm having some format issues, but I'm trying to work those out -- as well as expand it a bit. --Dookama23:17, 27 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I kind of object... I don't mind an article that covers them both instead of a disambig page, but, just how we work with infoboxes and all it is better to have two pages. Kind of like how there is a Star Wars page and then pages for each individual film... even though this is only two... grenグレン12:52, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Ah, I just looked into your sandbox... I think you should add {{main|I Am Curious (Yellow)}} to each of the sections.... and not have an infobox.... grenグレン12:54, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
It's not that I have a great problem with the image... but, I'd like to see some source citing that it's one of the most important scenes... We tend to have needless obscenity... and I'd rather have it well sourced that it is the most important screenshot to have. grenグレン12:56, 28 February 2007 (UTC)[reply]
I changed the sentence about the court battles because as far as I can see the US Supreme Court decision in Byrne v. Karalexis, 401 U.S. 216 (1970) didn't overturn the state anti-obscenity law that regulated motion pictures; it seems to be a purely procedural decision.
I did a whole lot of searching, but unfortunately I couldn't find the decisions of the district court and the court of appeals online. In addition to the sources I cited in the article ([1] and [2]), here are some links in case someone wants to pursue this further and provide more detail:
A web page from which it seems that the "decision in 1969, reached by the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York" was the relevant one
[http://www.amazon.com/Am-Curious-Yellow-Vilgot-Sjoman/dp/0936839538 A book review] of the book about the film that says it contains "an extensive transcript for the US District obscenity trial that the film had incited"
Three texts summarizing parts of the district court decision:
[4] (p. 1205, which says that the district court ruled that the Massachusetts statue "might be unconstitutional when applied" under certain conditions)
[5] (p. 461, which says that the district court assumed the film to be obscene, but held that since there is a constitutional right to view obscene films, it must also be allowed to show them)
A TIME article from Oct. 5, 1970 says: "The film I Am Curious (Yellow) will be reviewed again by the [Supreme] court. Last term the Justices adjourned without deciding whether or not the First Amendment forbids prosecution for showing an allegedly obscene film to an adult audience forewarned of the film's explicit sex scenes."
A film review gives the name of the case as『A motion picture named I Am Curious – Yellow versus the United States Government』(which appears nowhere else) and claims that『the Supreme Court decreed that it was ‘not utterly without redeeming social value’』(which appears nowhere in the US Supreme Court's Byrne v. Karalexis decisions).
Some other important US Supreme Court decisions on obscenity:
I improved the text describing the newly-added image for the Guldbagge Award. (1) Olof Palme's participation is mentioned by IMDb here; please link in this reference properly if you can. It doesn't mention a dual role, my interpretation of "bi roll" in the original image's text. (2) Lena Nyman won the Guldbagge Award for best actress. This should be in the box summary, so add that if you can. Thanks! --72.70.24.236 (talk) 01:10, 28 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
"Hostile" is an inaccurate description of Vincent Canby, the quoted critic's, review. Only half of a sentence is quoted. Here is the full sentence:
"I'm not very fond of this sort of moviemaking, which tries to disarm conventional criticism by exploiting formlessness as meaningful itself, but I like Sjoman's sense of humor and sense of humanity, and his obvious affection for Lena."
The poster File:CuriousYellowPoster.jpg includes a small notice (probably a sticker) saying that the movie is restricted to adult admission, using a logo with the word "Restricted" in white letters on a black background in the shape of a key logo. As a long-time resident of Ontario, Canada, this is very familiar to me as the logo used here at the time this movie was released and for years afterwards. What I don't know is whether this specific logo was used only in Ontario or if it other censor/classification systems elsehwere used it as well.
However, based on the working hypothesis that the logo is specific to Ontario (i.e., that the poster photographed is one that was used at a cinema in Ontario), I have changed the caption "US release poster" to read "North American release poster". I would expect the poster to be the same throughout the US and English-speaking parts of Canada anyway. --70.27.114.68 (talk) 10:29, 28 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]
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In the book adaptation of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Quentin Tarantino expands on cliff booth and his experiences. One such experience is seeing “I am curious (yellow)” with a date. I was hoping to see this added to the page. 2601:2C5:C700:BA0:A522:A8CF:76E3:4818 (talk) 06:15, 6 January 2023 (UTC)[reply]
