I Am Curious (Yellow)
I find 1967's Swedish film I AM CURIOUS (YELLOW) akin to an adolescent's peek over a father's shoulder as he rifles through issues of Playboy and maybe the New Republic . So much mystery, so much unknowable. Strangely, director Vilgot Sjoman's film also reminded me of that 10cc song "Headroom", sung from the point of view of a kid curious about sexuality. This film's title deals with the curiosity of a theater student named Lena Nyman, played by an actress of the same name. She's in a movie directed by her boyfriend Vilgot (yes, Mr. Sjoman) which features a curious, socially conscious young woman who keeps files on her past lovers. Lena and Vilgot have a troubled union, and he's jealous of the film's leading man Borje (Borje Ahlstedt). In the film, Lena and Borje become fast bedmates, but his evasiveness is perhaps their undoing. They also subscribe to very different political views - he's a Rightist Party Support, and she's milit...
