I Am Curious (Blue)
A provocative Swedish art drama merges intimate sexual politics with pseudo-documentary experimentation amid the social upheaval of the 1960s.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- provocative
- intellectually combative
- ironic
- arthouse cinema night
- film history study
What critics said
Critics recognized the film's humor, humanity, and Lena Nyman's performance but found its political sociology, mock humor, and deliberately formless construction uneven.
What sets it apart
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The project combines improvised fictional material with documentary-style interviews and visible authorial participation.
The film's political focus explicitly centers on personal relationships, sex, and the collapse of sexual taboos.
Criticism identifies its deliberately formless structure, while the film mixes relationship scenes, political material, and observational passages.
It reflects Sweden's 1960s social upheaval and the breakdown of older sexual conventions.
Films like I Am Curious (Blue), and why
I Am Curious (Yellow)
shared 1960s european art cinema, sexual frankness, political provocation, and documentary-style experimentation
Persona
shared swedish art-film tradition, intimate relationships, sexual politics, and formally unconventional storytelling
Belle de Jour
shared explicit sexuality, social critique, transgressive art-film sensibility, and 1960s european experimentation
Movie Details
- Director
- Vilgot Sjöman
- Release Date
- 1968-03-11
- Runtime
- 107 min
- Rating
- 5.5 / 10 (37)
Cast
- Maj Hultén
- Vilgot Sjöman
- Lena Nyman
- Börje Ahlstedt
- Sonja Lindgren
- Bertil Wikström
- Gunnel Broström
- Hans Hellberg
- Bim Warne
- Peter Lindgren
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Criterion Channel
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is I Am Curious (Blue) about?
- A provocative Swedish art drama merges intimate sexual politics with pseudo-documentary experimentation amid the social upheaval of the 1960s.
- What is I Am Curious (Blue) like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of I Am Curious (Blue) as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is I Am Curious (Blue) violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in I Am Curious (Blue) as mild.
- What did critics think of I Am Curious (Blue)?
- Critics recognized the film's humor, humanity, and Lena Nyman's performance but found its political sociology, mock humor, and deliberately formless construction uneven.
- Which films are like I Am Curious (Blue)?
- Films with a similar feel include I Am Curious (Yellow), Persona, and Belle de Jour.
- How long is I Am Curious (Blue)?
- I Am Curious (Blue) runs 107 minutes.
- Where can I watch I Am Curious (Blue)?
- In United States, I Am Curious (Blue) streams on Criterion Channel.
