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On TCM on October15/16, 2013!!!

posted 11 years ago by Ariane1998
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This film will be seen on October 16, 2013 (Tuesday night/Wednesday morning) on Turner Classic Movies at 3 a.m.

The schedule says October 15th but it is the next morning at 3 a.m. I have no idea if it is uncut

Set your DVRs on Tuesday night!

See the schedule:

http://www.tcm.com/schedule/index.html?tz=est&sdate=2013-10-15

See more about the movie:

http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/490286/I-Am-Curious-Yellow/

The sequel (I am Curious - Blue) is on YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YOMOAPoo-o

[–] Gutch220 11 years ago

It won't be cut.

I've seen this movie and I didn't think the controversy was justified, but for 1967, I guess it was.

[–] carrps 11 years ago

I was old enough in the late 60's to remember the controversy, but not old enough to have seen the movie at the time. "I" was very curious to see such an old film to see whether the controversy held up.

I enjoyed it more than I expected. The character of Lena grew on me, and it was sad to see Olof Palme alive and idealistic knowing what eventually happened.

I remember the sexual nature of the film being the most controversial contemporary reaction, but I found the political and social facets more interesting.

I'd also rate it higher that its current rating here. Were more people expecting a lot of porn and were diappointed?

[–] mingusal 11 years ago

I too was just old enough to remember the controversy surrounding this movie, but not to have actually seen it. I still remember riding on the bus in Detroit past a group of protestors picketing in front of a movie theater. But, of course, the world was changing and within a year or 2 there was real hardcore pornography in theaters all over the place, and increasing nudity and sexuality in mainstream movies.

Still, I've always remained curious (red, white & blue?) about this movie, since I knew it wasn't really a porn film at all, but a culmination of trends in "art" movies of the time that eventually led to the huge changes of 1970s cinema in the U.S.

Having just seen it on DVR of the recent showing on TCM, it strikes me that in the U.S. today it would be much more controversial for its mildly leftist politics (commonplace in the ferment of the late '60s) than its erotic plotline and its sex scenes (which seem not shocking at all now in a world of "R" movies).

All the discussion of the minutia of Swedish politics in the '60s in this movie - with its talk about class politics, economic justice, social changes, pacifism, direct action, and large-scale non-violent resistance - seems somehow much more shocking and relevant in early 21st century America (where we can no longer talk openly about such things in large sections of the country) than I'm sure it did to late '60s audiences waiting through all of the tedious talking for the fleeting juicy, sexy bits.

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[–] skylands 11 years ago

WOW, I'll just catch it! Thanks for the post! :)

[–] kfrazier002 11 years ago

It was a bit of a slog wading through the Swedish perspective on politics in the '60s and I almost bailed out at the one hour mark, but I'm glad I stayed with it, though I'm afraid I appreciated it for more pedestrian reasons than the director would've hoped. I was intrigued by the characters and found a lot of humor in the deceptively simple 'love' story. I actually found the same charms I find in more conventional films like 'Alfie', 'Georgy Girl' and 'Two for the Road' from the same era.

[–] ekeby 9 years ago

I too am old enough to remember the controversy, and I DID see it when it was first released in the U.S. The controversy was primarily because of the full frontal nudity, primarily male, that had been unseen before. At the time I thought it was quite a remarkable film about the politics of personal relationships. That's perhaps too slender a description, but that's how it struck me at the time. I haven't seen it since, but perhaps I should.
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