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Vilgot Sjöman
Born December 2, 1924 in Stockholm, Stockholms län, SwedenDied April 9, 200622 films
David Harald Vilgot Sjöman was a Swedish writer and film director. His films deal with controversial issues of social class, morality, and sexual taboos, combining the emotionally-tortured characters of Ingmar Bergman with the avant garde style of the French New Wave. He is best known as the director of the films 491 (1964), I Am Curious (Yellow) (in Swedish, "Jag är nyfiken - gul") (1967), and I Am Curious (Blue) ("Jag är nyfiken - blå") (1968), which stretched the boundaries of acceptability of what could then be shown on film, deliberately treating their subjects in a provocative and explicit manner.
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First watchI Am Curious (Yellow)19675.7Lena, aged twenty, wants to know all she can about life and reality. She collects information on everyone and everything, storing her findings in an enormous archive.View filmFilmography
22 films as director- 1995AlfredDirector
- 1992Self Portrait '92Director
- 1989FallgropenDirector
- 1987MalaccaDirector
- 1982PelikanenDirector
- 1981I am BlushingDirector
- 1979Linus eller Tegelhusets hemlighetDirector
- 1977TabuDirector
- 1975The GarageDirector
- 1974A Handful of LoveDirector
- 1971Till Sex Do Us PartDirector
- 1970Blushing CharlieDirector
- 1969You're Lying!Director
- 1969Traveling with FatherDirector
- 1968I Am Curious (Blue)Director
- 1967StimulantiaDirector
- 1967I Am Curious (Yellow)Director
- 1966My Sister My LoveDirector
- 1964The DressDirector
- 1964491Director
- 1963Ingmar Bergman Makes a MovieDirector
- 1962The MistressDirector