Sunday, August 08, 2010

The USA Supreme Court would find "I am Curious" (Yellow) to be obscene.




The loop is an unpublished scene from "I am Curious" (Blue).  It is not obscene, but, reveals the passion of a young woman discovering the reality of life.  "I am Curious" (Yellow and Blue) were intended to be seen in one sitting for three and a half hours.  It is a Swedish film.  The 'sixties' were a time that could be coined as 'an awakening' from 'straight laced loyalty' to any form of 'conventional mind speak wisdom.'

In 1969, the film was banned in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for being pornographic. However, after proceedings in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Karalexis v. Byrne, 306 F. Supp. 1363 (D. Mass. 1969)), the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States (Byrne v. Karalexis, 396 U.S. 976 (1969) and 401 U.S. 216 (1971)), the Second Circuit found the movie not to be obscene.[3]