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Vilgot Sjöman

Dec 02, 1924 - Apr 09, 2006 (81 years old) in Stockholm, Stockholms län, Sweden

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.

Known For

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Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
Self
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Shame
TV Interviewer
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I Am Curious (Yellow)
Vilgot Sjöman
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Palme
Self (archive footage)
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I Am Curious (Blue)
Vilgot Sjöman
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Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
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Stimulantia
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Lena
Self (archive footage)
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Ingmar Bergman Makes a Movie
Self
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Dance Around the Guldbaggen
Self

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