{"id":96838,"date":"2024-04-19T16:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T23:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96838"},"modified":"2024-05-19T16:11:25","modified_gmt":"2024-05-19T23:11:25","slug":"i-a-woman-1965","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96838","title":{"rendered":"I, A Woman (1965)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;A new man: I&#8217;m no longer the same girl.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Poster-215x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-96839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Poster-215x300.png 215w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Poster-92x128.png 92w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Poster-194x270.png 194w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Poster.png 674w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nA newly sexually liberated nurse (Essy Persson) from a religious background pursues and is pursued by a variety of men, preferring never to settle down.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Doctors and Nurses<\/li>\n<li>Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues<\/li>\n<li>Scandinavian Films<\/li>\n<li>Sexual Liberation<\/li>\n<li>Strong Females<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nThis softcore Scandinavian flick is notable for ushering in a new type of cinematic experience for American audiences, prior to the emergence of the sexploitation industry. It was horribly panned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1966\/10\/12\/archives\/screen-a-foggy-day-in-our-townjames-garner-stars-as-victim-of.html\">in the <em>New York Times<\/em><\/a> by A.H. Weiler, who wrote: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Beware. The picture is slow, tedious, casually acted and lackadaisically directed. We simply can&#8217;t believe that the realistic, sophisticated Swedes and Danes &#8212; it&#8217;s a co-production &#8212; swallowed this junk as either entertainment or as a sermon on carnality.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In hindsight, however, it&#8217;s pretty innocuous stuff. Persson is well cast as a strong young female who knows what she wants and go for it, and audience members who don&#8217;t expect anything other than following her sexual travails probably won&#8217;t be disappointed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mac Ahlberg&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Still.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Still.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"432\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-96841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Still.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Still-300x203.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Still-128x86.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/I-A-Woman-Still-400x270.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; only check this one out if you&#8217;re historically curious. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0059324\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1966\/10\/12\/archives\/screen-a-foggy-day-in-our-townjames-garner-stars-as-victim-of.html\">NY Times Original Review (scroll down)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;A new man: I&#8217;m no longer the same girl.&#8221; Synopsis: A newly sexually liberated nurse (Essy Persson) from a religious background pursues and is pursued by a variety of men, preferring never to settle down. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Doctors and Nurses Feminism and Women&#8217;s Issues Scandinavian Films Sexual Liberation Strong Females Review: This softcore Scandinavian flick is notable for ushering in a new type of cinematic experience for American audiences, prior to the emergence of the sexploitation industry&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=96838\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96838","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96838"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":96851,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96838\/revisions\/96851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}