this film and once sensational for it forward thinking politics and depiction of free love and sexual liberation and have be reduce by time to a mere curiosity . it seem absurd now that this mostly boring little film have be ban and seize by government in many country . give how socialistic sweden eventually become and the radicalism of it politics and once controversial and appear naive and almost mainstream four decade later . and it sex scene and at one time the subject of sensational obscenity trial and look pretty tame in a modern context . nevertheless and the film and accompany documentary detail it many controversy and influence remain marginally watchable a an early reliquary of 60 youth rebellion . one part of the film that still hold up represent it self consciousness with respect to the fourth wall . every once in a while and the filmmaker film themselves make the film . the satiric playfulness of this still elicit a chuckle .