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Directed by: William Wyler
Starring: Terence Stamp (Freddie), Samantha Eggar (Miranda), Maurice Dallimore (Neighbour)
Country: UK; Effed Up British Cinema
Language: English (Optional Eng Subs)
Runtime: 01:59:08
Genres: Captivity-Kidnapping
Plot – Spoilers:
A lonely British gentleman, Freddie, who has no pressures of earning a living, spends any available sunny day by himself, wandering the grassy knolls that surround his old farmhouse. These are perfect spots to search for rare butterflies, of which Freddie boasts an enviable collection. Pretty butterflies aren’t the only things that catch his fancy though. There’s Miranda, an art-school student whom he has been stalking for a while now. She was from his town, but when she moved to the city, he did the right thing and followed her there.
But Freddie is a gentleman. So even though he chloroforms Miranda and locks her up in his cellar, he refers to her as his guest who he hopes will fall in love with him eventually, and refuses to sexually force himself because he respects her too much. A true gentleman.
The Collector is one of those truly great effedup films. Serial killer Berdella was so in awe of it, he even claimed it inspired his deeds. This is as much about the class struggle as it is about a psychopath’s desire to possess that which he believes is otherwise unattainable.
Favorite Scene:
Because you see… they’re looking for you alright. But… nobody’s looking for me
And the epic music that follows, like something heroic has just happened in a Western.
The original cut of this film was 3 hours. I thought it was way too long and boring at 2 hours. Most captivity movies are all basically the same. They are usually a study of the relationship between the abductor and the prisoner and how it changes over time. By their nature captivity movies are slow and boring. I’m giving this 3 stars. This could have been a 5 star movie and let me tell you how.
When Freddie goes to get the doctor for Miranda she could have waited to ambush Freddie when he came back, cracked him on the back of the head with the shovel, then slammed and locked the cellar door on him and took off. Meanwhile Freddie would be screaming in the cellar “My freedom! My precious, precious freedom! You have to let me out right away because I can’t even bear another 30 seconds without my precious freedom!” The final shot would be of Miranda 2 months later having dinner in a restaurant while Freddie is still flipping the fuck out in his little prison still screaming “My precious freedom! I need to have it or I’ll die!”
Its alright movie, interesting old habits never die.
Frederick Clegg is by far the most accurate representation of an involuntary celibate (yes I’ve read the book too).
The novel is far superior to the movie, although saying it’s dated isn’t necessarily bad it really makes it difficult to become immersed and consider some of the more serious aspects the movie is trying to get across. But again it’s probably iconic for the age and the acting is actually pretty good, I don’t like that they made Fernando good looking, he was never supposed to look like a suave sophisticated handsome man, even though he expresses an off-putting demeanor it’s not enough to be believable.
I love this movie ❤️❤️
An interesting film with interesting dynamics between the kidnapper and hostage. The ending was also unsuspected. Would have been well ahead of its time and somewhat shocking in 1965. I wonder if this film was an influence on the film “Pet” (also on EUM). This film, 4/5 bottles of chloroform.
when you are so annoying that not even stockholm syndrome can help you
ashamed to say im only watching this because i listened to prosthetics by slipknot about 30 times in two hours and it was important for the lore or something idk
my horny ass could never be kidnapped
I’m not sure exactly what the problem is, but I can’t watch this film here. The best case scenario is that it won’t stop for maximum of 10 seconds. It’s buffering all the time! And it’s such a disappointment, given that I have excellent Internet connection!
I fell in love with Freddie’s voice…
This….and The Swimmer 1968…I need to discover more classic films like these…Thank you for posting such interesting and unusual movies ????
Just got the novel and I’m enjoying it so far. I didn’t know there was a movie but I’m very excited to watch it!
entertaining and well done, not so much effed up, but I’m glad I gave it a chance. If you like old movies with great acting and filming, definitely worth a watch. thanks again EU
thanks for the upload
THANK YOU SO SO SO MUCH FOR THIS! The book is one of my absolute favorites and I’ve never been able to find a full clear version of this movie until now, Thank you once again I’m so excited to watch this!
Great movie, i highly recommend it.
very silly
Wow, this is so good! Never heard of it, but I’m so glad I found it on here. This is a real gem of the 60’s.
De acum scriu in romana ca sa nu mai comenteze toti frustratii de prin alte parti,filmul a fost decent! multumiri Eum/
SLIGHTLY fucked up
Big thanks ????????????
EUM, thank you SO MUCH for posting this. I requested it ages ago and thought it had been overlooked or forgotten about (with all the other movies you are trying to get on here). This is a real classic and Terence Stamp does a brilliant job. Those creepy eyes…!
This is soooo goooooood <3