After circulating for years as a bootleg, it was released on dvd as part of the warner archive collection in 2012. It might not immediately take hold, but it gradually absorbs your mind and leaves a lingering impression after it fades to black, much like a weird, halfremembered dream. Confessions of an opium eater 1962 albert zugsmith. The world of confessions of an opium eater 1962 bright lights. This is the us one sheet poster printed 1962 for the films us release in june of that year. Confessions of an english opiumeaterappendix wikisource. Confessions of an opium eater aka souls for sale was produced and directed by albert zugsmith who brought us the private lives of adam and eve, another sensationally titled curiosity that almost seemed, both were filmed on a shoestring budget, like the producer was a scam artist than producing quality films. As has been noted by others, this is more of an autobiographical tale than a discussion of drugs. Dec, 2008 confessions of an english opium eater by. Confessions of an opium eater aka souls for sale dvd 1962. Albert zugsmiths shining moment in an amiably disreputable career that nonetheless included producing pix by sirk, welles and jack arnold. Confessions of an english opium eater summary supersummary. I here present you, courteous reader, with the record of a remarkable period of my life. Theatrical poster for confessions of an opium eater.
Confessions of an opium eater, full movie full movie 1962. Certainly the title does not say confessions about eating opium, but instead are confessions of an english opium eater which means of course that the confessions can be about anything as long as the confessor has eaten opium at least once. Out of the mist and fog, the ship comes upon a beach, with enemies lying in wait. Despite major collaborations vincent price, joseph f. Very freely based upon the book by thomas dequincey, confessions of an opium eater is set in san francisco during the tong wars of the 1800s. Confessions of an opium eater is an action movie in the way flaming creatures is a pornographic movie. And there he was vincent price, in a brilliantly colorful poster for a 1962 film called confessions of an opium eater. Based on the book confessions of an english opium eater by thomas. Featuring vincent price, campy racism, and hard drugs makes it a cult classic by default, but it is often derided by devotees of price and little known. Vincent price, linda ho, philip ahn, albert zugsmith. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Confessions of an opium eater 1962 vincent price youtube.
Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Confessions of an opium eater 1962 was his most unusual and artful film as director, a tawdry mix of asian stereotypes and sleaze that no one should mistake for great art but one that makes for fascinating viewing. Joel faflaks new edition of confessions of an english opiumeater finally does justice to a work too often celebrated for its eccentricity rather than importance. This is the us half sheet poster printed 1962 for the films us release in june of that year. Confessions of an opium eater 1962 uc berkeley library. This is the theme which shapes confessions of an english opium eater, one of the most brilliant achievements in the literature of addiction. Confessions of an english opium eater critical essays. Regarder le film confessions of an opium eater 1962 en. Lotus is one of a group of women kidnapped from china and brought to the united states, where they are to be traded in exchange for precious opium. Confessions of an opium eater albert glasser mp3320kbps. His father was a merchant and his mother was a gifted, intellectual woman. Dec 12, 2007 the trailer for the 1960s exploitation shlockfest, also known as souls for sale.
Confessions of an opium eater 1962 confessions of an. Vincent price in confessions of a opium eater 1962 still. As he hides out in chinatown he discovers the wonders of the opium trade and the. With vincent price, linda ho, richard loo, june kyoto lu. I was in framingham, massachusetts, working on the production of a meeting for pharmaceutical sales reps. Confessions of an opium eater is almost like that film played more seriously, with the overt, fantastical wizardry switched out for druginduced fervor and surrealism. Confessions of an opium eater aka souls for sale was produced and directed by albert zugsmith who brought us the private lives of adam and eve, another sensationally titled curiosity that almost seemed, both were filmed on a shoestring budget, like the. Intimate confessions of a chinese courtesan 1972 the resurrection of zachary wheeler 1971. A mystical, oriental air still hangs over the film, but its more sinister and foreboding than it is in little china. After circulating for years as a bootleg, it was released on dvd as part of the warner archive collection in 2012 the film was something of a departure for price. Confessions of an opium eater trailer 1962 youtube. Confessions of an english opiumeater kindle edition by. Confessions of an opium eater is a total mood movie, the likes of which would come to populate the horror genre around this time period, and it slowly burrows into your mind. It professes to tear away the decent drapery of convention and present the reader with the record of a remarkable period in the authors life, beginning when he ran away from school at the age of 17 and spent several months as a vagrant.
Confessions of an english opium eater opium in nineteenth. The avowed purpose of the first version of the confessions was to warn the reader of the. Our story, courteous reader, begins in late november of 2008. It is loosely based on the 1822 autobiographical novel. Lotus is one of a group of women kidnapped from china. You can watch confessions of an opium eater online on videoondemand services netflix, paytv or movie theatres with original audio in english. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading confessions of an english opiumeater. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to. Oct 07, 2012 so there we were in the ballroom at the sheraton, flipping through a collection of 27 x 41 onesheets, wrapped in plastic and stabilized with cardboard backing. Mar 05, 2014 confessions of an opium eater 1962 trailer. If u find any movie with download link unavailable leave a comment under that movie i will reupload quick. Asian stereotypes and atypical zugsmith exploitation touches, the film is a.
As the quotations above indicate, albert zugsmiths unconventional 1962 film confessions of an opium eater has a bizarre and strongly polarized reputation among the few who have seen it. Overview of confessions of an opium eater, 1962, directed by albert zugsmith, with vincent price, linda ho, philip ahn, at turner classic movies. Confessions of an opium eater 1962 rotten tomatoes. Vincent price in confessions of a opium eater 1962. The albert zugsmith film confessions of an opium eater is, to the best of our awareness, in the publicdomain, and we are proceeding on the presumption that the score is also. The bodies just move about and collide in something resembling combat, where neither the combatants nor the audience are. He hopes it will be instructive and explains he tried to resist the lure of opium.
The music was handled by the prolific bmovie composer albert glasser. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading confessions of an english opium eater. It is additionally notable as one of the few american films from the period. A surreal, riproaring yarn packed with evil drug lords, secret passageways, illicit opium dens and more, confessions of an opium eater is a claustrophobic fever dream one of the most bizarre, beautiful and poetic zfilms ever made chicago reader. Confessions of an english opiumeater to the reader. Confessions of an english opium eater by alyse sheridan on prezi. I remember seeing the ads for this movie when it played in my hometown back in 1962. Confessions of an english opiumeater the british library. Confessions of an english opium eater essays are academic essays for citation. He then spent several years living as a vagrant in wales, then london. The novel is an autobiography of the effects on opium on one mans life, while the film is a vincent price lead lady from shanghai like twisting film noir. I dont think his confessions legitimize the use of opium. The following year it appeared as a novel and has been regularly reprinted ever since. Confessions of an english opium eater is an autobiography, rather than a piece of gothic fiction, but it certainly contains several aspects that might be more at home in a gothic novel.
Confessions of an english opium eater is divided into two parts. Top 5 weird ww2 german prototypes that actually flew duration. Confessions of an opium eater is a 1962 american crime film produced and directed by albert zugsmith. While there were yet no x rated theaters as such, confessions played in one of those second tier movie houses which would shortly become one. There is a dreaminess and nightmarishness to all of the scenes, like opium was poured over a script to a lesser film, and this movie stumbled out of a smoke ridden.
This movie has been premiered in australian hd theatres in 1962 movies 1962. Film, television and classical music download links confessions of an opium eater albert glasser mp3320kbps if this is your first visit. What follows is the film s most memorable sequence. Vincent prices confessions of an opium eater youtube. What attracted me first to confessions of an opium eater 1962 was the poster. Based on the book confessions of an english opium eater by thomas dequincey. Although he was an acute literary critic, a voluminous contributor to blackwoods and other journals, and a perceptive w. These preliminary confessions, or introductory narrative of the youthful adventures which laid the foundation of the writers habit of opium eating in afterlife, it has been judged proper to premise, for three several reasons. Confessions of an english opiumeater broadview press. Images confessions of an opium eater aka souls for sale vincent. If you represent the interests of albert glasser and object to this release, we will willingly.
Confessions of an opium eater, first published anonymously to some metropolitan sensation in the london magazine in 1821, appeared in book. Confessions english opium eater, first edition abebooks. Confessions of an opium eater warner archive collection. Cast confessions of an opium eater 1962 vincent price. Confessions of an opium eater 1962 the movie database. Once you select rent youll have 14 days to start watching the movie and 24 hours to finish it. He was orphaned at a young age and sent away to school, where he was successful but bored and soon ran away. Sure, it sounds glamorous, but this event was really no different than any of the. Confessions of an opium eater was released in 1962.
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