Category Archives: Theater Psychotronic
The Telephone Book (1971)
The tagline says it all: “The story of a girl who falls in love with the world’s greatest obscene phone call.” That didn’t sell many tickets – despite the fact that the film was produced by Merwin “Merv” Bloch, New … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, Animal Masks, Animation, Obscene Phone Call, Psychedelic, sexploitation, Surreal
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Confessions of an Opium Eater (1962)
The opening titles proclaim this to be “Thomas De Quincey’s classic Confessions of an Opium Eater.” Make no mistake, this has nothing to do with the landmark account of drug addiction from 1821 (Confessions of an English Opium-Eater); and, perhaps … Continue reading
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Tagged 60's, opium, Psychedelic, Surreal, Vincent Price
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Savage Messiah (1972)
Savage Messiah (1972) charts the life of Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915), a French sculptor and painter of the Vorticism movement whose promising career was cut short by tragedy. Most biopics have more decades of life from which to draw, which also … Continue reading
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Tagged 70's, biopic, Drama, Helen Mirren, Ken Russell
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