The film of the week this time is THE COLLECTOR.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059043/

The Collector is one of the best films of the 60's. It stars Terence Stamp as a lonely Lepidoperist aka man who studies butterfiles who kidnaps a woman played by Samantha Eggar. He doesn't want to hurt her though. He just likes her company. He has had a crush on her since he was a teenager. There isn't a lot of plot is this one, but it is so damn good because of the two main actors. Stamp's character is almost sympathetic because he just wants to connect to someone for the first time in his life, and Samantha Eggar is equally brilliant. The way they play off each other works perfectly.

This was directed by the great William Wyler, who is a director that more people should know of. The man has never made a bad film. Everything I have seen of his is worth seeing, yet I never see his name mentioned as one of the greats. Even by today's standards, this film is pretty disturbing. Other than Peeping Tom, and Psycho I can't think of many films around that time that stood out as much for how disturbing they are. I can almost see this being a play since it is only two main characters. The book by John Fowles is worth reading too.