De Sade

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08/13/2015 very avant-garde very See more 06/19/2015 Your weakness made you deserve every punishment you received. De Sade while imprisoned has strange dreams from his time before the asylum. We see De Sade as a boy being molested by the Catholic clergy, then later appear to be happily married. Unfortunately for De Sade, he is a sexually active and a deviant man, who spends numerous hours chasing women, some married, some not married, but mostly whores in brothels. Eventually he is caught and his life is turned upside down, leading to the events of the dreaming old man in a cell. "Something guaranteed to tear your heart from your soul." Four director collaborate to deliver De Sade. This storyline is part story and part elongated orgies and long kinky sex sequences. You see De Sade was more worried about self pleasure and self fulfillment than responsibility. It made for an interesting style of film. The cast includes Keir Dullea, John Huston, Lilli Palmer, Senta Berger and Anna Massey. "Don't you ever, ever say enough to me." I am a huge John Huston fan and this movie came up when I was looking at his films. I knew he didn't direct it but I decided to watch it anyway when I came across this on Netflix. Well, this was all over the place and lacked a consistent feel and direction. There were parts of this that was worthwhile, but not enough to recommend it. I'd skip this. "You cannot change and your promises mean nothing. The devil owns you." Grade: C- See more 10/06/2010 Despite the fact that Richard Matheson wrote the script (which he had problems with the director), I didn't find this that interesting. I'm a fan of Marquis De Sade's writing, but I thought this seemed very tame in comparison to what he actually wrote. Then again, even in this day and age, things seem very tame compared to what he wrote. This just made him look like some kind of devious swinger and didn't go into the fact that De Sade wasn't just into women. He was into everything depraved there is. The fact that this movie shows De Sade sitting in prison asking for forgiveness is a real betrayal of the true man. De Sade actually kind of liked being in prison and would never ask for forgiveness for anything he'd done. See more 03/21/2009 SZArkoffs take on DeSades life. One too many pairs of boobs, but enjoyable nonetheless. KDullea was as sexy as always. See more 12/01/2008 Interesting account of the Marquis with Senta Berger ('Major Dundee" yummy yummy) and Keir Dullea (2001 A Space Oddessy) before he shot himself. John Huston (Maltese Falcon, Treasure of Sierra Madre) can act also See more 02/17/2008 A very romantisized version of the marquis de sade, filled with lots of psychedelic moments. This movie is a must if your a marquis de sade obsessive, plus it doesn't hurt if your a keir dullea fan either. See more Read all reviews

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