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" And I liked this extreme character of de Sade. "
Philip Kaufman
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" Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything like that. "
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" Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned. "
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" Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of films. "
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