travesty! i have not write about this until now? i recalled a friend who watched this movie at the cinema in coogee beach dismissing it as having "too much nudity". but nah, that's not it about the movie.
i found a good review from imdb.com which could not have said it any better...
Quills is a delightfully unsettling account of the demise of the Marquis de Sade and those he brings down with him. The film presents viewers with all the evidence they need to identify the fallacies of society's separation of "good" from "evil" and "moralists" from "sinners." It subtly asserts that the values traditionally used to pass judgment are compromised by convention and religion, and that there is moral danger in accepting these values without question.
During the film, one form of sin is only replaced by another, which defeats its resistors and beguiles the rest by hiding behind a pretentious shroud of religion and convention.
Viewers are horrified to discover that they can actually identify with the marquis, whose name inspired the word "sadist" to describe those who derive sexual pleasure from violence. Most viewers' senses of morality are sullied by the realization that they are hanging on every twist of the plot, desperate to know what will next beset these wretched characters.
you are curious too now, aren't you?
I hv this film for few years, but haven't watch yet. Need to dig it out. Btw,i always interested in the story of Sade. I also hv another 70/80s italian film adaption of 120 days of sodom. It was used to be banned in alot of countries.
ReplyDeleteTrivia: the famous Enigma's song ' sadeness' is actually inspired by Marquis de Sade. : )
damned, you gotta share your stash with me!
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