New banner. This time from 1969. Keir looking devastatingly beautiful as Donatien Alphonse François The Marquis de Sade. Having seen this film a number of times and researched the subject of the film I can say it wasnt a bad film. Ive also seen the 1990s film Quills starring Geoffrey Rush as the dark Marquis and together with this film Id have to say theyre the only ones who have done the Divine Marquis justice. There is amazing biography on Sade written by the late author Maurice Lever. I highly recommend it. What is particularly galling about the response to Sade and his documented crimes, is that he was doing no different than the supposed noblise oblige. The only difference is he was unrepentant. He made no bones about his nature and was certainly not sorry for anything he did. I really do wish this film had gone into Sades background a little more, to flesh out that nature. I read where Keir said he was disappointed with how the film turned out. He did an admirable job in it, but I agree with him. The film wasnt that good in giving us the reasons why Sade was being treated different than those who he mimicked. The only difference was that unrepentant quality. He refused to be hamstrung into something the rest of society was not willing to do themselves. Funny trivia about the ending: Keirs father Robert Dullea was sent by his son to complete the film as a stand in for Keir who was by that time, off filming another movie. The funny part of it was I didnt know there was a difference. I thought that was Keir at the end. As an accompaniment to the new banner, Im including a video from the ambient artist known as ENIGMA, or specifically Michael Cretu. The video is Sadeness and is from ENIGMAs first album from 1990 called MCMXCad. The question asked in the video is Sade, es-tu diabolique ou divin? Translated it means: Sade are you diabolical or divine? I think that is up to the eye of the beholder. Further reading on Sades works are Justine, Juliette, 120 Days of Sodom, and more. https://youtube/watch?v=FfRAiTtOVEY
Posted on: Tue, 03 Jun 2014 04:47:55 +0000
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