carlitos_lohan
Gorehound
"Yo solo me visto si el gui?n lo exige"
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Post by carlitos_lohan on May 26, 2008 1:37:31 GMT -5
First of all, cool board idea! Second, this is my first thread! Okay, so to the point... Has any of you here read anything by this controversial but at the same time fascinating writer? I have read a few of his work, and I must confess he's probably my favorite writer. His visions and philosophies may be a little too extreme at times, but we just have to respect the only guy who had the balls to talk about sexual and political freedom in the 18 century. Besides, he was one hell of a talented writer! Some of my favs: "Philosophy in the Boudoir" ---> Excellent and extremely sleazy mix of religious critisism, pornography and political utopias. "Justine, or the Misfortunes of Virtue" ---> The story of a young orphan girl who tries to survive without loosing her virtue the corrupt France, only to find unhappiness and pain. "Juliette, or the prosperities of Vice" ---> The story of a young girl who tries to survive life via vice, only gaining success. Also, how can we overlook the very few, but usually good movies that have taken inspiration from the guy... Salo '76 Eugenie... The Story of Her Journey Into Perversion '70 Marquis de Sade: Justine '69 Quills '00 (I haven't seen it, but I've heard it's pretty good...) The Golden Age '30 Oh, good times
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Post by evolutionbaby on May 26, 2008 7:58:10 GMT -5
Ive read some of 120 days...Not all of it...Its very "imaginative",lol.
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Post by The Question on May 26, 2008 9:18:00 GMT -5
I've read a few of De Sade's books...for all the "offence" they've caused over the years, I can't help but love the delicious satire and humour that often riddles them, you can sense that he loved baiting the authorities that he was railing against with whatever ridiculous, fresh perversion he could come up with next. And Quills is a good movie, Carlos, not explicit or exploitative, just a good character piece. Plus it has Kate Winslet in a corset...which sold me...
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Post by Hug_the_Dead on May 26, 2008 9:22:01 GMT -5
Salo is one of the best movies of all time, even the snobs on Film General think it's great. In fact, they talk about it more than the Horror Board does. de Sade must be talented.
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Post by evolutionbaby on May 26, 2008 10:58:03 GMT -5
The book is so graphic,and ridiculously over the top in terms of deaths,...you would assume they would expire from injuries,lol.
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Post by freakyfrankie on May 29, 2008 15:36:16 GMT -5
i read "justine" in my teens & just thought it was well, crap O.O but my tastes etc have changed since then so i really, really must re-read that book & have a look at some more of his works. i absolutely loved "quills" & i have the film "justine" but still haven't got around to watching it. amusingly, my mother bought me "justine" i have no idea how or where from, but she saw the dvd cover & glanced at the back & apparently thought i'd like it
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Post by shaggyrand on May 29, 2008 21:55:21 GMT -5
I've read much of de Sade's work and enjoyed them... but I hate how de Sade is portrayed in modern times. Quills (and everything else I've seen about him) is grossly inaccurate. I hate how he's shown to be a martyr to the oppression and censorship of church and state. His first two incarcerations had nothing to do with his writing but: (1) sexual scandals involving a servant, prostitutes and his sister-in-law; (2) imprisoned when he left office in the revolutionary government. Justine wasn't written while he was incarcerated (despite what Quills tells you). His controversial work was almost all published anonymously (129 Days of Sodom was. Justine and Juliette were, and they were both probably written years before they were published). He sucked up to anyone in power. He didn't care about 'freedom' either sexual or political. He just enjoyed controversy, he enjoyed hearing people whisper about scandal. The vast majority of his work was conventional novels and poorly written plays which have been rightly forgotten by history. He supported the revolution which was far more oppressive and He weighted over 300 lbs and died in his bed at the age of 74. He was far from the only one writing stories of that type at the time (and guess what? When the oppressive censoring revolution took power... he stopped).
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eswtg
Horror Fiend
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Post by eswtg on May 30, 2008 10:10:50 GMT -5
just ordered his works, I await the mail.
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