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  Review by Dennis Vehlen ★★★

  Continuing my quest for some of the more obscure entries in Roger Corman's filmography as a director I had yet to see.

  'De Sade' is a sort of exploitive biopic with a troubled production history leading to several uncredited directors working on it. Original director Cy Endfield left the project and Roger Corman took over and directed most of it, but apparently both Gordon Hessler and John Huston directed parts as well.

  It's no surprise that the product is a bit of a mess in terms of narrative but it almost doesn't matter. What the film lacks in story it makes up for in surreal eroticism and a surprising amount of star power.
  Keir Dullea plays the title role and…

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  Review by Sarah Jane 🔪 ★★★

  Keir Dullea stars in this AIP extravaganza. He would never even come close to even being on my radar if asked to cast the role of de Sade. He is boring and, instead of oozing sex appeal, he just sort of oozes from scene to scene. He tries hard enough, I suppose. He is just so bland. John Huston shows up as Abbe, de Sade's Uncle. He was apparently the one who taught de Sade to be a nasty little bugger. Lilli Palmer, Senta Berger (she is oh, so lovely), and Anna Massey also star.

  It looks like they spent bank on this movie. But Eric reminded me that AIP would never spend bank on anything. They would've reused the…

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  Review by cnl ★★★★½ 1

  no one has ever used a sword to take my clothes off and i take that extremely personally

  dizzying, intoxicating technicolor whirlwind, one of the only flaws is that the men behind this were too much of cowards to show de sade as a bisexual!!!

  gonna start wearing my hair in a ponytail like keir dullea in this and put the biggest bow youve ever seen on there. every SINGLE time i watch a movie set between 1700 and 1920 it gives me GREAT PAIN that i cant dress like a fruity little fop every day of my life😔

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  Review by a_lady_devours ★★★★½

  I can't believe this film only has 345 watches on letterboxd, when it's literally the biggest feast for the eyes I've ever experienced! As well as being an inventive and appropriately horny telling of the life of the Marquis de Sade! Everyone, go watch this now! Or at the very least, go watch the incredible, paper cutout inspired opening credits sequence .

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  Review by Krautsalat ★★★½

  Party like it's 1799. Trying a bit too hard to be a respectable costume drama.

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  Review by 𝖆𝖒𝖆𝖓𝖉𝖆 ☆ ★★★

  Esta película tiene unos créditos iniciales muy lindos para lo que terminó siendo. Por una parte es una gran adaptación de varios de los sucesos de la vida del Marqués (sucesos que, de hecho, no he visto retratados en ninguna otra película) desde su niñez, con su tío abad libertino, etc... Hasta lo relacionados a su esposa, su cuñada y la familia de ambas.

  Donde carece mucho es en entender al Marqués como tal: es blandísimo, aburrido y tiene arrepentimientos morales que aparecen de la nada y que, si se ha leido un poco del Marqués, se sabe que su pensamiento se separa grandemente de lo que se presenta aquí. El tipo era uno que decía que la naturaleza era…

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  Review by The Professor ★★★½

  In preparing to watch this movie, I noticed that it had a lot of pluses going for it:

  1. AIP. Now, to some of you, this might not be a positive, but, to me, it's a harbinger of good times.

  2. Screenplay by Richard Mattheson, one of my favorite writers and always sign of quality.

  3. Keir Dullea. Sarah doesn't much care for him, but I think he's got kinda something. I mean, have you seen "David and Lisa"?

  4. John Huston. Okay, in the 70s he kinda dissolved into someone who would appear in anything ("Tentacles"), but he usually classes up the joint.

  5. Senta Berger. She's super hot.

  6. The Marquis De Sade. Big fan, right here.

  However...…

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  Review by Terése Flynn ★★★

  It's 1969... I mean, it's the 18th century and we follow the disreputable Marquis de Sade. It's far from the first time in movie history that we have the oppurtunity to do so, but the adaptions of his life differ from eachother, in one way or another. And "De Sade" has its' share of originality. Maybe mostly in the way the story of Sade's life (or parts of it) is told, combined with how simplified our main character is. Not just simplified as a person, but also when it comes to what he actually did during his lifetime.

  But sure, I understand why. It's suppose to be a "sexy movie", and someone surtenly wanted to promote it as one. But…

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  Review by popcrimes

  horny! sumptuous! really fucking fun! watch this if you have a thing for burning unconsummated Mommy/boy lust, want to get slapped by Keir Dullea or are planning a costume party

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  Review by Tárt Simpson ★★★★★

  we’re all getting that boobie-chains credit graphic as a tattoo, right?

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  Review by sara ★★★★½

  “when did you never not have time for pleasure?”

  erotic 60s de sade! brave enough to show us de sade as a bottom. the cuntiest glitter brows i ever did see! the mommy/boy dynamic of my dreams. 2024 will be year of blue eyeshadow for me. i immediately want to rewatch this.

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  Review by Hollie Horror ★★½

  For some reason I thought there would be way more fucking and way less room destroying in De Sade. Truly hideous at times, like watching Austin Powers in a period piece. Maybe I'll watch House of De Sade later, it'll be more my speed.