Quills

Quills2000

Stars: Geoffrey Rush, Kate Winslet, Joaquin Phoenix, Michael Caine
Genre: Biography, Drama
Rating: R
Runtime: 124 minutes

With bedroom eyes and the mischievous smirk of an insatiable roué, Geoffrey Rush is a perfect choice to play the Marquis de Sade in Quills, directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted by Doug Wright from his own stage play. Imprisoned in France's Charent… more »



Coulmier:
It's not even a proper novel. It's nothing but an encyclopedia of perversions. Frankly, it even fails as an exercise in craft. The characters are wooden, the diologue is inane. Not to mention the repetition of words like "nipple" and "pikestaff".

Marquis de Sade:
There I was taxed; it's true.

Coulmier:
And such puny scope. Nothing but the worst in man's nature.

Marquis de Sade:
I write of the great, eternal truths that bind together all mankind. The whole world over, we eat, we sh*t, we f***, we kill and we die.

Coulmier:
But we also fall in love, we build cities, we compose symphonies, and we endure. Why not put that in your books as well.

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