Recenziók (1)
American Donald Marquis, who lives in California, is translating the works of Marquis de Sade in the 1960s. It is clear after the first few lines that a transhistorical intellectual and spiritual connection has occurred between the two men. Donald, just like his distant predecessor, embarks on a journey filled with women, with the aim of uncompromising and non-binding desire to obtain maximum satisfaction from the connection, whose rules are solely governed by idiosyncratically conceived "natural laws." However, Donald realizes that in the 20th century, in order to satisfy his passions, he not only needs the right female object but also something that is even harder to come by - money. He decides to acquire it at all costs in order to secure freedom for his love affairs. The film is worth watching for three reasons: 1) it was long thought to be definitively lost, but was recently found supposedly in Scandinavia and was released on DVD in 2012; 2) the film is not as bad as one would expect based on the reputation of its director; and 3) most importantly, it is an interesting blend of sexploitation thriller with an attempt at a European art film, clearly made with a limited budget. The result was pleasantly surprising.
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