It just seemed to me to be a great story, set back in its time but something that seemed to have relevance for our time. Now that the film is coming out, it looks like we're back in another time… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
Whatever you think of de Sade, he was a complex figure and we should not look for easy answers with him. He was, strangely perhaps, against the death penalty, and he was never put in prison for murders or anything… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
What's really interesting about that is that a lot of these words that were incendiary in their time now seem almost harmless and laughable,… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
This one, even though it called for San Francisco, I think they wanted to initially shoot part of the film up here, you know… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
Making movies can be a creative exciting project for director and rest of staff. — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
But you know, there's always a danger nowadays that films are gonna be brought up to Canada for budget reasons. And that's something that… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
Is there something to be said for the writings of the Marquis? Is there something to be said for pornography? And is there something… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
Whereas European films have traditionally been able to go into adult relationships. I think there's a huge audience in America for those kinds of… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
That's a little homage in a way to that and also to create that sort of creepy atmosphere that Hitchcock did. Vertigo was one… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
I shot a lot of close-ups on this movie 'cause there's like a dual mystery, she's searching through her haunted past to find some… — Philip Kaufman Copy Share Image
