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17 quotes by Philip Kaufman

This article is written like a personal reflection or opinion essay that states the Wikipedia editor's particular feelings about a topic, rather than the opinions of experts. Please help improve it by rewriting it in an encyclopedic style. (August 2010) Philip Kaufman Kaufman at the 1991 Venice Film Festival Born (1936-10-23) October 23, 1936 (age 78) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Occupation director, screenwriter, producer, actor...
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Similarly, the Marquis is presented in this film as someone who would disturb the status quo and therefore must be kept imprisoned.

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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... →

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You can have a lot of unhappiness by not having money, but the reverse is no guarantee of happiness.

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They are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for... →

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To me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.

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Nowadays they either want to move the film to Canada or in some cases they go to Prague or Romania or they want to keep 'em down in L.A.

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And I liked this extreme character of de Sade.

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I read, therefore I'm interested in writers.

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The danger is not so much in the economic structure of a society but in its intellectual structure.

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The truth is, I'm drawn to all kinds of things.

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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... →

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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 truth... →

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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... →

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