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 like that.
Philip KaufmanThey are always very lax about putting restrictions on violence for children's movies, which I think is much more harrowing than sexuality for children.
Philip KaufmanTo me, thoughts are fun and art is fun. The strength of our society should not be idle entertainments but the joy of pursuing ideas.
Philip Kaufman