Sade

Starring:Daniel Auteuil, Marianne Denicourt, Jeanne Balibar, GrÃ©goire Colin, Isild Le Besco, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Philippe Duquesne, Vincent Branchet, Raymond GÃ©rÃ´me, Jalil Lespert, Dominique Reymond, Sylvie Testud, FranÃ§ois Levantal, FrÃ©dÃ©rique Tirmont, Daniel Martin (IV), Monique Couturier, Scali Delpeyrat, LÃ©o Le Bevillon, Ã‰lÃ©onore Godeau, Laurent Stocker
Director: BenoÃ®t Jacquot
Studio: Fox Lorber
Product Type: DVD

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This impressive record of Sade's 1994 live peformances reminds us of just how much her distinctive sound combines languorously emotional pop with lightweight but musically fulfilling cocktail jazz. As fine as the voice is, we can never forget that Sade's backing band are sidemen rather than mere accompanists, and in several of the 18 numbers here we get solos of real virtuosity. The selection of songs includes many of Sade's hits--"Cherry Pie," "Smooth Operator," "Your Love Is King"--and some less well-known songs from the albums, such as "Red Eye" and "Jezebel." --Roz Kaveney, Amazon.co.uk

Customer Reviews:

Dissappointing.......2007-05-15

Sade wrote some good music and that carries it to two stars for me. Being a musician, I was dissappointed to see how little actual content there was to this concert and how little musical talent Sade has. It was more style than substance. If all you want to do is watch her abs (if you watch the DVD you'll see what I mean) feel free to order it. I don't recommend this DVD; just buy a "best of" CD and skip the belly dancing.

Drolling DVD.......2007-03-27

This was better than a football game to my husband. I couldn't interrupt him for nothing while he was watching this DVD.

Sounds is great but the video sucks!.......2007-03-23

I am a true SADE fan! The sista still has it going on.
The band was awesome and singing was great but I was very dissappoint in the video quality. I played this on my 65' 1080p and some of the scenes was bad on the eyes.

what a show.......2007-01-03

i thought it was the best sade i ever saw. the way she showed off the whole band. they are simply great musicians everyone of them.

Not a Sade Fan in the past,.......2006-11-22

After finding this title cheap with a 5* rating, I ordered it. I was torn between watching the concert or shutting the dang thing off for about 15 minutes. After a few songs, I found myself getting into it and watched the entire concert! It's a very good concert video and for NOT being a Sade fan it's a keeper for me anyways. I plan on watching it again, I think this one will grow on me.

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Sade's Biggest Fan
Sade-Lovers Live
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Release Date: 2002-03-05

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Sade fans may experience a range of emotions while watching the first-rate Lovers Live, but one thing they won't feel is shortchanged--not with nearly two hours of concert footage, 22 songs (including almost all of her Lovers Rock album), and DVD bonus features galore. That sultry, soulful Sade sound is in full effect throughout the concert (filmed at two Southern California locations in 2001), brought to life by a capable band, some superbly evocative visuals and sound effects, and, of course, the singer herself. The show is dramatic, but never overly theatrical; best of all, Sade, while perhaps not the world's greatest performer, is an adult--you'll find no pop-princess posing here. Of the nine songs from Lovers Rock, "Slave Song" and "Immigrant" are especially moving, revealing that Sade added some new flavors to her sound during her protracted layoff from performing. This show is pure Sade--and that's a good thing. --Sam Graham

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Sade's Biggest Fan.......2007-05-30

I love this concert. Sade is my absolute favorite singer and has been since her first album. She is one of the few artist whose work I purchase without ever having to hear it first. I saw this concert in the Washington DC area and this is a great way to remember the show. Sade will be around as long as she chooses. Her classy style is timeless.

Sade-Lovers Live.......2007-05-12

First experience with Sade. Incredible! Saw this for the first time at my buddy's place in San Diego and I simply had to have it. The quality of the audio and video are very good.

Great product! Great seller!.......2007-03-15

a little wait on the delivery, understandable, was from a private seller...but came in perfect condition, just as promised!

missing DVD.......2007-01-13

I opened DVD weeks after purchase. NO DVD in case. No longer had receipt either.

Sade, Rocks.......2007-01-04

It's a beautiful dvd, I still haven't watched the whole thing through yet,but when I get a chance I will.

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Rescuing "Yellow Hands"
gritty realism
The Sioux fight for their lands
What, More Horse Chunks?
Still stands Up

The Return of a Man Called Horse
Starring: Richard Harris , Gale Sondergaard , Geoffrey Lewis , William Lucking , and Jorge Luke
Director: Irvin Kershner
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"A Man Called Horse returns at full gallop" (Los Angeles Times) in this exceptional western that follows the plight of a horribly wronged tribe of Sioux Indiansand the quest of the one man who would lead them to victory. The Return of a Man Called Horse is a "visually stunning" (Variety) and "hauntingly beautiful vision of American history" (Los Angeles Times). Lord John Morgan (Richard Harris), disillusioned with the "civilized" aristocracy of England, returns to the American West in search of the vital and rugged life he once led among the proud Yellow Hand tribe. But what he finds instead is destruction: a brutal and bloody war inflicted on his adopted blood brothers by an unscrupulous trapper and his followers. Decimated, enslaved and swept from their home, their only hope of regrouping, retaining their ancient customs and fighting backfor their sacred homeland now lies with Morgan...a man they call Horse.

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Rescuing "Yellow Hands".......2006-07-25

I'm always fascinated with books & movies that deal with the interaction of subjects from different cultures such as "Shogun", "Lawrence of Arabia", "Dances with Wolves" or "Broken Arrow".

The original film "A Man Called Horse" (1970) has had a very special place in my memory and heart. Its sequel "The Return of a Man Called Horse" (1976) wasn't so good, nevertheless is quite enjoyable.

It tells the story of Lord John Morgan's return to the plains around 1840. He was languishing at his states in England when suddenly he feels the urge to return to America.
He discovers that the Yellow Hands has been expelled from their sacred lands, her women enslaved and the rest of the tribe condemned to a miserable life due to the "in force" invasion of some fur traders.
The trader gang has constructed a stronghold including cannons and settling allied native around the fort.
Lord Morgan or Horse as he is known to his Sioux kin starts a new epic experience. Self imposing extreme hardships, first to attain a "vision", then he strengths very young tribesmen thru sacred rites, next he trains women to fight and finally devices a plan to expel the usurpers.
The final combat is film's culmination and a very good action piece.

Harris performs again with deep conviction even if the script is not as good as the original one he extract the maximum from his character.
This time Sioux warriors are fleshed by Mexican actors and actresses instead of the multinational cast of the first film, without lose.

Even with its flaws this film moves the spectator to admire and respect Native American culture.

Give this film a try, you won't be disappointed!
Reviewed by Max Yofre.

gritty realism.......2006-03-25

Whether fact or fiction, everytime I watch this movie you can taste the era.

The Sioux fight for their lands.......2005-12-06

This is a sequel to the 1970 A MAN CALLED HORSE. In that movie Richard Harris is John Morgan, an Englsih baron captured by the Yellow Hand Sioux in the early 1800s and raised by them; being a great fighter he was given his freedom and returned to England in 1821.

Now, three years later, Harris is bored in England and decides to return to America. When he does he finds the Yellow Hand have been driven off their lands or enslaved by white traders. He leads them in a fight to regain their lands.

The movie is shot almost totally from the Indians' perspective, and great care has been taken to get it right and to treat the Indians and their ways honestly. There is a lengthy self-mutilation ceremony that is quite gory (but authentic); it was cut from some earlier prints as being too graphic, but it's essential as to why the tribe decides to fight for their land (they must purge themselves of the evil spirit first). The really memorable thing about the movie is the photography: the Dakota landscape is spectacular.

What, More Horse Chunks?.......2004-12-15

Harris reprises his weak and tepid role of an 1800's gentleman who can't stomach modern life in England so he goes back to the Plains to find his adopted tribe of Sioux Indians. He finds them on the verge of extinction, starvation and he is there to lead them to new hope, which means bowing to his leadership. Why the Sioux didn't kill him in the first film goes beyond reason. More silly stuff from hippies in the 1970's in this second installment of the wildly popular but empty "A Man Called Horse" saga. Look for a psychedelic scene where Harris is "behind" naked while emerged in color shots of eagles flying in the sky.

Still stands Up.......2004-11-25

The first movie was a departure from the everyday" Cowboy Indian movie with a few good twists albeit you could see them comming. Good story to be told, and Part 2 Still with Richard Harris is one of the best follow up movies to come down the pike for it's Genre. I owned and discoverd part 2 recently and was surprised how good it was, and stood up on it's own. All I'll say is in part 2 Harris becomes restless in England and revists his adopted indian family and it takes off from there. Harris is perfect for the role, an english Gentelman with a conscience.

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If you like Sade
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If you like Sade.......2007-02-05

This DVD will appeal primarily to those fans of Sade. Many of the videos are dated, but are still worth seeing. The 5.1 mix is good, and the option of adding subtitled lyrics is helpful if you can't understand all the lyrics.

sade.....what can i say boys????.......2006-02-26

nothing compares to listening to sade in a perfect accoustic room. JBL speakers make the difference.

Sade-Life Promise Pride Love.......2005-08-03

I could not wait to get this item as I have always loved Sade's classic style. I was extremely delighted to see all her music videos on one DVD. It brought back great memories. The DVD also includes a new DVD and biography. I can't think of any way it could have been improved. I love it!!!!!

The Sweetest Taboo.......2004-10-20

I purchased this DVD because at the time, her greatest hits CD was sold out. As luck would have it, it was on sale in the DVD section of the store. I won't divulge the price, but I will admit that it was a lot cheaper than the CD! I bought it, and Oh My God! The videos encompass the majority of her hits. What an exotic, sultry siren. Words simply cannot describe this artist. All the hits I was looking for were there. So now I have a choice. When I just want to see her beautiful videos with alluring story lines, I pop in the DVD. When I want to hear her beautiful music, I simply turn the television off. Lucky me! Enjoy!

GREAT VIDEO COLLELCTION!!!!.......2004-09-02

This is a nice video collection of all of SADE's hits I like it and enjoy it a lot. If you like SADE then therefore you should buy this Video Collection it is a must have any SADE fan!!!!!

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The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction
Great for Theatre Students
Brillaint and intense
Citizen Marat, the hero and the butcher:
Almost as good as the audio recording.

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Starring: Patrick Magee , Ian Richardson , Michael Williams , Clifford Rose , and Glenda Jackson
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ASIN: B00005BKZN
Release Date: 2001-07-24

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In 1964, German playwright Peter Weiss wowed the international theater scene with his Berlin production of The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. An instant sensation, the play caught the attention of iconic theater director Peter Brook, whose own stage production captivated audiences in New York the next year. Brook then filmed his production in 1966, and the resulting movie, Marat/Sade, stands as one of the best-loved screen adaptations of a play, by both critics and theater fans alike. (The 1996 film Quills is a good example of the story's lasting resonance.) As can be surmised by the play's original title, the action focuses on the Marquis de Sade (Patrick Magee) circa 1808, who, while imprisoned at Charenton Asylum, writes and directs a play starring his fellow inmates. Dramatizing the final hours of French revolutionary Jean-Paul Marat (Ian Richardson) before he was killed by Charlotte Corday (Glenda Jackson, in one of the defining moments of her career), de Sade offers the play as an entertaining whim for the tiny audience of asylum director Coulmier (Clifford Rose) and his family. Utilizing the "theatre of cruelty" theory of avant-garde pioneer Antonin Artaud--once an asylum inmate himself--Brook's presentation of Marat/Sade confronts with jagged language, sounds and visuals, in an attempt to shock the movie audience into dissatisfaction and action against the status quo, mirroring the way de Sade's play within the film stirs the asylum inmates to high dudgeon and revolution. --Heather Campbell

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Directed by Peter Brook and based on the TonyÂ(r) Award-winning play by Peter Weiss, this spellbinding tale of 'slashing power and disturbance (The Film Daily) bristles with the riveting energy and excellent (Variety) performances by the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company, including Ian Richardson and Patrick Magee. Brimming with raving lunatics, crackling whips, catatonicseizuresand even musical interludesMarat/Sade is an exciting, overwhelming [and] stunning tour de force (Boxoffice)! When notorious social criticand inmate of Charenton's asylum for the insanethe Marquis de Sade (Magee), stages a play about the murder of the French Revolution's Jean-Paul Marat, the production takes on an alarming life of its own. And as tempers flare,arguments rage and chaos engulfs both the sane and the mad, the inmates finally turn against their keepersin a brilliant, breathtaking and completely bizarre conclusion'that will leave you raving for more!

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The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction .......2007-05-31

This is an amazing film along with being an amazing play. Peter Brook, who is one of the world's most renowned theater directors, has made an excellent adaptation of The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade (the gloriously long official title). I saw this film in college, and love the intensity of the whole thing. Now that I am older and have read de Sade and a touch of Marat (which I didn't read in college, imagine that), things actually make more sense now, and the film/play resonates more deeply. Patrick Magee and Ian Richardson are phenomenal in this film, and Brook's direction manages somehow to incorporate the best of the film aesthetic and theater aesthetic. It is an amazingly intense experience, one that will sear itself in your memory.

A note on the transfer. The current edition is by MGM/UA, and while it isn't great (the film elements are a little worn out), it is letterboxed and the audio is decent. There was a haphazard, sloppy DVD put out by Image in the early days of DVD. That version was pan and scan and looked wretched. The Image DVD is thankfully out of print. So go ahead and partake of the MGM/UA DVD of Marat/Sade.

Great for Theatre Students.......2007-05-14

I have to say I enjoyed this one more when I was a theatre student and obsessed with theatre of the absurd. Its still a fun one, but not for just anybody....

Brillaint and intense.......2005-04-22

Marat / Sade is an incredible theatrical production that was captured well in this film. Complaints that has been made about the sound quality of the DVD though is well founded but unfortunately this was a problem with the movie when it first appeared in theatres.
The movie takes place on a stage behind bars in asylum of Charenton. Behind the bars as well sit confident arrogant and ignorant asylum's director and his family. Performed is a play written and directed by the Marquis de Sade (Patrick Magee).
In point of fact plays written by de Sade and performed by the inmates of Charenton actually took place. But Peter Brooks takes things to another level as he through the character of Sade poses many questions to the viewer while at the same time shocking the sense. Cleverly the actors are given parts that have something in common with their mental disorder.
This is a musical but probably like no other musical you have ever seen. It is somewhat like some of the Mystery plays of the Middle Ages. There are plays with in plays, clever references made and word play, as like are found in the Mystery plays, to and regarding the actors themselves and the surroundings where they are performing.
The play is about the death of Marat but it is within it is a larger play about the French Revolution. But the play is more than a history lesson. All through it the character playing Marat sits in a bathtub as Sade taunts him. Much of his taunts take the form of long philosophical soliloquies belittling Marat, the Revolution and society in general. Through out the play the inmates fall in and out of character to the symptoms of their various mental illnesses.
The songs are incredibly well integrated into the play and are quite witty and enjoyable -some of them almost joyous.
Comically the director of the asylum, a condescending buffoon, interrupts the play time and again when statements are made that go against the current ideology.
As the play about a revolution concludes a real revolution starts behind the bars and the film ends in chaos.
The final scene is a pan back showing the audience at the bars in which the stage is enclosed. Are they clamoring to get in? Do they too want to be inmates? Do they want to become part of the free for all?
Peter Brooks offers up a beautiful but disturbing movie and vision of the world.

Citizen Marat, the hero and the butcher:.......2005-03-01

Peter Weiss' Marat/Sade as performed by the Royal Shakespeare Company under the direction of Peter Brook. (1966)

The cast and a history thereof:

The Marquis de Sade, as performed by Patrick Magee.
What needs to be known of de Sade involves, primarily, his second stay at the asylum at Charenton, although, it an idea of his philosophy should be displayed here. de Sade was a hedonist who had been to the Bastille and Charenton before, namely, for abuse towards prostitutes and various others of either gender. He was viewed as a dangerous sexual deviant and spent a good portion of his life imprisoned, until the start of the French Revolution of which, he supported (possibly to prevent his own death.) He was a nihilist, but also supported a certain Utopian socialism, and had effectively became one of the earliest existentialists, though he is rarely regarded with such a title.
At the start of the nineteenth century, Napoleon Bonaparte had him, again, imprisoned, residing in Charenton under the asylum's director

Abbe de Coulmier, as performed by Clifford Rose.
Monsieur Coulmier was very liberal in dealing with the treatment of patients, allowing de Sade to set up a series of plays that were available for public viewing, within the fictional content of Marat/Sade the play in question is The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of Charenton Under the Direction of the Marquis de Sade. The play takes a novel approach to theater, allowing de Sade to interact and converse directly with the fifteen years deceased

Jean-Paul Marat, as performed by Ian Richardson.
Marat is, of course, the focus of this play and his role in the French Revolution and the subsequent Reign of Terror are vital facts. Marat was a member of the Jacobin Club, a group of radical republican thinkers, directly responsible for these events, with the help of Girondists, less a political party and more of a group of like-minded thinkers.
His body racked with a fever he threw himself into writing for the revolution, creating policy on dealing with enemies, declaring traitors and spurring the masses on in their bloodbath in the name of freedom. Much of Marat/Sade deals with the questions of de Sade concerning whether or not this bloodshed was worth it, or the right way to go about it. Many considered Marat a hero, though there were more than a few who considered him a butcher.
Following the Revolution, Jacobin's spurred on the Terror, claiming that the enemies of France were not eliminated and were, in fact, in hiding. In summary (or rather, not quite in his exact words,) Marat claims that they wear the cap of the people, but their underwear is embroidered with crowns and that the lot of them are the first to scream beggar, thief, or guttersnipe when a shop or two is looted. This is what leads him to the idea that the new aristocracy is any who owns more than any other. He points out that one will keep a horse, another his house in the country and another his army. This, he claims, is contrary to liberty and freedom. These, he goes on, are the new enemies of France and the bloodshed continued, numbering anywhere from eighteen thousand to forty thousand dead.
His writing would go on until he was visited three times by the assassin

Charlotte Corday, as performed by Glenda Jackson.
Who had decided to assassinate him due to the mass atrocities he and his faction had caused, though, the final decision would lie with the arrest of twenty-two Girondists and, later, the denouncing of their leader Jacques Pierre Brissot. She was successful in her endeavor, as might be anticipated by the full title of Marat/Sade.

Major themes throughout:
From the beginning, it becomes clear that this is no standard play, being a work of metafiction and delving into a play within a play. Through this medium, it allows Peter Weiss make light of the standard structure of theater and display a level of creativity, in the case of the film, that often goes unseen.
Additionally the (approximately) true history behind this work is intriguing, bring to the foreground a brutality that is generally ignored in French culture. Furthermore, French society becomes reflected within the asylum at Charenton, the down-trodden going through a similar metamorphosis as the upheaval of their very society not two decades earlier.
The real treat, the audience will find, is the rhetoric between de Sade and Marat throughout the play, each attacking the philosophy of the other, presenting questions each other and the audience. This inevitably leaves the audience to decide.

Marat/Sade is a rhapsody that should be made more available to a larger audience, creating within them worthwhile question and providing an interesting history at the same time: allowing the audience to see the brutal legacy of France, drowning the preconceived stereotypes of the country (at least within the United States.)

Almost as good as the audio recording........2004-10-20

The only problem that I have with this production is that, for some inexplicable reason, they do the scene of "Marat's Nightmare" in pantomime, completely wasting one of the great portions of the play. The audio recording of this production, which used to be available on Caedmon, includes the scene with the dialogue intact. I would have given the movie version 5 stars but for this disappointing omission. Otherwise, it's an all time classic.

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A Refreshing Look at Sade
Enslaving Fanaticism & Liberating Nihilism
"Everything one can imagine, I have done."
Fabulous French Cinema

Sade
Starring: Daniel Auteuil , Marianne Denicourt , Jeanne Balibar , Grégoire Colin , and Isild Le Besco
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"Only in excess can one find liberty." Oh, that's right--the Marquis de Sade wasn't just a freaky-deaky sex fiend, he was also a philosopher. And that's the side illuminated in Sade, a marvelously chewy look at an episode from the life of the indecent marquis. In 1794, after the Revolution, Robespierre has imprisoned Sade in a comfortable old nunnery, along with some royalists. Daniel Auteuil's superb performance in the title role brings a lifetime of scandalous living to Sade's face, and he makes the man utterly unapologetic. By the time Sade deflowers a fascinated young woman, the act is more a defiant political statement (for both of them) than a naughty roll in the hay. This is another good one from director Benoît Jacquot (A Single Girl, Seventh Heaven), whose work always manages to be calm but passionate. It certainly tops Quills, another look at the enigma of Sade. --Robert Horton

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Sade, based on the Serge Bramly novel of the same title, is an account of how the famous philanthropist and infamous pornographer met, befriended and fell in love with a young woman during his incarceration.

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A Refreshing Look at Sade.......2006-06-15

In Sade, the course of events that unfolds takes place predominantly at the Couvent of Picpus - where everything seems to hover over an atmosphere of emptiness and a lack of dramatic twists and turns, albeit an undercurrent of death was in fact persistently pervading the unknown fates of a resigned aristocratic, motley crew.

That the sense of nihilism that pervades the film cannot be overlooked - neither should it be overstated. Sade acts as a form of commentary on the plight of his fellow inmates - a parody of their plight that perhaps shouldn't be taken too seriously. Through bawdy banter, philosophical quips, a play-turned-mime and eventually a sex ritual, Sade provides antidotes to an environment of uncertainty and nihilism into one that is filled with curious alternatives and untrodden by-roads.

The style of director Jacquot is informal to the point the film looks like a documentary rather than an epic narrative on Sade. Nevertheless, the set is gorgeous and tableaux-like, each movement and background carefully naunced and crafted, the audience partaking as a voyeur in the whole process.

Auteuil's genius in portraying Sade could only be described as sublime - if only it wasn't his on-screen persona that was emanated. The rest of the cast make for an interesting potpourri of individuals; Emilie de Lancris with her insousciant yet inquisitive youthfulness stokes a vivacious coupling with an inveterate Sade, the (mis)matching necessaire of the chevalier and his protector, Vicomte de Lancris with his adulterous affair and world-wearied wife and the opportunistic but stately landlord Coignard and last but not least - the cool allure of Madame Quesnet, Sade's wife.

The film also displays sensitivity to historical accuracy in terms of costuming - Robespierre's appearance and clothes well-resembled those he wore in his portraits, assuming the style known as the Italianate "Incroyable" in the first half of the 1790s. The scene showing the storming of the Hotel de Ville was also realistic, with Robespierre's brother jumping out of the window to flee persecution. However, the execution scene did not reflect the report that Robespierre was faced up at the guillotine. A guillotine was indeed, as records show, placed before the gates of the Picpus convent.

This is a film that will indisputably challenge one's pre-existing perception of Sade and perhaps even come to accept this portrayal of Sade as philosophical, thoughtful liberal of his day, rather than merely a sex-craved, perversed maniac that he has come to be identified with under the much-abused term known as Sadism.

P.S. The whites of the film looked yellowish and greenish on the DVD format, while the VCD was much better in terms of colour. However the DVD version preserved the original uncut versions which demystified the parts that had been censored on my VCD version. It also comes with an interesting interview with the director Jacquot, Auteuil and Denicourt as well as some behind-the-scenes shots.

A film about French history and seminal historical character that is absolutely necessary to and could only be performed in French!

Enslaving Fanaticism & Liberating Nihilism.......2006-02-16

It was not film's intention to depict accurately Marquis de Sade biography or even all of his philosophical ideas. It rather explored some very interesting, but unexplored in cinematography ideas and conclusions, that might had been derived from Sade and other nihilistic philosophers throughout history.

Of course by calling Sade a nihilist I don't imply that he was a depressed man who didn't see a meaning in his life. Oh, Sade had a very colorful rich life; he found a lot of meaning in life's food, sex, pleasure and even pain.

However Sade didn't see any meaning in afterlife, he didn't see any meaning in religion, he didn't see any meaning in God. Of course Sade didn't believe in any of these things (for example when he rhetorically asked whether God is solid or made of gas). However even if these things existed, Sade couldn't understand what exactly is meaningful in them.

Sade joyfully embraced his own mortality. He was excited by the mere idea that one day he'll die and perhaps the stuff that made him will made a worm and later a butterfly. He found his matter's organic "immortality" much more appealing than any spiritual immortality (in a "body of Christ" as he referred to it). Of course Sade didn't believe in any silly reincarnations, and he didn't hope or wish to preserve his consciousness after death (even if it is in the body of a worm or a butterfly). For Sade mind and body was inseparable, and once the body dies so does the mind.

Since Sade didn't believe in some ordained higher purpose in life, he didn't shun away from getting whipped if it sexually aroused him and produced gave him pleasure. Experience of pleasure and suffering is often so subjective, depending on so many variables (like whether somebody is paddled as part of Singapore judicial punishment or erotic interplay) , that only the subject himself/herself, not the society or deity, can determine what things in life produce him pleasure and pain, and seek them.

While sexual orgasm in both man and woman evolved as an incentive for reproduction, who's to say that we cannot induce sexual orgasm for the pleasure sake by masturbating ourselves or by receiving intense stimulation, in form of spanking or whipping, unto the pleasure centers located throughout our bodies (especially on buttocks) ?

For all purposes, natural evolution is a senseless blind process whose adaptations remained in the organisms due to their advantages in this meaningless physical universe. And if God exists he can senselessly create infinity of souls himself, while killing time in his meaningless eternal existence.

Of course experiencing pleasure by inflicting joyless suffering to others can be rarely fulfilling (unless one is truly anti-social, and since being anti-social is for the most part evolutionary detrimental, only less than 3% of the population are truly anti-social). While erotic games can be often played in which one merely pretends to suffer from joyless pain, genuine and gratuitous spousal abuses (and all abuses of young children) cannot genuinely fulfill either the victim or the abuser (unless he/she is genuinely anti-social). Thus while one of the commandants of the French Revolutionary Terror unwelcomely and gratuitously slaps and beats his girlfriend (Sade's wife) neither of them feel gratified.

Enough, about sexually obsessed sado-masochistic atheistic nihilists. Let's talk about French revolutionary fanatics now. Are they some psychopathic sadists? I don't think so. They don't kill on guillotine to get sexually aroused. Neither most of them are anti-social. They don't hate society, in fact they fanatically try to help society, and to help it they have to "cut deep into it to eliminate society's evil". Are they nihilists ? Oh, now they fear nihilism, since nihilistic ideas would invalidate any higher purpose into what they are doing. How could they justify to themselves killing millions of peoples while embracing nihilistic philosophy ? If at the end nothing matter, why go through so much psychological distress by shedding massive bloodshed.

In fact, while initially deeply anti-religious, French revolutionary fanatics eventually realize that their atheism is likely to lead to nihilism which will invalidate their entire revolutionary cause. Thus they declare atheism as a greater social evil than any bourgeois religion, and rather prefer to invent for themselves some quazi-religious deities, symbols and rituals. Or at least they try to remain theistically agnostic, by believing in afterlife if not a certain God, in order to postpone the answer about whether there is any ultimate meaning in what they do.

It's not that religion genuinely provides anyone the answer about the ultimate meaning of life, but it rather postpones any answers until afterlife. Of course having eternal meaningful existence is a logical impossibility since nothing can possibly remain meaningful for anyone for eternity. Finality creates meaning. In a finite life one can find meaning in selecting the things he does, places he sees, people he meets, thoughts he thinks. Life like a game is meaningful and exciting when you can select your moves and you know there is an end to it. An eternal life, like an eternal open-ended game, sooner or later ceases to be meaningful or exciting.

Watching the movie, most viewers will despise idealistic revolutionary fanatics while sympathizing with nihilist Sade. Unfortunately in real life nihilists are feared and despised more than lepers. Why should that be ? As Sade said "I might be libertine but I am not a murder", so a he could've said "I might be a nihilist but I am not destructive".

Fanaticism is what leads people to behave destructively, whether its religious (ex. Crusaders in Jerusalem or Salem Puritans) or non-religious (ex. French or Russian revolutionaries during terror). Nihilism actually cures destructive behaviors by depriving the core reason for such behaviors since at the end nothing matters.

Of course nihilists with anti-social personality disorder (as non-nihilists with anti-social personality disorder) may act destructively for its shear pleasure, however they will lack motivational energy to inflict as much damage as fanatics do (even if those fanatics are not anti-social). Thus to paraphrase a well known quote:

"Pro-social people (including nihilists) will primarily act constructively, anti-social people (including nihilists) will primarily act destructively, but for pro-social people to act destructively they need to be obsessed by some form of "ultimate idealistic ideas" (like "kingdom in heaven " or "international communism"). Since no pro-social nihilist holds any "ultimate idealistic ideas", no pro-social nihilist can ever act destructively"

"Everything one can imagine, I have done.".......2006-01-10

"Sade" begins with a scene inside Saint-Lazare prison in 1794. The prison's noble captives are transported daily via tumbrils to their grisly fate. Meanwhile, with the guillotine in full swing, some of the more fortunate nobles--those who have the ability to call in favours or offer bribes--are transferred to an asylum at Picpus. Living in the asylum doesn't mean that its residents have escaped Madame Guillotine--it just means that they've bought some time.

The Marquis de Sade (Daniel Auteuil) is transferred to Picpus--thanks to the devotion of his former mistress Marie-Constance Quesnet (Marianne Denicourt). She now lives with the Deputy Fournier (Gregorie Colin), and he indulges her desire to protect Sade but expects a great deal in return.

The Viscount Lancris (Jean Pierre-Cassel), his wife and teenage daughter, Emilie (Isild Le Besco) arrive at the asylum along with de Sade. Madame de Lancris hovers around briefly in an attempt to protect her daughter from de Sade's wicked wiles, but when she takes to her bed, the Marquis and Emilie form a relationship. At first, the Marquis seems a little naughty--almost as though his reputation is not warranted. He even describes himself as "an old galleon--about to sink."

The film succeeds in showing the coldness of the mass executions, the terror experienced by those being dragged off to their fate, and the bureaucratic efficiency that must be enacted to dispose of thousands of corpses. The doomed aristocrats in the asylum are either paralyzed by depression or intent on distraction. Emilie, incapable of either state, wanders into de Sade's path--along with a young Chevalier (Vincent Branchet)--the plaything of a decadent, elderly noble. De Sade forms a relationship with Emilie--is he motivated by kindness, boredom, or is she a different sort of conquest?

De Sade has the name recognition that guarantees an audience, but it should come as no great shock that the film does not accurately portray de Sade. De Sade's pernicious exploits remain--even today--rather unacceptable for public consumption. Of all the current 'big' name actors in French cinema, Daniel Auteuil is arguably the most capable for the complex role of de Sade (anyone who's seen Auteuil in "L'Elegant Criminel" knows the depravity this actor conveys so smoothly on the screen).

Auteuil plays de Sade with a subtlety that belies the wickedness he's capable of. The film explores the idea of Seduction as primarily a psychological process, and ultimately, the Marquis is a slippery, masterful expert. Directed by Benoit Jacquot, the film is in French with English subtitles--displacedhuman

Fabulous French Cinema.......2004-04-03

This review refers to the DVD(Wellspring)edition of "Sade"...

Daniel Auteuil gives a mesmerizing performance as the Marquis de Sade in this wonderful film depicting de Sade's confinement during one of the most violent chapters of French history.

Heads roll(literally) in late 18th century France. It is the time of the "Reign of Terror" and many aristocrats await their fate...the guillotine! A special sanitarium is used for these upper-crust offenders and de Sade is among them. Found to be immoral and not fit for society, the man who lends his name to what we now call "sadism", never ceases to persue his right to express himself. Even many of the other prisoners feel he is beneath their station in life. But he brings a new awareness to them and when a young girl, the teenage daughter of one of these families expresses her regret that she will die before "experiencing" life, Sade makes it his mission to make sure she is awakened sensually before the end!

This film is beautifully directed by Benoit Jacquot. It captures the essence of the period with the exquiste cinematography of the settings, the authentic costumes, and the outstanding performances of the very talented cast.Although a fictionalized account, the story is believeable and you will get lost in this time and place. Auteuil will have you under his spell in no time. Marianne Denicourt is perfect in her portrayal of Sade's mistress who will do whatever it takes to keep him alive, and Isild Le Besco is remarkable in her intuitive performance of the young Emilie who turns to Sade in her time of fear.

The DVD by Wellspring is top of the line. The widescreen(2.35:1 aspect ratio) picture is gorgeuos. The colors are vibrant.The sourround sound is excellent. You have the choice of DD5.1 or 2.0. You can also choose to have the English subtitles on or off. The subtitles are clear and well placed. Features include an insightful interview with director Jacquot, and filmographies.

A fabulous piece of French cinema, but it may not be for everybody. The guillotine scenes may be disturbing to some, and of course with the main subject being the Marquis de Sade, there are some scenes that are quite erotic.(if this were an American film it may fall into the NC-17 rating).

If you are a fan of Auteuil, French films, or just fine filmmaking, have a look at "Sade".

Customer Reviews:

Justine.......2007-05-14

Interesting, but not enough to hold my interest. I prefered the original boooks of DeSade.

choose the wright one.......2007-03-10

Be careful not to be fooled by the Anchor Bay version which is marked with 124 min but has only 119 min!
Spend some more and buy the Blue Underground version with the total 124 min of total fun.
Jack Palance is fantastic!

Great for the bad movie lover!.......2005-04-04

Jesus "Jess" Franco is a director that's sort of a secret amongst serious horror film fans. If you're the type of casual fan of the genre who thinks that "Friday the 13th," "Halloween," and "A Nightmare on Elm Street" are the best films the horror industry ever made, you have never heard of Jess Franco. If you think the "Leprechaun" franchise constitutes the apogee of the horror genre, you have never heard of Jess Franco. If you think collecting Wes Craven and John Carpenter films are as far as you need to go to balance out your DVD collection, you have never heard of Jess Franco. I don't mean to give the impression that Franco is the best directorial talent ever seen in the field, because he definitely isn't, but I have found that knowledge about some of this man's films is one of the best ways to distinguish the novices from the veterans. His most highly regarded--at least in some quarters--film remains "Vampyros Lesbos," a fascinating take on the age-old vampire legend. Then there is Franco's take on the Marquis de Sade's Justine, which doesn't exactly classify as a horror film as much as it does your typical Eurosleaze trash. Read on...

"Justine" (let's just call it that instead of putting de Sade's name in front of it; I'm feeling lazy tonight) stars Romina Power as the titular character, a young, naïve waif cast out into the decadent world of 18th century France. It all starts when Justine and her dissolute sister Juliette (Maria Rohm) must fend for themselves after being thrown out of an orphanage. The two head straight for Paris and a local harridan hotel where Juliette fits right in as the main attraction. Justine doesn't make the cut, however, and heads out into the world to find her own niche. What follows is a series of slightly bawdy and often boring romps involving all levels of French society. Justine first obtains employment at a small inn thanks to the grizzled owner Du Harpin (Akim Tamiroff!) only to find herself back on the street after rebuffing the overtures of a seedy nobleman. She then ends up in prison where she meets a tough, streetwise goon by the name of Madame Dusbois (Mercedes McCambridge!!) who has a date with the executioner she's planning on skipping. In between the woman's enormously hammy cackling, we learn that she needs Justine's help to escape her fate. They get away, and Justine falls in briefly with Dusbois's gang of ugly French thugs.

All is not lost, however, as Justine manages to escape from these vagabonds only to fall into a dismal situation involving the Marquise de Bressac (Slyva Koseina) and her good for nothing hubby. A murder plot and a lot of inherited wealth leads to a situation in which Justine decides to do the "right" thing by spilling the beans to the clueless Marquise. Oops. Hubby still gets what he wants but learns in the process that Justine's big mouth might have ruined his plans. Result? A big 'M' (for murderess) branded on Justine's chest in what is probably the film's best sleazy scene. What follows is rather tame by comparison, although I should mention none other than Jack Palance shows up as Antonin, the head loony of some crazed sect of debauched nut jobs. The film screeches to a halt as Justine, her morality in tatters and on her last leg emotionally and physically, somehow manages to find a personal savior who could care less about her soiled reputation. At least I think that's what happened. Oh, I almost forgot: none other than Klaus Kinski turns up as the Marquis de Sade himself, but doesn't do much except pace about in a prison cell and write down Justine's various adventures.

"Justine" is one of Franco's better efforts even though it ultimately disappoints in the sleaze department. The budget is bigger, the stars are recognizable and surprising to see in a Jess Franco film, and the musical score sounds wonderful. What went wrong? A lot. Considering the Marquis de Sade is one of history's most lecherous individuals, the movie is strictly for the milk and cookies crowd. Sure, a few whippings and some gratuitous nudity pop up from time to time, but such scenes are generally uninspired and tame compared to the stuff you'll experience in the Marquis's writings. Even more alarming are the performances. Akim Tamiroff in a Jess Franco film? Wow! Quite a drop from "Touch of Evil" to this, wouldn't you say? Mercedes McCambridge also should have known better; she's awful and grating in her part. As for Jack Palance, well, if you've seen "The Shape of Things to Come" you have a good idea of how far Jackie will go to prop up his faltering career. He lurches and screeches through his part jacked up on wine (according to the interview with Franco on the disc) and generally embarrasses himself at every opportunity. Still, despite all its flaws, I liked "Justine" for the mere fact that it's a quite watchable bad movie. I love bad movies.

Extras on the disc include the aforementioned interview with Franco, one of the better ones I've seen, in which he discusses working with Kinski (they got along) to dealing with Palance's penchant for drink to his extreme dislike of Romina Power. A trailer, poster and still galleries, and a Franco bio also find their way into the supplements section. If you're looking for a truly disturbing and sleazy cinematic adaptation of de Sade, I recommend Pasolini's "Salo." Those looking for a gigglefest and de Sade lite would do well to give this one a spin.

Mediocre at its best.......2005-01-22

The first thing that struck me about this DVD was the very poor opening sequence, featuring Klaus Kinski in the role of the infamous Marquis. Yes, this movie will soon be 40 years old, but still, the technique is amateurish and uninteresting.

As for the rest of the movie, it fails to capture the novel's spirit. De Sade's characters are satyrical due to their extreme, impossible cruelty and depravation. Franco's are silly, whimsical, and they fail miserably to amuse or arouse me at all.

Power is indeed a sweet-looking, beautiful young girl, but a limited actress, and the rest of the cast is just plain dull. Except for Palance, who delivers a rather strange performance that, once again, betrays the spirit of the book.

In short, the movie is a big disappointment. While De Sade's novel was a harsh criticism of the morals of his time (which greatly benefited him), the movie, with its happy ending, is a rather short soap opera where the heroine endures some tribulations, but gets her reward in the end.

Innocence in trouble.......2004-09-15

Romina Power as Justine is lovely innocense to look at, and I enjoyed what otherwise is a trite sadistic movie just to see her charms.

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Great movie; DVD not so great.
Absolute entertainment
4 stars for the music but 1 for the movie
The first music video musical
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Absolute Beginners
Starring: Patsy Kensit , Eddie O'Connell , David Bowie , James Fox , and Ray Davies
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A commercial disaster upon its release in 1986, Absolute Beginners is an uneven but often stunning attempt at revitalizing the movie musical with postmodern sensibilities. Director Julien Temple was making his first foray into dramatic features after an impressive string of music videos and documentaries (including the first of two Temple-directed profiles of the Sex Pistols), and he upped the stakes by harnessing his visual ingenuity to a period piece exploring London's social transformation at the edge of the '60s--a fleeting moment in the pop zeitgeist that may as well have been the Cambrian Age to Temple's MTV-generation audience. This is post-World War II London turning the corner from economic austerity, giddy with jazz and early rock, yet to witness the Beatles and the Stones.

Adapted from Colin MacInnes's novel, the story follows Colin (Eddie O'Connell), a young Londoner looking to find his place in the world. A budding romance with the intoxicating Suzette (Patsy Kensit) as well as crises of conscience over social responsibility and financial gain are the plot threads in a story that arguably tackles too many Big Ideas, including adolescent identity, British racism (directed at West Indian immigrants) and class prejudice, and capitalism itself, embodied by David Bowie as unctious, superstar executive Vendice Partners.

In wrestling with such valiant ambitions, Temple and his young cast establish the film's musical soul in a canny synthesis of '80s English pop with postwar bop and the seeds of Mod culture. Onscreen performances by Fine Young Cannibals, Sade, and Kensit, a Bowie production number ("Motivation") that cribs from Busby Berkeley, and a wonderful sequence with the Kinks' Ray Davies as Arthur (a likely nod to his own band's 1969 rock opera) are all well realized. Less obviously, Temple salutes the period's forgotten jazz legacy through a score from the late Gil Evans, and in the jaw-dropping, bravura opening sequence, an extended single-camera journey through Soho set to Charles Mingus's joyous "Boogie Stop Shuffle" that is itself reason enough to see this brave musical. --Sam Sutherland

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Colin is a brazen 19-year-old with his finger on the pulse of Soho's burgeoning scene of artists. But when his beautiful girlfriend Suzette tires of their poor and struggling existence, Colin finds himself losing touch with himself and her. And when an older, richer man sweeps Suzette away, a devastated Colin embarks on a desperate journey to win her back!

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Great movie; DVD not so great........2007-06-05

One of the things I loved about this movie was the set design and costumes, all in spectacular colors. However, the color in this MGM-released DVD wobbles from vivid to washed-out and back to vivid, often during the same scene. Pretty disappointing -- what I might expect from a 2nd-generation VHS copy, but not a DVD.

Absolute entertainment.......2007-01-05

This year I had the opportunity to read both Absolute Beginners and City of Spades, both by Colin MacInnes. Both deal with racial tension in London. I was surprized to find this DVD where the novel Absolute Beginners had been made into a film. I was even more surprized when I watched this ambitious, slightly flawed, but creative brave product.

Eddie O'Connell and Patshy Kensit are beautiful as Colin the 19 year old photographer, and Crepe Suzette, his dress designer girlfriend. Both have superb dance numbers.

The art direction was exceptional with some of the most creative sets to be seen in years on the screen. It appeared that Kenny Scharf and Rodney Allen Greenblatt had designed all the club interiors in the film. The costumes were over the top. The choreography was exceptional since it had to convey the chaos and violence of race riots in dance form. It reminded me of the gang fight scenes in West Side Story, only more violent and less stylized.

David Bowie plays both a dramatic role and sings one of the songs in this musical. Sade however takes the prize with "Killer Blow" sung in a nightclub. The scene of Sade singing is worth the price of the DVD. Other bands play in the film, including Fine Young Cannibals. Ray Davies (looking very good) of the Kinks plays Colin's father, a content and handsome middle aged man with a nympho wife who has sex with the male boarders in their boarding house.

The film is a conglomeration of diverse influences from various times and eras. From West Side Story to the work of Charles Mingus, you will find great entertainment watching the various iterations of these influences flow across the screen.

Yet, underlying the vast visual and musical display is a subplot about racial tension and disruption. The film conveys the message that a lively mixture of influences from a range of human cultures stimulates and enlivens the human soul. Likewise, efforts to suppress and destroy others because of race, ethnicity, and religion is counterproductive and damaging in the long run to the human condition.

4 stars for the music but 1 for the movie.......2004-06-27

I've had the soundtrack to this movie for years, the double album no less. It is an absolute masterpiece. The movie is a bit of a let down after finally seeing it. If you think of this movie as a series of interconnecting vignettes it works much better as the plot is very convoluted and meandering.
The final riot seems out of place, but is very effective with our hero caught in the middle of a race riot, running from both the neo-nazis and the angry blacks, having no safe place to go. Jerry Dammer's music during the whole episode is outstanding.
In the end there is some substance with it's strong anti-capitalist message and even more style with the series of music videos, but empty nonetheless.
David Bowie is the class of the field here. Sleek, stylish and somehow menacing.
James Fox is understated and uncaring as the greedy heavy. Everyone else is a step below. Many over-act or just don't have the chops.
There are a number of pretty standard "characters". There's the hip beatnik type with the always-hip sunglasses, the good-natured gay "Oscar Wilde" type with the always-hip sunglasses and the ultra cool black trumpet player (not a sax?) with the always-hip sunglasses. There is also a street urchin type who's lust for money, it turns out, hides a darker side and a good natured, busty, and big boned lesbian pseudo mother type.
All businessmen & women are portrayed as corrupt bungling money-grubbing capitalists, who are intent on turning the hero's poor tenement neighborhood into an ultramodern "white" housing project.
The show business types are fake, toupee wearing liars. Come to think of it, in my limited experience that's not far from the truth.
There's even an old schoolmaster type who seems completely lost (surprise, surprise).
Many of the actors and artists have a problem keeping up with the words during their lip-syncing (though Bowie makes it look effortless). You'd think in a major motion picture there would be more of an effort to make that work.
Of course the real star of the movie is the music and the standouts are Gil Evans, the aforementioned Jerry Dammers and David Bowie. Honorable mentions go to Working Week (Rodrigo Bay doesn't get much airtime but is an exhilarating song) and Style Council reworking their "With Everything to Lose" as "Have You Ever Had It Blue" with added horns and Latin beats (though it seems out of place here). Slim Gaillard's "Selling Out" Clive Langer's "Napoli" Smiley Culture's "So What?" all work wonders with or without the movie.

The first music video musical.......2004-03-20

Julien Temple had lots of experience making music video's before he made this film, and it shows. Basically, it is many music video's strung together to formulate a film, which is not such a good idea. The story needed much more dialogue and character definition. You'll watch the film and think it looks really neat, but you won't care for the characters. A few months after this film was released, Spike Lee had a hit with something called "Do the right thing". Spike's film is almost a copy of this, same plotline, same issues, but no music. Both films cover a hot summer heatwave where peoples tempers are on edge, race riots occur, etc etc. Why Spike got more attention, I'm not quite sure.

Interesting Film.......2003-05-18

There's a movie musical somewhere in David Bowie's talent, but I'm not sure this is it. Don't be deceived by the cover, David's only a minor bit in this.

The sets and lights are spectacular here, and the music's pretty good. I like the Sade song. Some of the British accent's a bit hard to catch, (I turned on the captions for the "Ted's not Dead" song)

Disappointing extras, and not even a copy of the film's preview. I'm never really partial to slide shows of promotional photos.

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High Risk.......2007-01-09

This is a movie I saw when it was first released. The plot is so outragious that it might be a true or near true story. I have a life
long friend in Cali Columbia and all he ever mentioned about the life
was incorporated into this movie. This also includes the depiction of
the roving bands of horse riding bandits. Next to Zorba this is most
likely Anthony Quinn's most interesting and hilarious portrayal as the
bandit leader but all performances are strong. This is a sleeper and
a very good addition to a home collection. RVD

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SADE I LOVE HER
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SADE I LOVE HER.......2006-07-12

SADE IS A GREAT PROFORMER AND PERSON. THIS IS GREAT DVD

Check the prices on the other options, it may be cheaper........2006-03-16

THESE 2 DISCS ARE OFFERED IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS. THE PRICES OF EACH OPTION KEEP CHANGING. CHECK THE OTHER OPTIONS TO SEE WHICH IS THE BEST VALUE AT THE TIME.

This is sold 2 different ways:
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It is basically the same thing, except for the box. It is cheaper to buy it as a CD+DVD in the music section than to buy it as a DVD+CD in the DVD section.

You can also buy them separately. If you don't want the CD or the DVD, it is slightly cheaper to buy them individually.

There is also a CD version of Lovers Live, but it does not contain all the tracks.

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