Eugenie - Marquis De Sade's Philosophy In The Boudoir [Region Free]

Excellent

Oh dear , what a waste of 1hr 30mins or so, Christopher Lee must have needed some desparate cash, oh dear

Well received, but not the movie remembered, must try to find out which it was we saw

Soft porn poor quality

De Sade may make images of debauchery & chains, whips & canoodling come to mind. This is a delightful modernised Franco flick that takes the Sadean elements & perhaps the zeitgeist of the period, & emphasizes the canoodling elements of Sade against a colourful island backdrop. Camera will as usual pan, tilt and zoom & perhaps impress and frustrate as Franco's mood takes him over the body of the lush grounds and then ground itself in the lush flesh.Alluding to the original philosophical themes of Sade it may be, but for didactic oratory of the texts of Sade we have Christopher Lee delivering the framing verbal flavour. He was only employed for a very short stint, but his presence is telling. His voice and carriage sell the idea rather than outright canoodling. This might be seen as a bombastic attempt at selling an otherwise less than Sade quick flick, or preferably, seen as a device for reminding us at what these degenerates are aiming at through the film...which is the corruption of a youth. Christopher Lee then as ominous bookends.Is there flesh on display, yes. Does it writhe, get attacked & played with in a form other than is usually friendly or sanitary, yes. Does it all seem to be some form of debasing dream that the older, corrupted gathering of degenerates use as an 'explanation' as to why a young girl alone is getting hot and bothered, oh yes. Franco paces it all rather evenly and clearly enjoys the scenario, popping up for a modest quick cameo as a, slightly sweaty heavy-breather at the ritual. Overall it feels less heavy than 'Justine', less hard work than 'Jack the Ripper' or others of its ilk. Thoroughly Franco, with a slight whiff permeating the plot (such as it is) similar to Succubus or Venus in Furs but not quite as trippy as either. Hints of Franco's other flick 'Eugenie De Sade' with Soledad Miranda are always likely on the corruption theme, but generally an excellent place to relax the morals, taste a bit of the Franco fluff-zoom & his local-colour sweep, if that floats your boat. Oh, and there is a boat in it too for added production value.

We start with a naked woman on an alter. She is stabbed and her heart is non-graphically removed by Maria Rohm's character, Marianne. Christopher Lee narrates the scene. But this is only a depiction of what Marianne is reading about in a seethrough blouse.Marianne exchanges sexual favours with Eugenie's father for permission to take Eugenie to her island. There, Eugenie and Marianne seem to be getting on very well, with naked washing, sunbathing and lesbianism, but at lunch Marianne and her brother/boyfriend drug Eugenie's drink, and subject her to rape, which she believes to be a dream.The de Sade Appreciation Society, featuring Christopher Lee, arrive on the island, dressed in 18th/19th century costume in honour of de Sade. Shenanigans follow, involving more seethrough clothing, murder, sadism (of course), and Eugenie running about on the island naked. The brief scene in which Marianne, dressed only in a belt and extremely high boots, whips Eugenie, is a joy to see.This film, "Eugenie, the Story of her Journey into Perversion", also known as "Marquis de Sade's Philosophy in the Boudoir", is not to be confused with "Eugenie de Sade", which is a different film, also directed by Jess Franco, about a father and daughter murdering people for a laugh.Extras include a trailer, a slideshow and a short film showing interviews with Jess Franco, Christopher Lee, and Marie Liljedahl (Eugenie), with clips from the main film.Picture quality is very good and the dubbed soundtrack is good enough. It was made in 1969, so the sex and violence are not graphic by modern standards, and female pubic beards are on display.

Great thanks

Total rubbish!Not worth even one star!

very good movie for it time if you are into those kind of movies.that why people make these kind of movie int

Le film est bien photographié, les actrices sont jolies. Je suis indulgent mais j'ai acheté plusieurs films de Jesùs Franco ces derniers mois. Aucun ne m'a vraiment convaincu. Sa réputation "post-mortem" me semble assez surfaite. D'après ses interviews, il était intelligent et cultivé. Ce qui frappe dans ces films à sujets "osés", c'est l'absence presque totale d'érotisme dans les scènes de sexe ! Il faut le faire ! Les distributions sont toujours très inégales : de bons comédiens voisinent avec beaucoup de calamiteux ! (Ne citons personne !). Ici, le rôle de Christopher Lee semble parfaitement inutile : il est venu "cachetonner". Il est probable que Franco ait pu faire mieux, mais comment choisir dans plus de 100 films, certaint ayant plusieurs versions : des softs, des hards, aux titres changeants. Content de mes achats sur Amzon dans l'ensemble, livraisons faites à temps. Une commande en attente.

"Eugenie de Sade" (1974) is directed by Jess Franco. The movie takes only a few of the ideas from the Marquis de Sade's(1740-1814) novella "Eugenie de Franval", which are then updated to modern times. The movie involves a father and daughter who are having an incestuous relationship and go about committing murder for sexual pleasure. The incestuous affair is part of the novella, but the part about going around and committing murder for sexual pleasure is Franco's idea. The movie is low budget and average in presentation, and a bit slow, but also strangely alluring with the enigmatic Soledad Miranda stealing the show. The film seems to view better in French with English subtitles, rather than watching it with the dubbed English.This dvd includes a 20 minute interview with the director where he discusses the film and how it came about. He also talks about Soledad Miranda and his history with her in films. The dvd that I received came with an lighter illustrated cover as opposed to the dark photo shown of Soledad Miranda. The back cover was the same as shown. The illustrated cover appears similar to the upper portion of the one used on French (2 dvd) set that also had "Justine de Sade".As an aside, after watching the movie, I was curious to read the novella which focuses on the father separating the daughter from her mother and making the daughter despise her mother. The father begins incestuous relations with the daughter when she is about 17, and seems bent on defaming his virtuous wife at every turn. Only at the end does he realize that he has destroyed everything that was good in his life after he has fallen upon a misfortune. Valmont, his best friend, is another character in the book, and whose services are acquired in an attempt to trick the wife into having an affair. The grandmother of the daughter is also a primary character in the book and she tries to help her daughter against the despicable husband. None of these moral struggles, with their twists and turns, is prevalent in the movie. The mother, who is revealed as the pinnacle of virtue, is not even in the movie, as she has been killed by the father after giving birth to Eugenie. Eugenie is shown in the book, and in the movie, as a woman who admires her father beyond question. The movie seems so far away from the intent of the novella, which is a moralistic tale, where the Marquis de Sade created such heinous characters in opposition to such virtuous characters so as to apparently show the grievous errors of the evil doers. The movie tends to be more titillating, and dreamy, whereas the book is highly moralistic, and frenetic. The novella is a page turner, unlike some of the Marquis de Sade's other writings, which can be so ponderous and dense as to not allow the plot to drive the story, and which often get bogged down in thick, philosophical discussions. Jess Franco's "Eugenie" has a voyeuristic, erotic style, reminiscent of other movies of his, such as "Vampyros Lesbos".

Niente di che... Il film scorre lentamente, con pochi episodi erotici. Le attrici salvano il film per la loro bellezza e bravura.

I like this film very much. It is one of the better Franco films and it is obvious that he was very much interested in the subject (the de Sade novel on which the film is based). So he created an interesting film, despite the fact, that he only had a small budget at his disposal. Soledad Miranda's and Paul Muller's performances are impeccable and even Franco's acting (as writer Attila Tanner) is acceptable, something that cannot be said of many of his other performances in his own films.The presentation of the film itself is also flawless. The picture quality is very good and much better than in the previous DVD releases of this movie.It is too bad that in my opinion the same cannot be said abouth the extras. My main interest (in fact my most important motive to buy this DVD) is the Jess Franco interview (ca. 20 minutes). I expected him to talk about the film, how the production was approached, how the shooting went, the casting, anecdotes, whatever he remembered about the movie. And what do we learn? Almost nothing of it all. He talks about de Sade, how he discovered his writings and then of course there is the inevitable talk about Soledad Miranda. Don't get me wrong, I like her much, she was very pretty and she really got into her role here (alas the same cannot be said about her performance in "Count Dracula", the movie made prior to "Eugenie"; there she is pretty as a wax doll, but almost as lifeless). But he hardly says anything about her that has not been said before in other interviews. I must say that this absolute focusing on this actress at the expense of all other actors and actresses which contributed to the making of this movie is beyond my understanding. I guess it can only be explained with her untimely death. Would there really be so much interest in her if she was still alive? Would we learn so much more about her than we learn about, let's say, Maria Rohm, Britt Nichols, Kali Hansa or any other starlet who made several films with Franco? I doubt that.When I think about the fact that this might be the last time that Franco has been interviewed solely abouth this film I can only say that a golden opportunity has been wasted. It should have been so much more.