{"id":92232,"date":"2023-10-03T19:15:44","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T02:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=92232"},"modified":"2023-10-03T19:15:56","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T02:15:56","slug":"marat-sade-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=92232","title":{"rendered":"Marat \/ Sade (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;We&#8217;re all normal and want our freedom!&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Poster-198x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-92233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Poster-198x300.png 198w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Poster-178x270.png 178w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Poster.png 616w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nIn a French mental asylum, the Marquis de Sade (Patrick Magee) stages a production of events that happened 15 years earlier: Charlotte Corday (Glenda Jackson) attempts to assassinate Revolutionary hero Jean-Paul Marat (Ian Richardson) while he&#8217;s taking a bath.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Assassination<\/li>\n<li>French Revolution<\/li>\n<li>Glenda Jackson Films<\/li>\n<li>Mental Illness<\/li>\n<li>Peter Brook Films<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nFormally titled <em>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<\/em>, this adaptation of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Marat\/Sade\">Peter Weiss&#8217;s 1963 play<\/a> (originally in German) was directed by Peter Brook, who also directed the three leads in the Tony-winning Broadway production. It&#8217;s most definitely a literate movie &#8212; meaning, those who understand the multiple layers behind its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.britannica.com\/topic\/Marat-Sade\">historical play-within-a-play<\/a> will best appreciate it &#8212; but it actually stays remarkably engaging and visually arresting given that it takes place exclusively within one setting: an asylum. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Asylum.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Asylum.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Asylum.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Asylum-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Asylum-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Asylum-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Asylum-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Richardson is appropriately haunting as <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jean-Paul_Marat\">a man who spent the majority of his final three years<\/a> soaking in a tub to deal with a debilitating skin disease: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Richardson3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Richardson3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Richardson3.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Richardson3-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Richardson3-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Richardson3-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Richardson3-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; while Magee &#8212; perhaps best recognized by film fanatics for his supporting role in <a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=38276\"><em>A Clockwork Orange<\/em> (1971)<\/a> &#8212; manages to convey de Sade&#8217;s intensity and perversion without hysteria: <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee-Jackson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee-Jackson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee-Jackson.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee-Jackson-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee-Jackson-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee-Jackson-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee-Jackson-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and Jackson shows her star potential in a crucial, tricky role. While this film is most certainly not for all tastes, it&#8217;s well worth viewing &#8212; particularly given Brook&#8217;s relatively small overall cinematic output. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Glenda Jackson as Charlotte Corday<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Jackson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Jackson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92236\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Jackson.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Jackson-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Jackson-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Jackson-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Jackson-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Patrick Magee as the Marquis de Sade<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92243\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee2.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee2-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee2-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee2-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Magee2-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Ian Richardson as Jean-Paul Marat<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-RIchardson.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-RIchardson.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92237\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-RIchardson.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-RIchardson-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-RIchardson-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-RIchardson-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-RIchardson-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>David Watkin&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Direction.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Direction.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92244\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Direction.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Direction-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Direction-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Direction-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Direction-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Circle.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Circle.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92235\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Circle.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Circle-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Circle-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Circle-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Circle-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Final-Shot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Final-Shot.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"556\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Final-Shot.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Final-Shot-300x163.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Final-Shot-128x70.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Final-Shot-768x417.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/Marat-Sade-Final-Shot-497x270.png 497w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a unique adaptation of a most unique play. Listed as a film with Historical Relevance and a Personal Recommendation in the back of Peary&#8217;s book. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0060668\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/82884\/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#articles-reviews?articleId=963846\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=6878&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;We&#8217;re all normal and want our freedom!&#8221; Synopsis: In a French mental asylum, the Marquis de Sade (Patrick Magee) stages a production of events that happened 15 years earlier: Charlotte Corday (Glenda Jackson) attempts to assassinate Revolutionary hero Jean-Paul Marat (Ian Richardson) while he&#8217;s taking a bath. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Assassination French Revolution Glenda Jackson Films Mental Illness Peter Brook Films Play Adaptations Review: Formally titled The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=92232\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92232","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92232","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=92232"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92232\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92253,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92232\/revisions\/92253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=92232"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=92232"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=92232"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}