The namesake of "sadism" wrote and commissioned prolific amounts of erotica that still pushes the boundaries of taste over 200 years later.
Depending on who you ask, Marquis de Sade is either the embodiment of human depravity, a Larry Flynt-like martyr for free speech, or something in between. Legendary Italian filmmaker Pier Pasolini found him interesting enough to adapt his long-unpublished opus 120 Days of Sodom into one of the most disturbing films of all time, and he's entranced artists and psychologists for centuries.
- Vice
