In the 2000 film , the relationship between art and its "paper" is literal and extreme. Directed by Philip Kaufman, the movie tells a fictionalized story of the Marquis de Sade's final days in the Charenton insane asylum, where his obsession with writing becomes a battle for his very identity. The Desperation of the Medium
: Initially, he uses sheets smuggled out by the laundress Madeleine . Quills(2000)
: De Sade’s transition from ink to bodily fluids suggests that his stories are literally part of his physical being. In the 2000 film , the relationship between