Marquis de Sade in popular culture

[2] Sade's sexually explicit works were a medium for the articulation of the corrupt and hypocritical values of the elite in his society, which caused him to become imprisoned.

Sade's use of pornographic devices to create provocative works that subvert the prevailing moral values of his time inspired many other artists in a variety of media.

Sade's works have to this day been kept alive by artists and intellectuals because they espouse a philosophy of extreme individualism that became reality in the economic liberalism of the following centuries.

[5] While there are numerous pornographic films based on his themes, the following is a list of the more significant representations: Many surrealist artists had great interest in the Marquis de Sade.

Extracts of the original draft of Justine were published in Le Surréalisme au service de la révolution.