We come from a very puritanical background. A young woman rises up, and she's telling you about how she wanted all kinds of sexual things. Until one day, she met a man who is more perverse than she. And then suddenly you see that the real pornographer is history. It's far more pornographic than anything the Marquis ever wrote.
Quills is comparatively tame.
It deals with the Marquis de Sade's last days while in an insane asylum. But a puritanical doctor newly appointed to the asylum intends to put a stop to it. The doctor is played by recent Oscar-winner Michael Caine. Kaufman says that Caine initially did not want the role. I've always wanted to work with Michael Caine.