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I start by emailing Zenovich to ask if she feels attitudes towards Polanski have changed since she made her movie and its follow-up, Roman Polanski: Odd Man Out, about the Zurich arrest. Please dont stop here, the penal system is full of people that can only get it up when they force barely pubescent kids. My eyes were not open.. I propose a boycott of all films and books and plays and machinery created by all those people listed here. Thank you for not allowing the blood thirsty mob to prevent you from doing what you believe to be right. He would just be more careful.There are men who go unrevealed for years, even die before anyone finds out about them and here you have a man who was exposed and you support him?Yes he should be free to continue to do what he likes. His plea is on page 12: Do you understand the judge has not made any decision? Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. This is how Gailey recalled the crime: He placed his penis in my vagina. Feminist here! Defending Polanski in the face of his full admission of drugging and raping a 13 year-old, fleeing charges because he thought he was too important to face the consequences of his actions, boasting to Martin Amis that EVERYONE wants to F*** little girls! and complaining how HE is the victim (in true sociopathic form) by not being able to work in Hollywood for 30 years, while never ONCE saying that what he did was unfathomably wrong, has nothing of importance to say about humanity. Stephane Allagnon its shameful,to say that i consented it. He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced. - le Festival des Rencontres internationales du cinma de patrimoine de Vincennes I understand that there seems to have been a biased judge in the original case. Readers, acquaintances and even friends couldnt tell me enough how wrong Id got it. "And it's really unfortunate, and was a surprise to me for sure. For those of you who support Mr. Polanski, have you never considered that he has likely perpretrated the same things against some other young victim as he did Ms. Gailey? I know what I am, what I have and havent done, how things really were and are, he writes at the end of his autobiography. Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne Will you too?' Since then, many of them with names on the petition have claimed that they were forced to sign it. Henning Carlsen He never was. He & his friends will be able to afford the best lawyers. (They didnt). As for those listed above, their association with this ill-conceived effort will always taint my opinion of them and while I dont necessarily agree that viewing CHINATOWN condones pedophilia there is a certain stink that hangs over anything associated with Roman Polanski and to a degree that stink will rub off on the signatures above. Roger Kahane, All Rights Reserved. (In one of those ironies we can only appreciate in retrospect, this documentary, which presents an energetic case for the defence of a sex offender, was produced by the Weinstein Company.). That he happened to be a director you like does not change it. Walter Salles Finally, to those of you suggesting that Polanski got unfair treatment: I suggest you follow up on watching documentaries with some actual research on the justice system in Los Angeles County. I know that before today, when Roman Polanski had only pleaded guilty to raping that 13-year-old girl in 1979, and been accused of raping that 16-year-old girl in 1986, it was like, Big deal . The filmmaker had been detained over a 1977 underage sex case from the U.S., which he plead guilty to. To not face your own actions but run away when you dont like the consequences. Whether its 5 years or 20 years is irrelevant. He plead guilty to a lesser charge of unlawful sex with a minor because he knew they had enough evidence to fry his ass if it went to trial. Laissez cet homme exceptionel tranquil; a sera plus raisonable, moins obstin et plus gnreux. Polanski, you sense, has never even tried to understand this.) After Tate was murdered in 1969, when Polanski was 36, he spent time in Gstaad, where he slept with schoolgirls aged 16 to 19, who were, he writes, more beautiful, in a natural, coltish way, than they ever would be again. Actually, the film Wanted and Desired has notable inaccuracies and neglects to include the grand jury testimony which is readily available to the public. Mario Martone Insanity. A few will only talk off the record. Michael A. Russ Erika Abrams, Fatih Akin, Yves Alberty, Stephane Allagnon, Woody Allen, Pedro Almodvar, Gianni Amelio, Greta Amend, Wes Anderson, Michel Andrieu, Roger Andrieux, Pascale Angelini, Yannick Angelloznicoud Jean-Jacques Annaud, Tomas Arana, Frdric Aranzueque-Arrieta, Alexandre Arcady, Fanny Ardant, Asia Argento, Marie-Hlne Arnau, 17 HBO and HBO Max Original Series to Get Excited About in 2023. This website uses cookies to improve your experience. W. and others have committed terrible crimes and gone unpunished. Claude Miller But Gailey wouldnt have had to endure any attention if Polanski hadnt raped her. Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. But he doesnt mention that in his book. They want a circus of blood. "I wore one to DGA," he told Metro. etc. Anyone whose name is on this petition, is supporting an admitted (he did admit it) rapist/child molester. fashion. polanski never openly apologized and the only reason why this case has dragged on for so long is because polanski denied raping her and skipped town. No excuses. Jonathan Majors on Oscar Favorites, Bad Reviews, and the Road Trip That Made Him Realize He Was a Star, The Best Picture Race Got a Lot More Confusing This Week, Tom Cruise Made the Rounds This Week, but Other Oscar Nominees Got More Applause Than Top Gun: Maverick, How Michael B. Jordans Love of Anime Shaped Creed III Fight Scenes, Translating the Unconscious Into Images: The Cinematography of Bardo, Poker Face Takes Viewers on a Cross-Country Road Trip Without Leaving New York, The 50 Best Movies of 2022, According to 165 Critics from Around the World, All 81 Titles Unceremoniously Removed from HBO Max (So Far), 10 Shows Canceled but Not Forgotten in 2022. I do along with those who loves Hes an animal because of what he did to a child; hes a coward because he didnt take his punishment like a man with character. Again, some ignore me, a couple will talk off the record, some are too busy to talk at all. Kent Jones Etienne Faure When Polanski was arrested in Switzerland in 2009, where he was jailed for two months and then put under house arrest (the house, in this case, being a chalet in the Alps), Debra Winger claimed the whole art world suffers. We should not however allow him to ever enter this country again. But Zenovich does not mention how it also helped him. Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Jeremy Irons, Harrison Ford, Guillermo Del Toro, Martin Scorsese, Natalie Portman, Woody Allen, David Lynch, Terry Gilliam, Tilda Swinton, Adrien Brody, Johnny Depp, Sam Mendes, Neil Jordan, Steven Soderbergh, Whoopi Goldberg, Michael Mann and Mike Nichols The full list is here Jol Farges Gilles Jacob Under 1192.5 of the Penal Code that the approval of the Court to the plea is not binding to the Court.. (that the court may change the terms upon further review) How do you plead to this felony? - la Cinmathque de Dijon / Cinmathque Jean Douchet We werent saying much now, Polanski writes. Sari, to quote you: If Polanski had killed the girl instead of raping her, the whole matter would have been forgotten long ago, In what world would murder be forgotten? actually, it is the people who think that someone who is a famous white male should get away with this that concerns me. He was the younger brother of actress and activist Jane Fonda and the father of actress Bridget Fonda. Costa Gavras See you at your inbox! Why, however, any of you think that this somehow excuses the fact that the man drugged and raped a child is beyond me. Afp is reporting that a grand assembly of filmmakers, actors and producers from around the world have signed a petition urging the release of director Roman Polanski, who was arrested Sunday in Switzerland on a warrant for a 1977 underage sex case in the United States. (Also, Woody Allen, but who's surprised there?) The talent of Roman Polanski is not questioned. Sickening. Thats no excuse, and its a decision I regretted almost immediately and have regretted ever since, she says. Giuseppe Tornatore - lAPI (Association des producteurs Indpendants) (Association of Independent Producers) Sigourney Weaver, Harrison Ford, Johnny Depp, Ewan McGregor, Pierce Brosnan, Kate Winslet and many more have appeared in Polanski movies in the decades since his conviction, and questions about why they were working with a convicted child rapist were seen as tacky, proof of a rigid mind more focused on gossip than art. But, in truth, for many British and US actors, working with Polanski never lost its cachet, and arguably had even more once he became excluded from the US mainstream. A 13-year-old cannot give consent to have sex with an adult male. Even the girl now a woman who accused Polanski of rape says the case should be dropped. In 1976, he met Nastassja Kinski and, according to his autobiography, slept with her. Jacques Fansten Throughout my work and throughout the years I have been vocal and supportiveI try to generate not only key positions for female directors and first-time directors but also write powerful parts for female actresses in ways that are not the quote on quote usual way.". I had an extraordinary working experience with both of those men, and thats the truth.. Gailey sensed something different. I sympathize with Ms. Gaileys feelings, however, this man should not be free to victimize other children. Actor Gael Garca Bernal, Academy Award-winning actress Penlope Cruz, veteran director Mario Monicelli, veteran screenwriter Lorenzo Semple Jr, and Academy Award-winning filmmakers Bernardo Bertolucci and Ethan Coen are a few of the latest additions to the list of signatories demanding freedom for filmmaker Roman Polanski, currently being held by Swiss authorities. Instead, he describes trying to arrange a date with her. Thats why even though there are many other bad things in the world, this one IS important. Though he was released from custody by July 2010, over 100 members of the film industry . Do you understand the court will make no decision regarding probation and sentencing until the judge reads all of the reports, Do you understand at the time of your sentencing, the prosecutor may argue that you should go to state prison or be incarcerated in the county jail?, (to Polanskis attorney) Have you explained to your client all of the possible outcomes? Many 13 year olds - boys and girls- have sex and very often with those older than them. And not just when it comes to lurid, sex-laced cases, but that seems all most people care about. She has also remained silent on the #MeToo and Times Up campaigns. Patty Jenkins Told Chris Pine to Try Directing: 'You Gotta Do Something Besides Wait in Your Trailer' Please! Drugging a girl, disregarding her repeated No, her faking an asthma attack to get him to stop is not real rape? I will spread this list to every friend I have, and post it on Facebook and many other social sites. Thanks for signing up. The biggest stories of the day delivered to your inbox. because its just too banal and trivial to enforce our laws? Hiding under the same moldy rock they hid under during the OJ trial? Jean-Paul Salom Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. Theres a kind of diabolical sexism, and I say that its diabolical because theres no one that we can actually accuse of being responsible for this sexism, he said. Michel Ferry It is also irrelevant that she may have dressed grown up or even if she had engaged in intimacy with boys of her age. Andre Buytaers This will not be a problem to keep up I will soon be very familiar with the names on the list, Ill just cross-check any movie I think about renting or seeing in the theater. But I ask her how it feels to see Polanski, a convicted sex offender, still held up as a celebrated director, and what it says about the industrys true feelings about women and girls. Making good films does not exempt you from the law. Jacques Fansten You may also click on the Accept button on the right to make this notice disappear. He describes grooming Gailey on the drive to the photoshoot: I asked when shed first started having sex, he writes, as if thats a normal thing for a 43-year-old man to ask a 13-year-old girl. Not real rape? He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced. Everytime you pop in Rosemarys baby or Chinatown think about how YOU helped commit the rape of a 13 year old girl. Some think that sex with a child is a crime not just against the child, but against society. Its not that people are not aware of the charges. It was not just statutory rape, it was rape-rape because she said no! A petition demanding his release was signed by more than 100 actors and film-makers, including Emma Thompson (who later asked to have her name removed), Yasmina Reza and Tilda Swinton. On these facts, everyone agrees. But apparently, you artists arent supposed to be subjected to the rules and expectations we mere mortals face. On September 16th, 2009, Mr. Charles Rivkin, the US Ambassador to France, received French artists and intellectuals at the embassy. He never contested that his victim told him no repeatedly, or that he drugged her. the two of them have . We reached out to some of the most high-profile signatories. Posting their names publicly in support of Polanski speaks loudly regarding their . Miguel Courtois Like all arguments in Polanskis defence, the documentary stresses the previous tragedies in his life: his mother, four months pregnant, was killed in the Holocaust; his wife, eight months pregnant, was brutally murdered by the Manson family.