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Reminder: All your favourites Supported Roman Polanski
- Thread starter Kabuki Waq
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I can sleep comfortably knowing that my favorite ain't on that list.
Edit: fuck dammit, Michael Mann.
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I can sleep comfortably knowing that my favorite ain't on that list.
Edit: fuck dammit, Michael Mann.
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So it seems if most of MCU is not on the list. So guess title should have been "many older favourites...."
Chinatown is rightly considered one of the greatest films ever made. It's worth watching despite Polanski being a creep.
Yeah, this is a pretty unnecessary call-out thread. He got a standing ovation at the 2002 Oscars, like, everyone knows he and Hollywood's treatment of him is problematic.
Something new I learned today:
Additional allegations, 2010 onwards
In 2010, British actor Charlotte Lewis said that Polanski had "forced himself" on her while she was auditioning for a role in Paris in 1983, when she was 16.[153]
In August 2017, a woman identified only as Robin told a news conference in Los Angeles she was "sexually victimised" by Polanski when she was 16, in 1973.
In October 2017, a woman named Renate Langer interviewed by Swiss police said Polanski raped her in the town of Gstaad when she was 15, in 1972.[154] That same month, Marianne Barnard accused Polanski of having assaulted her in 1975, when she was 10-years-old.[153]
In November 2017, Mallory Millett accused Polanski of having tried to rape her twice in 1970.[155]
Additional allegations, 2010 onwards
In 2010, British actor Charlotte Lewis said that Polanski had "forced himself" on her while she was auditioning for a role in Paris in 1983, when she was 16.[153]
In August 2017, a woman identified only as Robin told a news conference in Los Angeles she was "sexually victimised" by Polanski when she was 16, in 1973.
In October 2017, a woman named Renate Langer interviewed by Swiss police said Polanski raped her in the town of Gstaad when she was 15, in 1972.[154] That same month, Marianne Barnard accused Polanski of having assaulted her in 1975, when she was 10-years-old.[153]
In November 2017, Mallory Millett accused Polanski of having tried to rape her twice in 1970.[155]
The revelation of more accusations piling up will hopefully get people to publicly rescind their prior support of Polanski. Clearly, what happened was not an isolated event and we now know the man is, by all accounts, a sexual predator and pedophile.
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I think it's Value added to atleast be aware. Also since Many posters here don't know who Scorcese is I doubt they know who Polanski is . It would be good to read up .
If you have an easy time separating the Art from the man... then good for you. Move on.
That list is missing a lot of names, maybe it's different to the 2009 petition?
"The names on the petition include Natalie Portman, Tilda Swinton, Isabelle Huppert, Penelope Cruz, Diane von Furstenberg, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Martin Scorsese, Monica Bellucci, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Harmony Korine, Ethan Cohen, David Lynch, and Harrison Ford. (Also, Woody Allen, but who's surprised there?)"
http://bust.com/feminism/19471-roman-polanski-petition.html
People here seriously don't recognize Inarritu, Lynch, Scola, Bertolucci, Anderson, Allen, Monicelli, Scorsese etc...?
Do you even like cinema?
Do you even like cinema?
This letter is from 2009 and was a response to Polanski's unexpected arrest in Switzerland (which ultimately declined to extradite him and instead released him).
The episode is at least as much a Euro v American jurisdiction story as a "supporting rape" story. You'll notice most of the signers aren't American.
The episode is at least as much a Euro v American jurisdiction story as a "supporting rape" story. You'll notice most of the signers aren't American.
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Fuck you are right. I used Google poorly this isn't even the complete list
I have no idea who the vast majority of those people even are, but then I don't watch that many movies.
LMAO.
The celebrity worship is olympian ITT. It's so telling how desperately some are trying to explain it away, and how even more just don't give a fuck.
The posts in this thread are like the people who make "Sportsball" posts on the day of the Super Bowl or World Cup Finals
You seriously don't think Lynch is a huge weirdo creep in real life? There's no way he isn't.
You now have to hate every movie she's been in. Also the 1000s of people that worked on a film she worked on. It's the 7 degrees of sexual assault law.
Indeed.
Reading up on it, it actually seems more about the Swiss police using a film awards ceremony to arrest a French national for a US arrest warrant. It wasn't supporting the morality or drugging and raping a child.
As for Polanski's films, he has made some utterly incredible films. I would put his filmography against any prolific filmmaker. Avoiding his films for moral reasons is perfectly fine, of course, but I haven't, and I'm glad about that.
I'd be interested in a 'separating art from the artist' thread, because with Louie CK, I've been thinking about it a lot recently. It had never bothered me until him, I think because his material relates in some ways to his crimes. Having said that, Tess is does feature an underage, sexually active girl.
Harrison Ford hand delivered the Oscar he won for the Pianist along with signing the petition.
http://www.gettyimages.co.nz/event/...-his-oscar-at-deauville-film-festival-2469522
http://www.gettyimages.co.nz/event/...-his-oscar-at-deauville-film-festival-2469522
These people know the man personally, so who am I to judge. He did something bad back in what, 68? He also had his wife murdered with their friends brutally in their house. The judge fucked the whole thing up.. or he would have served his time. You can't go from 42 days to 50 years and think that's fair. I know there's other allegations, but there's a lot of people who stand by him, who know him personally.
If they choose to forgive, then why can't the rest of us.
It's kind of sad these days that everything is a witchhunt and people can't outlive their past.
If they choose to forgive, then why can't the rest of us.
It's kind of sad these days that everything is a witchhunt and people can't outlive their past.
Harrison Ford is well-known as one of Polanski's biggest supporters and best friends in the industry.
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Yep the poor innocent rich people did not know child rape was bad in 2009.
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He raped a 13 year old girl.......he was convicted. Fled the country.
RAPED A 13 YEAR OLD.
Reposting
"The names on the petition include Natalie Portman, Tilda Swinton, Isabelle Huppert, Penelope Cruz, Diane von Furstenberg, Wes Anderson, Darren Aronofsky, Martin Scorsese, Monica Bellucci, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Harmony Korine, Ethan Cohen, David Lynch, and Harrison Ford. (Also, Woody Allen, but who's surprised there?)"
Guillermo del Toro also signed it.
http://www.altfg.com/film/petition-for-roman-polanski-signatories/
The list appears to be longer than OP's?
http://www.altfg.com/film/petition-for-roman-polanski-signatories/
The list appears to be longer than OP's?
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Nobody is my favorite. I don't idolize celebrities and I'm not a fan of any actor or filmmaker. But I do love movies and will continue to watch them.
I feel like this thread would've been more interesting and productive if it had been generally about Hollywood's attitude toward Polanksi rather than the whole "your fave is problematic" thing, which just leaves people saying "X actor isn't on it so I'm good!"