Kent Jones The girl said no many times. ArtMoscow: Breathtaking, your self-delusion. - lAPI (Association des producteurs Indpendants) (Association of Independent Producers) Terry Gilliam have worked with him, movie insiders say. Rittenband was thought to be considering sentencing him to 50 years in prison, which was when Polanski fled. Buck Henry Jeanne Moreau Jean-Jacques Annaud Djamel Bennecib I just went through my Netflix queue and carefully combed out all movies affiliated with any of these people. never mind. Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown [sic] and international artist now facing extradition. - le Groupe 25 images If you are rich, white, and especially if you are famous, the system in extremely biased in your favor. The . Basically, it all comes down to your threshold of pain. Grard Lenne Making good films does not exempt you from the law. - Le Syndicat National des Techniciens de la Production Cinmatographique et de Tlvision (National Union of Film and Television Technicians) I will spread this list to every friend I have, and post it on Facebook and many other social sites. - Le Bureau National du SFA It is also irrelevant that she may have dressed grown up or even if she had engaged in intimacy with boys of her age. That is automatically rape as a child cannot give informed consent. Thanks to the candour of Polanski, the rest of us have always known, too including everyone in the film industry who has worked with him since. Last year, four more allegations emerged: former US actor Mallory Millett said Polanski tried to rape her in 1970; German actor Renate Langer said the director raped her in Gstaad in 1972 when she was 15; a woman identified as Robin M said Polanski assaulted her in 1973 when she was 15; and a third, Marianne Barnard, accused him of assaulting her in 1975 when she was 10. Whatever transgressions the judge may have committed are irrelevant next to the drugging and repeated anal raping of a child. - le SPI Patrick Braoud 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. Its 40 years this week since the director and convicted sex offender went on the run. Drugging a girl, disregarding her repeated No, her faking an asthma attack to get him to stop is not real rape? If Polanski had faced his sentence 30 years ago, wed have forgotten HIM and the victim wouldnt have to relive it now. Why not invite him over to babysit your beautuful young daughters,neices,sisters.You should all be ashamed. (They didnt). On these facts, everyone agrees. Lets go folks!! I take responsibility for not thinking about it enough. I admire Mr. Polanskis work. Socit des Auteurs et Compositeurs Dramatiques (SACD), Les Misrables Trailer: Anne Hathaway Show-Stopper, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Transformers Casting Drama, Palme dOr Winners: From Vienna Thriller to Lesbian Sex + Romance, Catherine Deneuve: Csar Award Record-Tier, Ken Loach Turns Down Turin Film Festival Award. 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. the two of them have . The facts have never altered. i honestly dont know what to say, except for i almost feel let down. It was a long time ago was another one, as was: Hes served his time. (In 2009, the expert legal affairs writer, Jeffrey Toobin, reported that at that time the prison sentence for an adult defendant who pleaded guilty to statutory rape was likely to be three years in a state prison.) Too icky, I suppose to add the details of your purported heros heinous crime. Anyone whose name is on this petition, is supporting an admitted (he did admit it) rapist/child molester. My level of disgust at the people who express disgust at the signatories of the Polanski petitioni and then go off sounding more deranged and more dangerous than Polanski could ever be is too strong for me to express in mere words. This is how Gailey recalled the crime: He placed his penis in my vagina. And I was like, sure. Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to 'Wordle' #621. In 2016, when promoting recent film Julieta, Almodovar criticized the limited parts conventionally written for women. Georges Dybman Ladislas Kijno In 2009, when Polanski was arrested at a Zurich airport in a failed extradition attempt, over 100 Hollywood celebrities signed a petition calling for his release. Laurent Heynemann We are all part of the #MeToo movement, both men and women, Cruz said, because we all feel that rage and sense of injustice. Type . We'll give you the hints and tips you need (and also the answers). When Winslet was asked last September whether she had any qualms about working with Woody Allen, another director accused (but, unlike Polanski, never arrested and never charged) of a sex crime against a minor, she replied: Having thought it all through, you put it to one side and just work with the person. Alexandre Arcady Sign Up: Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Roman Polanski is a Polish filmmaker who has been a fugitive from the U.S. criminal justice system, since 1978, after pledging guilty to statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl. Afterwards, in Polanskis car, Gailey cried. Kingsley, who has worked with Polanski multiple times, would need to pass. By the beginning of this century, while the general American public remained firmly set against Polanski, the mood in Hollywood was openly in his favour. Walter Salles Thanks to #MeToo and the Time's Up campaign, we are now living in a dramatically different climate when it comes to discussing sexual harassment and assault. In 1986, he met the woman who would be his next wife, the actress Emanuelle Seigner. : Unsigned. Liria Begeja I too have loved many of his films, and consider him a great artist - but that doesnt excuse his crime. But I could sense a certain erotic tension between us.. On September 16th, 2009, Mr. Charles Rivkin, the US Ambassador to France, received French artists and intellectuals at the embassy. The fact that filmmakers may present their work and travel freely and safely at and to film events, as every person may do at and to other unrestricted public properties, does not make them diplomats. FREE ROMAN POLANSKI! He sodomized a child, and then fled the country - at what point does this become ok with people. Polanskis autobiography was written seven years after his arrest, and his account of the crime does not smack of a man overly burdened with feelings of guilt. 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. The rest say they are too busy. if i was in her position, i would say anything as well. On March 10, 1977, then-43-year-old film director Roman Polanski was arrested and charged in Los Angeles with six offenses against Samantha Gailey (now Geimer), [2] a then-13-year-old girl [3] - unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, rape by use of drugs, perversion, sodomy, a lewd and lascivious act upon a child under 14, and furnishing a I dont tacitly approve of rape, said Meryl Streep. Giuseppe Bertolucci Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Let me enlighten you: This was a common criminal apprehension. James was best known for playing Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," which won him both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. Roman Polanski has been a fugitive from justice for 30 years and it is time he manned up and dealt with the situation. Very clearly, and hes proven this, Roman Polanski is not a predator, Johnny Depp said, apparently unaware of the child-rape issue. The petition demanding "the immediate release" of Polanski attracted more than 100 signatures(Opens in a new tab), including Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, TildaSwinton and Wong Kar Wai. I say treat them all equally! He is not a good man. Stephane Allagnon Who among the Moral Police gives a shit? Page 15 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. The issue is effective consent not whether you like or dislike someones sexual preference or activity. We werent saying much now, Polanski writes. Insanity. So I decided to ask them how they felt about Polanski now. Great.. It speaks terribly of the industry, she replies. This does not make what Polanski did any better! thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928091polanskiplea1.html. 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. Please dont stop here, the penal system is full of people that can only get it up when they force barely pubescent kids. Details of the assault. What is the big deal about the Reverend Polanski? Posting their names publicly in support of Polanski speaks loudly regarding their . And miss Caryn Elaine Johnson, I used to have a lot of respect for you, no more.no more. Believe it or not, I believe that you and I agree. The more Ive learned about the original case and subsequent events, the more horrified I have become., Since Argento went public with her allegations against Weinstein in October, a lot has been written about how the film industry will no longer cover up abuse. Despite the ongoing campaign to highlight abuse and misconduct in the film business and other industries, Polanski remains venerated in Hollywood as one of the leading auteurs of his generation. . It is amazing at all of the people that dont care that a 13 year old girl was raped. Nelly Kaplan Alexander Payne is currently focused on his new baby. High recidivism cant be an excuse to keep these people locked up, all victims will come forward if it happens again, and we dont need to pay any heed Kinskis real birth certificate. And also going against a horrible history of over-seeing white actors and under-seeing otherized people and minorities. I could enjoy Sean Connerys work, even though he apparently doesnt have a problem with slapping a woman. No excuses. Michele Placido The petition, made public in September 2009, demanded "the immediate release of Roman Polanski" after the Rosemary's Baby filmmaker was detained days earlier in Switzerland on a warrant for. 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. NASA smacked an asteroid with a spacecraft. Elie Chouraqui The filmmaker had been detained over a 1977 underage sex case from the U.S., which he plead guilty to. Jacques Richard Natalie Portman. 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. Thompson claims to have signed the petition, but later asked for her name to be removed. 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. If only in the name of this friendship between our two countries, we demand the immediate release of Roman Polanski. Tilda Swinton Just as astonishing is Sharon Tates sister - a supposed victims advocate saying Polanski is a lovely man and should be free. Some dont reply at all, despite repeated approaches. Michael Mann Wordle today: Here's the answer, hints for March 3. 1. Luc Barnier Much emphasis is made in the movie about how Polanskis celebrity hurt him during the trial, which is true. The talent of Roman Polanski is not questioned. The petitioners clearly consider themselves diplomats, which they are not. The roles are out there for someone like Meryl Streep, but theyre not out there for the others.. The above people think its OK to rape children if you make good films. One admitted they regretted their previous support, given the new allegations, but couldnt bring themselves to say so publicly. ", Mashable Australia's Web Culture Reporter.Reach out to me on Twitter at @Johnny_Lieu or via email at jlieu [at] mashable.com, "I take responsibility for not thinking about it enough. But mainly I heard people insist their friend is not a rapist. I am not surprised to see the murderer John Landes on the list and any of the names that I do recognize, you can rest assured that they will not get my patronage in the future from any of their future endeavors. There is absolutely no defense to be offered. I cant wait to get out of this f**ed up town. (Also, Woody Allen, but who's surprised there?) Stuck on 'Quordle' #401? All Rights Reserved. This article was amended on 30 January 2018. Everytime you pop in Rosemarys baby or Chinatown think about how YOU helped commit the rape of a 13 year old girl. Costa Gavras "The thing I feel like I gained from it is empathy towards people who have made mistakes. 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. Everyone signing this list should be ashamed of themselves. . 100% of the proceeds of this bundle will support Direct Relief, International Medical Corps, and Save the Children. To not feel remorse. Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to 'Wordle' #622. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Thanks for signing up. Reactions to Weinstein come soundtracked with the distinct sound of bandwagon-jumping; thanks to the #MeToo campaign, the public mood is firmly on the side of listening to victims, and Hollywood has keenly followed suit. 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. I propose a boycott of all films and books and plays and machinery created by all those people listed here. The following is the SACD petition, followed by a list of names of people who had signed it as of tonight. They protect their own, I protect my own. Film-makers in France, in Europe, in the United States and around the world are dismayed by this decision It seems inadmissible to them that an international cultural event, paying homage to one of the greatest contemporary film-makers, is used by police to apprehend him., Related the uber leftist oh so talented equivocators make me want to hurl. While researching this article I had a couple of off-the-record discussions with actors and film-makers about their true feelings about Polanski. Jan Kounen In September 2009, Roman Polanski was arrested by Swiss police on a warrant for his 1977 sexual-abuse case. Adrien Brody with Polanksi, during filming of The Pianist, 2002. i feel ashamed sometimes,like a complete whore.but it was of my consent.so i sucked it up,and i never told anyone.if someone were to find out,there is no doubt id say its rape. None of what you say changes the gravity of this case and with a lot of crimes the law also operates apart from Im deeply disappointed in the people that signed this shameful petition. This submitted as a defense of a man who drugs and rapes a child? But Thompson had to be talked out of signing the Polanski petition in 2009 by a 19-year-old. Read the unsealed records at the smoking gun. AOC declares 'we were right.'. Why, however, any of you think that this somehow excuses the fact that the man drugged and raped a child is beyond me. Franois Margolin Jean-Loup Hubert Jol Farges Stephen Frears He presented to them the new Minister Counselor for Public Affairs at the embassy, Ms Judith Baroody. SHAME on you Wes Anderson! In 2018, Dolan apologised and expressed regret for signing the petition. the mindset to handle this cituation in a mature Asia Argento Id say that a number of these (American) one-hit wonders and struggling Indie folks appear to want to install themselves in more-accomplished company. No one should have pity for him - his suffering is completely self-inflicted. That is even ignoring the evidence that his victim gave to the grand jury that he got her alone under the pretense of taking her photo (for Vanity Fair I think), gave her alcohol and drugs and when she said no to him even after all that he went ahead and raped her orally, vaginally and anally. Once again, shame on all who signed this petition and feel Polanski shouldnt be punished! That does not change that he committed statutory rape against a 13 year old, drugged her, and fled the country. Jerry Schatzberg Harvey Weinstein wrote an open letter in his support, in which he claimed: Whatever you think of his so-called crime, Polanski has served his time. Supporting Polanski became like owning a Prius: something any fashionable, well-heeled liberal should do. and seeing people in the comments try to defend him as well by saying the girl was mature for her age? 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 can only wish you all the worst, and i hope you come to feel deeply ashamed. People believe that gender equality is improving, but the rest of the data tells a different story. Judge Laurence Rittenband, who was thought to be considering sentencing Polanski to 50 years in prison.

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