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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.". Jean-Paul Salom Wong Kar Wa (Also, Woody Allen, but who's surprised there?) It feels GOOD. 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. Though he was released from custody by July 2010, over 100 members of the film industry . You know how many children have been blown to pieces in Iraq as a result of allied bombings? Sure, admire his work. Backlash builds against support of Polanski - CNN.com By his cowardice and lack of morality he has kept the case and the pain of his victim alive all this time. If this was some normal guy from the streets of Chicago you would all be calling for his head. I understand that Hitler was a good painterMaybe we shouldnt have closed in on and bombed his bunker because good painters are a treasure.. Gay movies. On 1 February 1978, after 42 days in jail, Polanski fled the US while awaiting final sentencing, having pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor. Shall we all rape, murder, steal, defraud etc. We werent saying much now, Polanski writes. Just as astonishing is Sharon Tates sister - a supposed victims advocate saying Polanski is a lovely man and should be free. One admitted they regretted their previous support, given the new allegations, but couldnt bring themselves to say so publicly. this is the veiw of a 14 year old. Well, eight years is a long time in sexual mores. I plan to try very hard to never see any work done by anyone who signed this petition. So, I helped Polanski rape someone because Ive watched Chinatown about a dozen times. I am deeply saddened to see so many of my cinematic heroes supporting Polanski. Harvey. US-French relations have nothing to do with Polanski drugging and raping a child. This submitted as a defense of a man who drugs and rapes a child? John Landis Just because he made a few hollywood films, should he somehow be judged more severely or liberally than the others? Is anyone surprised that Woody Allen, seen here with his wife and stepdaughter, supports Roman Polansky You'll find hundreds of names on Hollywood's pro-Polanski petition. - le SPI See you at your inbox! I didnt know. 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, Jetter Roman Polanski aux lions malgr les arguments legaux, cela prendra des proportions de plus en plus exagers. Alexander Payne is currently focused on his new baby. Polanski was originally indicted for 4 felonies, and the girl agreed to have him plea guilty to statutory rape in order to avoid the circus of the trial. Franois Margolin thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928091polanskiplea1.html. - la Cinmathque Franaise The . Argento spoke publicly about her support for Polanski in a Twitter post in 2017, writing: "I already regretted signing the petition years ago, already felt it was a mistake. 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. The arrest of Roman Polanski in a neutral country, where he assumed he could travel without hindrance, undermines this tradition: it opens the way for actions of which no one can know the effects. Pascal Thomas Henning Carlsen 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. Sam Gabarski Posting their names publicly in support of Polanski speaks loudly regarding their . the two of them have . He must be brought to justice. I ask why she signed the petition in the first place. I foolishly went along. IndieWire is a part of Penske Media Corporation. And also going against a horrible history of over-seeing white actors and under-seeing otherized people and minorities. Alfonso Cuaron Christian Gion Paolo Sorrentino What happened to the feminists? Grard Lenne A shameful chapter indeed - let us hope it will soon be brought to a close. His plea bargain didnt fall apart. The Mexican director received criticism after he chose not to wear a Time's Up badge to the BAFTAs. There is no one who is so talented that deserve to walk from something like this (and hes been walking for 30 years). Now if the guy was a Duke Lacrosse player the hollywierd crowd and hordes of valueless eurotrash signing their soulsas if they have them away on these tacky petitionsnow that would get them riled up. Only one persons behaviour is at issue here, Roman Polanski and he deserves to be in prison because he drugged, then raped, then sodomized a 13 year old girl despite her pleas for him to stop. In the same interview, Portman said she "felt terrible" about accusations of whitewashing(Opens in a new tab) in her upcoming film Annihilation. In 2008, film-maker Marina Zenovich caught the mood and pushed it further with her documentary, the queasily titled Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired, which argued that Polanski was the victim of gross judicial misconduct during his case. jarre and diana, the point that polanski never admitted to raping anyone is a big problem here. Paul Boujenah The fact is that he raped her and pled guilty. Jarre, actually, he pretty much did admit to raping her. These included Harrison Ford,. By signing up to the Mashable newsletter you agree to receive electronic communications He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced. What purpose does it serve to lock up Mr. Polanski when the prison space could be used to protect the public from violent offenders? 17 HBO and HBO Max Original Series to Get Excited About in 2023. And yet, for the past 40 years, many of them have been falling over themselves to work with a self-confessed child rapist, even defending him by pointing to his artistic credentials. I certainly wouldnt allow any of you to get near my daughter. Marco Bellochio Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Debra Winger described Polanskis arrest in Switzerland in 2009 as a philistine collusion. The man is an animal and a coward. After all, no matter how badly the legal system failed Polanski, this didnt cancel out the fact that he raped a child. - lARRF - Association des Ralisateurs et ralisatrices de Films - Belgique (Belgian Association of Filmmakers) Dont worry YM, I didnt forget you. I might not like it, but I can separate the man from his work. Stay on top of the latest breaking film and TV news! Petition for Roman Polanski. On these facts, everyone agrees. Polanski recounts what he describes as making love so sexily you can practically hear his heavy breathing. Ladislas Kijno 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? This is a real asteroid-kicking movie. "I wore one to DGA," he told Metro. Jean-Michel Carre Roman Polanski is an ADMITTED child rapist. Just under a decade after she signed the Polanski petition, Cruz expressed her support for the #MeToo movement and Times Up initiative to Spanish newspaper El Pais. 20052023 Mashable, Inc., a Ziff Davis company. thesmokinggun.com/archive/polanskicover1.html. "And it's really unfortunate, and was a surprise to me for sure. Alain Jessua They protect their own, I protect my own. It speaks terribly of the industry, she replies. Abderrahmane Sissako SHAME on you Wes Anderson! Polanski is a child rapist probably a serial child rapist. Christophe Barratier Forty years ago this week, Roman Polanski went from being one of the most celebrated film-makers in the world to becoming the United States most notorious fugitive from justice. I happen to believe that. She spread herself and I entered her. Classic movies. 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. Thanks for signing up. Polanski raped a 13 year old girl and skipped out on the sentencing he should rot in jail for a long time. Roman Polanski has been a fugitive from justice for 30 years and it is time he manned up and dealt with the situation. Thompson 'talked out of support for Polanski' by 19-year-old student She was 18. Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. An earlier version said that three more allegations emerged against Polanski last year. Once again, shame on all who signed this petition and feel Polanski shouldnt be punished! The arrest of Roman Polanski in a neutral country, where he assumed he could travel without hindrance, undermines this tradition: it opens the way for actions of which no one can know the effects. actually, it is the people who think that someone who is a famous white male should get away with this that concerns me. 2. International film events are not extraterritorial in nature - only diplomatic missions are extraterritorial, and even diplomats are triable and punishable for crimes in a foreign country once they are sent back to their countries. It seems inadmissible to them that an international cultural event, paying homage to one of the greatest contemporary filmmakers, is used by the police to apprehend him. - le Fonds Culturel Franco Amricain "It should just be that everyone can empathize with everyone. Petition for the Release of Roman Polanski - TheWrap On September 16th, 2009, Mr. Charles Rivkin, the US Ambassador to France, received French artists and intellectuals at the embassy. The judge went back on his word because he was afriad of public opinion like yours. I wonder how these signers would feel if it was one of their kids? Vangelis, By trying to send Roman Polanski to the lions despite all the legal arguments, is something that unfortunately gets and will get more and more out of proportion. Sigourney Weaver with Polanski at the 2008 Marrakech film festival. A 13-year-old cannot give consent to have sex with an adult male. The girl said no many times. FREE ROMAN POLANSKI! James was best known for playing Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," which won him both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Polanski will turn 85 this year, and he has lived almost half his life under the shadow of what Weinstein described as his so-called crime. The director of The Grand Budapest Hotel and The Royal Tenenbaums recently premiered his latest effort, Isle of Dogs, at the Berlin Film Festival. Stephen Frears The active paedophile is stealing childhoods. On Sunday night, at the London Critics Circle awards, only months after defending Polanski and Allen, Winslet spoke tearfully about bitter regrets I have at poor decisions to work with individuals with whom I wish I had not. More important than the DA, his flight from the US or his abominable behavior is the FACT that the young lady in question would like this to finished forever. In 2018, Portman apologised and expressed regret for signing the petition. Broadly reached out to Almodovar to ask if he regrets supporting Polanski, but he declined to reply by the time of publication. Filmmakers, actors, producers and technicians everyone involved in international filmmaking want him to know that he has their support and friendship. I express my deepest respect to those who were brave enough to sign the petition and withstand the blood-seeking mob. 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.) Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Richard Pena Over 100 In Film Community Sign Polanski Petition | IndieWire Neilson Barnard/Getty Images. Gailey sensed something different. Argue all you want, I dont know ANY 13 year old girls who can hold there Quaaludes & champagne AND still say yes to having sex with a sick, dirty old man. He drugged a child. I too have loved many of his films, and consider him a great artist - but that doesnt excuse his crime. in 2009 over 100 filmmakers and actors signed a petition demanding authorities to release Roman Polanski, who was found guilty of sexually abusing a minor after he drugged and raped a child and has been accused by many. Everyone, including he, knew that once he was outside France and Poland (due to French and Polish laws), any country may arrest and extradite him under its own laws. Where does the quest for boycott end? Living with regret. There, he gave her champagne and, according to her, quaaludes. Mr. Polanksi should have long since addressed the matter. There is absolutely no defense to be offered. There was that applause from Hollywood luminaries when he won the 2003 Oscar (Polanski, of course, did not attend the ceremony, as he was still officially on the lam). I dont know what the rationals might be for those who seek his pardoning, be it moral ambiguity, sycophancy, going along with what they see as hip or simply the belief that the group they belong to is somehow superior and has a right to use common people for their own amusement, but it would be a mistake to give the law a pass to accommodate this utterly reprehensible man. No one should have pity for him - his suffering is completely self-inflicted. If he believed her to be old enough, why did he drug her? By signing up, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy & to receive electronic communications from Vice Media Group, which may include marketing promotions, advertisements and sponsored content. Serge Toubiana Buck Henry Charlotte Silvera Hope Polanski gets his! When he then learned she was only 15, he continued to sleep with her for several months, he wrote. Michael Mann, Tilda Swinton, Vangelis, Christophe Barratier, Lynch, Scorsese, Allen, Louis Garrel, Ludivine, the divine Jeanne Moreau. Again, some ignore me, a couple will talk off the record, some are too busy to talk at all. Dear Roman you have my full support. The roles are out there for someone like Meryl Streep, but theyre not out there for the others.. We reached out to some of the most high-profile signatories to see if they had changed their mind about supporting Polanski in light of the #MeToo and Time's Up campaigns. said that Polanski is "very clearly not a predator" and had a rant about how he is a family man. He should have been prosecuted as well, even if no teenagers were involved in his misdeeds. An Open Letter to All Those Celebrities Who Signed the Roman Polanski 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. Natalie Portman: "I Very Much Regret" Signing Roman Polanski Petition Pedro Almodovar Do you have kids??? Thompson claims to have signed the petition, but later asked for her name to be removed. One would think that these filmmakers have enough money to hire a proper lawyer to draft their petition, if they were serious about it. If youre not going to enforce laws, then whats the point in having any? Natalie Portman Regrets Signing Roman Polanski Petition - Us Weekly All Rights Reserved. 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 . Hiding under the same moldy rock they hid under during the OJ trial? I then contact the film-makers who signed the 2009 petition demanding Polanskis release, including David Lynch, Wes Anderson and Martin Scorsese. Polanski showed not even the slightest sign of regret, but stated in an interview that everybody wants to sleep with young girls or whatever. Release Polanski, demands petition by film industry luminaries 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. Laurent Heynemann This kind of hypocrisy about Polanski makes you wonder how serious the industry really is about dealing with this problem, as it claims to be. 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. Someone I respected gave it to me, and said, 'I signed this. the uber leftist oh so talented equivocators make me want to hurl. They want a circus of blood. (They didnt). I have read the facts and testimonies of the case. 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. - lAPI (Association des producteurs Indpendants) (Association of Independent Producers) Justice at least will have run its course. For a long time, the simple and somewhat simplistic - divide was that while people in mainland Europe viewed Polanski as a tragic artist undone by US prurience and corruption, Americans saw him, as he put it in his autobiography, as an evil, profligate dwarf. A woman known only as Robin M reads her statement claiming Polanski sexually victimized her. He drugged, anally raped, performed unwanted oral sex and vaginally raped a THIRTEEN year old GIRL a CHILD. the mindset to handle this cituation in a mature Someone I respected gave it to me, and said, 'I signed this. Many other priests have committed this sort of crime, and they are dealt with most liberally. Tilda Swinton Artists are not above the law in any country. If Polanski had attended his sentencing hearing instead of fleeing the country, the whole thing would have been over after hed served his time. Gee, she got so uptight about cancer-adled, bedridden Sharon Atkins potential release saying she hadnt paid for her crime (and I agree, by the way). The whole world will be so much safer if Polanski ends his days behind bars. Personally, I can live with a Hugh Grant who got a blow-job from a prostitute. Also to send out the right signal to society. And please dont take the whole But but hes so charming and he gives to charity! defense. Luc Barnier 4. By now, celebrities were falling over themselves to defend Polanski. Giuseppe Tornatore Wow, this is maybe the finest list of people that Ive ever seen. He is a child rapist and he needs to pay for his crime. On Tuesday, Natalie Portman apologized for signing the 2009 petition in support of Polanski.
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