- Le Bureau National du SFA No one should have pity for him - his suffering is completely self-inflicted. Where does the quest for boycott end? Costa Gavras Unfortunately, he passed [] I think the Times Up initiative is wonderful: Ive donated to it because I believe it will make a difference. Cruz additionally attended the Golden Globes ceremony last month in a black lace gown to show support for the Times Up initiative. On September 16th, 2009, Mr. Charles Rivkin, the US Ambassador to France, received French artists and intellectuals at the embassy. Those that signed the petition, I would Too bad theyre selling their souls to be there. . It was a mistake. This man drugged and raped a thirteen (13) year old girl. Liria Begeja : Unsigned. Diane Kurys She has also remained silent on the #MeToo and Times Up campaigns. That does not change that he committed statutory rape against a 13 year old, drugged her, and fled the country. Dear Roman you have my full support. Monica Bellucci What a sad coward. He is a child rapist and he needs to pay for his crime. said that Polanski is "very clearly not a predator" and had a rant about how he is a family man. I didnt know. The right thing is different for different people. We'll give you the hints and tips you need (and also the answers). Yes, there are other problems plaguing the world. so dont free him :), First off Mr. Polanski did not rape anyone. 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. We werent saying much now, Polanski writes. The petition demanding "the immediate release" of Polanski attracted more than 100 signatures, including Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen, Tilda Swinton and Wong Kar Wai. 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. The fact that Polanski assumed that he could travel without hindrance shows only his blatant disregard for the law of any country. I dont tacitly approve of rape, said Meryl Streep. By now, celebrities were falling over themselves to defend Polanski. Cher Roman tu as mon support total. Festival organisers rejected German actress Claudia Eisinger's call to lay out a black carpet in solidarity with sexual violence survivors, despite over 23,000 people signing her petition. - la Cinmathque de Dijon / Cinmathque Jean Douchet Insanity. Interviews with leading film and TV creators about their process and craft. etc. 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.) Im so glad Roman has so many supporters that he can rape and sodomize, but are any of you 13 because thats target age we need. I hope the tide is finally turning.. High-profile actors like Kate Winslet and Adrien Brody continued to work with him. The . Yasmina Reza I disagree. Please somebody start a petition against Roman Polanski and the rest of his kin. If only in the name of this friendship between our two countries, we demand the immediate release of Roman Polanski. I live in LA, Im a liberal, and I am appalled by the signatures of people whose work I respect on the petition. While researching this article I had a couple of off-the-record discussions with actors and film-makers about their true feelings about Polanski. 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. because its just too banal and trivial to enforce our laws? 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. I admire Mr. Polanskis work. That is automatically rape as a child cannot give informed consent. Luc Barnier If he believed her to be old enough, why did he drug her? Martin Scorcese "The thing I feel like I gained from it is empathy towards people who have made mistakes. thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2009/0928091polanskiplea1.html. 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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. Is Father Polanski any different? Buck Henry Roger Kahane, He is a convicted child molestor. Serge Toubiana Martin Scorsese and Woody Allen want Roman Polanski released from a Swiss Jail.The two directors and more than 100 other filmmakers and actors have signed a petition voicing their objection to . Mr. Polanski is not a threat to anyone. he not only victimized her when she was 13 by being so selfish, he has been victimzing her for more than 30 years afterwards. it just makes you sick to your stomach to see so many people that you gathered so much inspiration from dissapoint you in such a vile way. Broadly reached out to Swinton to ask if she regrets supporting Polanski, but she declined to reply by the time of publication. Some people on other blogs Ive read suggested to separate the person from his work since many artist have personalities or values that arent charming. Mike Nichols, David Lynch, Ethan Coen, Bernardo Bertolucci, Martin Scorsese, Jeremy Irons, Tilda Swinton, Terry Gilliam, Emir Kusturica, Wim Wenders and many, many others, I love you even more! Great.. Christophe Barratier Roman Polanski at a court appearance in Los Angeles in 1977. Weinstein is now firmly banished and actors are apologising for appearing in Woody Allen movies. Polanski directs Kate Winslet, Jodie Foster, Christoph Waltz and John C. Reilly in the 2011 film Carnage. Broadly reached out to Cruz to ask if she regrets supporting Polanski, but she declined to reply by the time of publication. 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. It will be much wiser, less obstinate and more generous to leave this exceptional man alone. 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. Should this even be up for discussion? Ccile Telerman A few will only talk off the record. 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. Basically, it all comes down to your threshold of pain. 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. Jol Farges offender. I urge you to read the full transcript of Ms. Gaileys testimony! I understand that Hitler was a good painterMaybe we shouldnt have closed in on and bombed his bunker because good painters are a treasure.. Vinciane Lecocq Let me enlighten you: This was a common criminal apprehension. I will spread this list to every friend I have, and post it on Facebook and many other social sites. K, Uhlman, please dont get all circus of blood here. The judge went back on his word because he was afriad of public opinion like yours. He hadnt committed rape-rape, Whoopi Goldberg said on TV. Actually Polanski never admitted to raping anyone. 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 . He should have been prosecuted as well, even if no teenagers were involved in his misdeeds. 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. Patrick Braoud He was 51. I am sure his methods may have changed but sex offenders rarely offend just once. 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. Polanski raped a thirteen year old girl and fled justice. Stuck on 'Quordle' #403? Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. But the Moral Police of the World wants blood. That does not make what he did any better. 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. "I take responsibility for not thinking about it enough. furthermore, the reason the victim wants the charges to be dropped is because this case has been haunting her since she was 13- she is in her 40s now and she wants to get on with her life. Admitted to the crime and fled the country. Claude Miller Details of the assault. Natalie Portman. I can only hope they are not aware of the full allegations. But like so many narcissistic and selfish Americans, a crime is only a crime when it happens to YOU, screw everyone else. Women, girls, PEOPLE having a RIGHT to say what happens to their own bodies is NOT a moral issue, it is a human rights issue. The petitioners clearly consider themselves diplomats, which they are not. only to seduce a 15-year old nastassia kinski two years later- when he was 46. had he handled this differently, the victim would have been able to put this trauma behind her when she was still a teenager. International cinema. But apparently, you artists arent supposed to be subjected to the rules and expectations we mere mortals face. The judge certainly didnt give A DAMN about the girl. and seeing people in the comments try to defend him as well by saying the girl was mature for her age? (Also, Woody Allen, but who's surprised there?) Sure, admire his work. The victim wants the case dropped, but oh no. Robert Hossein What preyytell has he done for you that you would abandon your senses in this way. If you knew any feminists, youd know that most, if not all, are on your side in this particular case (although probably for very different reasons). 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. Henning Carlsen SHAME on you Wes Anderson! On these facts, everyone agrees. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. Jan Kounen His arrest follows an American arrest warrant dating from 1978 against . Danis Tanovic There are some quibbles about who said what, but the generally agreed facts are as follows: in March 1977 Polanski, who was then 43, took a child, Samantha Gailey (now Geimer), who he knew was 13 years old, to Jack Nicholsons house to take photos of her for a magazine. Portman is one of the first . The whole world will be so much safer if Polanski ends his days behind bars. I hope he finally gets his punishment and for the ones who signed this list: Im avoiding your work from now on! Emir Kusturica Thats no excuse, and its a decision I regretted almost immediately and have regretted ever since, she says. ", 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. Hope Polanski gets his! None of my business. Someone I respected gave it to me, and said, 'I signed this. Also an artist and a film lover. Thank you for not allowing the blood thirsty mob to prevent you from doing what you believe to be right. 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. James was best known for playing Sonny Corleone in "The Godfather," which won him both Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for Best Supporting Actor. Here are some tips and tricks to help you find the answer to 'Wordle' #621. its shameful,to say that i consented it. have worked with him, movie insiders say. Nicolas Mauvernay If Polanski had killed the girl instead of raping her, the whole matter would have been forgotten long ago He admitted to unlawfully having sex as part of a plea bargain the judge tried to renege on. . - Members of the European Producers Club Richard Pena They want a circus of blood. Even the girl now a woman who accused Polanski of rape says the case should be dropped. It will be much wiser, less obstinate and more generous to leave this exceptional man alone. Christian Carion She was 18. im not sure if i should say i expected better from a lot of these people. Shocking what your statement implies. Gay movies. Artists are not above the law in any country. They trotted out the familiar defences: the Holocaust and Sharon Tate, of course. Children are abused, murdered, go hungry every day. But Gailey wouldnt have had to endure any attention if Polanski hadnt raped her. Though he was released from custody by July 2010, over 100 members of the film industry . What purpose does it serve to lock up Mr. Polanski when the prison space could be used to protect the public from violent offenders? You know how many children have been blown to pieces in Iraq as a result of allied bombings? Strip polanski of his resume and he is a man. After all, no matter how badly the legal system failed Polanski, this didnt cancel out the fact that he raped a child. Please dont stop here, the penal system is full of people that can only get it up when they force barely pubescent kids. That doesnt change the fact that mr Polanski is a scumbag and a halve who drugged and raped a child when he was 44, fled the country to live in France where he continued to make movies, live a good life etc. Portman wasn't the only high-profile signatory. Since then, many of them with names on the petition have claimed that they were forced to sign it. But you can have your eyes opened and completely change the way you want to live. (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.). (Page 13), On march 13, 1977, the day you had sexual intercourse how old did you believe her to be?, Are you pleading guilty Freely and voluntarily?. Even at 13, a child does not have If Polanski had faced his sentence 30 years ago, wed have forgotten HIM and the victim wouldnt have to relive it now. He engaged in non-consenting sex acts with a child. 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. In 1986, he met the woman who would be his next wife, the actress Emanuelle Seigner. Jean-Jacques Beineix We demand the immediate release of Roman Polanski, urges the petition. Xavier Beauvois I have also read the facts spred online. Well, so do I. But one can have enormous sympathy for those losses, and also feel that offering up dead women as mitigating factors for raping a girl doesnt really wash. This does not make what Polanski did any better! My level of disgust for these petitions cannot even be fully expressed. I was mostly just on and off saying: No, stop. But I wasnt fighting really because there was no one else there and I had no place to go. Roman Polanski is a French citizen, a renown and international artist now facing extradition. The criminal case should be settled without any jail time. Polanskis own attitude has remained bullish; in October last year he gave an interview in which he focused his ire on the judges who let him down. His movies went on to win six Oscars. The thing I feel like I gained from it is empathy towards people who have made mistakes. Mario Martone 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. Guillaume Stirn It is sad that these people think Polanski is above the law!! Woody Allen, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Martin Scorcese, David Lynch, Wong Kar Wai, Harmony Korine, Stephen Frears . Yes other people get away with this. Alain Jessua - lARRF - Association des Ralisateurs et ralisatrices de Films - Belgique (Belgian Association of Filmmakers) Again, some ignore me, a couple will talk off the record, some are too busy to talk at all. I could enjoy Sean Connerys work, even though he apparently doesnt have a problem with slapping a woman. do you see anyone saying thats ok? He drugged, anally raped, performed unwanted oral sex and vaginally raped a THIRTEEN year old GIRL a CHILD. The active paedophile is stealing childhoods. 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. One admitted they regretted their previous support, given the new allegations, but couldnt bring themselves to say so publicly. This Article is related to: News and tagged. Tilda Swinton Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. 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). Alain Terzian Will you too?' His plea bargain didnt fall apart. I will never again be able to speak to, or look at, Mike Nichols, Jonathan Demme, Martin Scorsese or any of the other names I recognize here without wanting to scream obscenities at them. It is also irrelevant that she may have dressed grown up or even if she had engaged in intimacy with boys of her age. Jean-Pierre Marois Fanny Ardant 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. Polanski drugged a 13 year old girl and forced his penis in her anus - is that too ugly? Gabriel Auer Go ahead delete my anti hollywood post I feel better for posting it even if I already knew only equivocators and apologist for polanski need post, the uber leftist oh so talented equivocators make me want to hurl. i was somewhat sexually active at that time but still a virgin. He blamed jet lag. Accept Read More. Roman Polanski committed several horrific crimes over the course of several hours, admitted his guilt, then fled the country when his plea bargain fell apart. But he doesnt mention that in his book. The Mexican director received criticism after he chose not to wear a Time's Up badge to the BAFTAs. You people that support this kind of act should be ashamed of yourselves. 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. But I could sense a certain erotic tension between us.. When the Harvey Weinstein story broke last October, the reaction among the movie industry was wide-eyed shock that someone so many of them knew and worked with could be a rapist. And please dont take the whole But but hes so charming and he gives to charity! defense. Giuseppe Bertolucci There is absolutely no defense to be offered. Unless the Puritans secretly championed the rights and autonomy of women. Also to send out the right signal to society. These people who hold such power over the media, have a duty to defend the victim not this unrepentant, repulsive excuse for of a man. Samantha has said that the trauma she has experienced in the past few decades has had a greater impact on her than the original crime, one said to me, which is doubtless true. from Mashable that may sometimes include advertisements or sponsored content. Roman was charged with sex with minor, not real rape. 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. It is the most vicious, sickening and coward action, to attack a young child. Some dont reply at all, despite repeated approaches. this is the veiw of a 14 year old. etc. I think her opinion is the ONLY one that counts. He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced. Alongside Asia Argento and Emma Thompson, Natalie Portman remains one of the few celebrities to apologize for signing the petition. He never contested that his victim told him no repeatedly, or that he drugged her. The man is an animal and a coward. Free shipping for many products! 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. Please! We reached out to some of the most high-profile signatories to a 2009 petition in support of Roman Polanski, to ask them whether they regretted their endorsement of the convicted abuser. Read and educate yourself. But then again, the judge apparently liked some very young women as well. 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. This article was amended on 30 January 2018. - lARP But if I ever see him, I will spit in his face. These included Harrison Ford,. 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. Ask any rape victim and we will tell you that we would give anything if the rapist had been prosecuted and locked up forever before we were victimized by them! He should be in jail. Polanski recounts what he describes as making love so sexily you can practically hear his heavy breathing. Will this effect them? 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. Its shocking that people like Polanski are still revered, celebrated by actors and fellow film-makers and cinematheques around the world who continue to not only promote their work, but also to work with them. "It should just be that everyone can empathize with everyone. Classic movies. 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Sandra Nicolier Patty Jenkins Told Chris Pine to Try Directing: 'You Gotta Do Something Besides Wait in Your Trailer' 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, Jean-Paul Rappeneau the mindset to handle this cituation in a mature Etienne Faure David Heyman NASA smacked an asteroid with a spacecraft. children. Polanski has not served his time and now he is guilty of evading justice. There is no one who is so talented that deserve to walk from something like this (and hes been walking for 30 years). I plan to try very hard to never see any work done by anyone who signed this petition. This man should never have been allowed to go free without punishmentand 45 days of evaluation does not constitute punishment! Miguel Courtois A shameful chapter indeed - let us hope it will soon be brought to a close. In 2018, Portman apologised and expressed regret for signing the petition. Why should he be treated any differently from other members of the clergy? ", A designer's vision of the future involves robots that care for us in our final moments. After all, when he was told he was being arrested for rape he was genuinely shocked: I was incredulous; I couldnt equate what had happened the day before with rape in any form, he writes in his autobiography. To not face your own actions but run away when you dont like the consequences. Not real rape? Jean-Michel Carre Michael Mann, Tilda Swinton, Vangelis, Christophe Barratier, Lynch, Scorsese, Allen, Louis Garrel, Ludivine, the divine Jeanne Moreau. It was a mistake," she told the news outlet. One would think that these filmmakers have enough money to hire a proper lawyer to draft their petition, if they were serious about it. 13. He fled the country to France before he could be properly sentenced. The issue is effective consent not whether you like or dislike someones sexual preference or activity. The filmmaker had been detained over a 1977 underage sex case from the U.S., which he plead guilty to. My eyes were not open.. Patrice Leconte The year after he fled the US he gave an interview to Martin Amis, in which he declared: Judges want to fuck young girls. 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. People keep affirming that Polanski did this and did that as if they were there at the time. Pedro Almodovar In 2018, Dolan apologised and expressed regret for signing the petition. Personally, I can live with a Hugh Grant who got a blow-job from a prostitute. She has forgiven him. There was no doubt about her experience and lack of inhibition. This list is a paltry portion of the total number of A-list film celebrities with their names on the petition. Broadly reached out to del Toro to ask if he regrets supporting Polanski, but he declined to reply by the time of publication.