Roman Polanski, or pardon me but your poll is in my neck.

...if it wasn't for meddling with kids

MMM SAUSAGES

threads like this are so revealing

I imagine plenty of others in Hollywood have gotten away with it

http://freepages.books.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cooverfamily/pg67.jpg

This case is really bringing out the stupid in people.

Isn't it.

why the fuck is ezra pound a more defensible – apparently *much* more defensible – figure than polanski?

seriously, what is it about pound, unbelievably tedious and fraudeulent before he became a fascist, that you like?

Uh, it was a joke, my friend.

Good one

ezra pound was extremely influential towards a very important, even crucial area of american poetry, and indeed the one i wrote my dissertation upon...his protege louis zukofsky, curator of 'an 'objectivists' anthology', claimed a huge debt towards pound even if his own status as a russian jew set him at great political odds with pound as the 30's wore on...hence ezra pound, while his poetry contains distasteful elements, and while some personal viewpoints may have been morally repugnant, is an important and great figure within modernist poetry

if you like that sort of thing.

im not sure youre using "hence" correctly there louis

Good job you weren't marking his dissertation

one hen, two hence

i thought that post was his dissertation

it makes sense that she'd want to put it behind her.

unfortunate word choice

he made Pirates, hasn't he suffered enough?

I imagine plenty of others in Hollywood have gotten away with it

yes, but for one, Charlie Chaplin married Oona!

Isn't there another Polanski thread out there to do this on? I started this one in celebration of his movies.

Maybe there should be an I Love Film board?

So, who's ever seen Cul de Sac?

it's kinda fun iirc

I remember being a bit bored. It's no Repulsion.

It's weird but not great

The Guardian and The Independent have pieces today saying the dogs should be called off. The Times and The Telegraph say they shouldn't. I say: why has this become a left-right issue? Is that all that 'left' is nowadays, being against stuff?

being against child sexy stuff vs being against extradition of auteurs

What do you mean against? They're in favour of anal child rapists not being prosecuted, as long as they're talented

Polanski beating Scorsese was a high point of the decade in Oscar terms.

i think my fav. thing abt this thread is how many ppl like to gratuitously post some combination of "anal" "rape" "child" and "13 year old"

Not exactly gratuitous, to be fair.

i think my fav. thing abt this thread is how many ppl like to gratuitously post some combination of "anal" "rape" "child" and "13 year old"

A lot of us listen to the blues and Nick Cave.

naw man it's cool if we can't type "anal child rapist" now (TO REMIND EVERYONE WHAT HE DID) when can we

And your point is?

The Guardian actually has a disclaimer noting that it wasn't rape.

my point is basically that this thread sucks i guess

I can't argue with that

really? that's weird because it was, but oh yeah, polanski sued vanity fair in london for saying so the other year and for some reason he was allowed to testify via skype.

xpost

this is what happens when Inglourious Basterds fans weigh in

• Some commenters have simply used the term "rape" in relation to Roman Polanski's 1977 conviction. The offence he pleaded guilty to is often described as "statutory rape" but more precisely as "unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor".

is there any such thing as legal consensual sex with a 13 year old?

this is what happens when an inglorious bastard gets arrested.

is there any such thing as legal consensual sex with a 13 year old?

Sure. Everyone in France does it.

as a defence, that's gonna need some brushing up before the trial

He sued for libel? The story has to be injurious to one's reputation - not a distinction I'd fancy trying to make.

Polanski beating Scorsese was a high point of the decade in Oscar terms.

― boring movies are the most boring (Eric H.), Tuesday, September 29, 2009 3:54 PM (8 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

this is a pretty random comment, but anyway, marty has shown no hard feelings and has signed the 'free roman' petish.

stabbing three people with the pen on his way out

He sued for libel? The story has to be injurious to one's reputation - not a distinction I'd fancy trying to make.

Injurious Basterds

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/23/movies/MoviesFeatures/23pola.html

^^ roman polanski v. vanity fair

Polanski should site Foucault as a precedent.

http://www.movieactors.com/freeze-frames/GIGI/GIGI2006-11-14%2019-45-44-18.jpg

lol that disclaimer comes at the end of an article slamming whoopi goldberg for saying it wasn't rape-rape. classy.

they all mention how he thought she was older than 13 but that doesn't actually matter lol

"lemme tell you about 20-year-olds. half of them are 16."

that petition in full, which also includes woody allen lol. wonder if larry clark will get on board.

http://www.sacd.fr/Le-cinema-soutient-Roman-Polanski-Petition-for-Roman-Polanski.1340.0.html

also includes new times stalwart scott foundas. what is up with that?

also kent jones?!