More than 100 industry leaders and prominent authors -- including directors Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Michael Mann, Mike Nichols, Woody Allen and Neil Jordan -- have signed a petition asking that Polanski be released from Swiss custody. "Filmmakers in France, in Europe, in the United States and around the world are dismayed by this decision," the petition says. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/01/entertainment/et-polanski1
It's so fucked up. Makes me feel like I'm going crazy. I used to be a big fan of Ewan McGregor until I found out that he did a movie with Polanski in 2010, The Ghost Writer, which by the way was met with critical acclaim.
Also I'm glad I never liked the films of Luc Besson, because that guy is peak :france-cool:
Also I’m glad I never liked the films of Luc Besson, because that guy is peak
I always had a feeling that guy was a sex pest, for years. Some of his scenes in some of his movies (and not his most well-known ones) always reeked of enjoying exploiting women; like usually it'd be the bad guy doing it but something felt off, like the filmmaker truly got his socks off filming that shit, with the scene being shocking. Also, a very large amount of his movies are basically "manly dude has <big car>, woman with creepily childish behaviour needs to be saved, dude kicks asses and save her, they bang".
So, thoroughly unsurprised when the SA allegations (from nine different women no less) came out. And sadly unsurprised when his trial for r*pe was eventually dismissed (with the judge never even bothering to meet with the plaintiff) - that dude has been close to the political sphere for years; his movies get a shit-ton of public money from the French gov. It was a common sight to see him in the visitors' gallery at the national assembly every times laws about enforcing IP were voted on, waving to his congressman friends (with some of them even referencing his presence in their speech).
What about Victor Salva, the guy who did Jeepers Creepers? The one positive thing I will say about Roman Polanski was that he knew how to direct a solid psychological thriller, but Victor Salva is a total hack and he's still managed to have a successful career in Hollywood after being convicted of assaulting a 12 year old boy. He even wrote a scene in Jeepers Creepers 3 where this girl is telling some guy about how her stepfather had touched her as a kid, and the guy's reaction is "Can you blame him? The heart wants what it wants."
I'm pretty sure his directorial debut after his extremely brief stint in prison was a Disney Channel original movie.
Polanski.
Jesus.
What Samantha Jane Gailey, Polanski's rape victim, looked like at 13.
More than 100 industry leaders and prominent authors -- including directors Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Michael Mann, Mike Nichols, Woody Allen and Neil Jordan -- have signed a petition asking that Polanski be released from Swiss custody. "Filmmakers in France, in Europe, in the United States and around the world are dismayed by this decision," the petition says. http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/01/entertainment/et-polanski1
It's so fucked up. Makes me feel like I'm going crazy. I used to be a big fan of Ewan McGregor until I found out that he did a movie with Polanski in 2010, The Ghost Writer, which by the way was met with critical acclaim.
Also I'm glad I never liked the films of Luc Besson, because that guy is peak :france-cool:
I always had a feeling that guy was a sex pest, for years. Some of his scenes in some of his movies (and not his most well-known ones) always reeked of enjoying exploiting women; like usually it'd be the bad guy doing it but something felt off, like the filmmaker truly got his socks off filming that shit, with the scene being shocking. Also, a very large amount of his movies are basically "manly dude has <big car>, woman with creepily childish behaviour needs to be saved, dude kicks asses and save her, they bang".
So, thoroughly unsurprised when the SA allegations (from nine different women no less) came out. And sadly unsurprised when his trial for r*pe was eventually dismissed (with the judge never even bothering to meet with the plaintiff) - that dude has been close to the political sphere for years; his movies get a shit-ton of public money from the French gov. It was a common sight to see him in the visitors' gallery at the national assembly every times laws about enforcing IP were voted on, waving to his congressman friends (with some of them even referencing his presence in their speech).
What about Victor Salva, the guy who did Jeepers Creepers? The one positive thing I will say about Roman Polanski was that he knew how to direct a solid psychological thriller, but Victor Salva is a total hack and he's still managed to have a successful career in Hollywood after being convicted of assaulting a 12 year old boy. He even wrote a scene in Jeepers Creepers 3 where this girl is telling some guy about how her stepfather had touched her as a kid, and the guy's reaction is "Can you blame him? The heart wants what it wants."
I'm pretty sure his directorial debut after his extremely brief stint in prison was a Disney Channel original movie.
Woody Allen?
Wow, crazy. Unexpected.
Well of course. Birds of a feather.