FREE ROMAN POLANSKI! 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. Read and educate yourself. - la Cinmathque de Dijon / Cinmathque Jean Douchet The girl said no many times. Alain Corneau As much as I've been repulsed by Polanski's 1977 rape of a 13-year-old girl, I've been absolutely flabbergasted and offended by the list of Hollywood elites and celebrities who have recently signed a petition demanding his release. I know I was thinking about sex pretty much 90% of the time. Why not invite him over to babysit your beautuful young daughters,neices,sisters.You should all be ashamed. so roman polanski is sayong it was consensual,and i have no reason to disbeleive him.no one was there,to know the exact facts. The judge went back on his word because he was afriad of public opinion like yours. Paolo Sorrentino At this point, they wont be helping to heal the situation, nor will they vindicate this womans suffering at his hands. the two of them have . when i was 13 started having desires for older men,anywhere up to their 40s.it became my prefrence since then.i never actually had sex with someone above that age,it was just sort of a forbidden fantasy to me.im was 13,not 5,so i knew better then to act on it,as much as some adults say teenagers dont know better yeah,they do. What does Hollywood's reverence for child rapist Roman Polanski tell us Jean-Michel Carre Radovan Tadic We have a duty to protect the innocence of children. Natalie Portman Regrets Supporting Roman Polanski | IndieWire The year after he fled the US he gave an interview to Martin Amis, in which he declared: Judges want to fuck young girls. Justice at least will have run its course. Monica Bellucci the uber leftist oh so talented equivocators make me want to hurl. But Thompson had to be talked out of signing the Polanski petition in 2009 by a 19-year-old. Though he was released from custody by July 2010, over 100 members of the film industry . Andre Buytaers Michael Mann Get The Latest IndieWire Alerts And Newsletters Delivered Directly To Your Inbox. Two said to me that it was a special situation because the girl had been up for it (this was a common theory at the time. I will spread this list to every friend I have, and post it on Facebook and many other social sites. 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. Signed? 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. Feminist here! 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. Georges Dybman 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. Claude Lelouch 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. It was not just statutory rape, it was rape-rape because she said no! And I think we live in a post-Hamilton world where we don't even need to think about what's authentic to the character, like faithful to the character," Portman said. 8 8 Most Beautiful French Actresses Some think that sex with a child is a crime not just against the child, but against society. 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. The charges against him were for having sex with a minor, even if consensual a moral charge, as is stated in the petition. Are you celebrity/entertainment people think youre above the law? But she is too busy preparing for Sundance to engage. 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. 1. According to her grand jury testimony, she repeatedly asked him to take her home and she was afraid of him. Moreover, more allegations have been made against him: in 2010, British actor Charlotte Lewis said Polanski abused her in 1983 when she was 16. Mr. Polanski is not a threat to anyone. One of the petition's signatories was Natalie Portman, who told BuzzFeed(Opens in a new tab) she "very much" regrets putting her name on it. What purpose does it serve to lock up Mr. Polanski when the prison space could be used to protect the public from violent offenders? After Thompson initially signed the petition, Caitlin Hayward-Tappa student at Exeter Universitychallenged the actress about her support for Polanski. Its neutrality applies in times of war and peace, not in the application of treaty and criminal laws. International cinema. 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. Henning Carlsen Not real rape? It is also irrelevant if her mother was trying to vicariously enjoy a brush with stardom. If he gets off on some technicality or is given a non custodial age due to age or the pleas of the victim or even the terms of the original plea bargain than so be it. Sure, admire his work. Woody Allen, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Martin Scorcese, David Lynch, Wong Kar Wai, Harmony Korine, Stephen Frears . Thank you for not allowing the blood thirsty mob to prevent you from doing what you believe to be right. Adrien Brody, who won an Oscar for The Pianist, was unable to participate due to schedule. 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. Miguel Courtois 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. Many 13 year olds - boys and girls- have sex and very often with those older than them. It will not be difficult to boycott most of the names on this list as it appears 90% of them are from France and are friends of the scumbag and amongst the more memorable supporters is woody allen, recognizable from his own torrid past. the victims opinion, in case of Stockholm syndrome or whatever. The case is not a case of morals. In 1976, he met Nastassja Kinski and, according to his autobiography, slept with her. I happen to believe that. 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 was a mistake," she told the news outlet. Robert Hossein 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. Would the signatories of this list have us serve up children for them to rape and defile at their pleasure because, well, W. is a really bad man? Gabriel Auer So, I helped Polanski rape someone because Ive watched Chinatown about a dozen times. Paul Boujenah Pascal Thomas His arrest follows an American arrest warrant dating from 1978 against the filmmaker, in a case of morals. Olivier Assayas A pedophile. Rosalinde et Michel Deville That does not make what he did any better. 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. 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). Hollywood Celebrities who signed the Polanski Petition - IMDb The petitioners clearly consider themselves diplomats, which they are not. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. It is sad that these people think Polanski is above the law!! It is the most vicious, sickening and coward action, to attack a young child. He admitted to raping a child at the age of 13, fled the country and lived like a King in France, and he shouldnt be punished because he makes good movies??? I wonder how these signers would feel if it was one of their kids? They want a circus of blood. He admitted to unlawfully having sex as part of a plea bargain the judge tried to renege on. In perfect French she lauded the Franco-American friendship and recommended the development of cultural relations between our two countries. 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. - la Cinmathque Franaise By now, celebrities were falling over themselves to defend Polanski. - le Groupe 25 images Darren Aronofsky We reached out to some of the most high-profile signatories. Read the unsealed records at the smoking gun. It is amazing at all of the people that dont care that a 13 year old girl was raped. Wes Anderson Laws - rape (statutory or otherwise) and escape from justice - have been broken. do you see anyone saying thats ok? He only confessed to a lesser charge through a plea agreement. ", 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.
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