Polanski’s New Movie Trashes Iraq War, Accuses West of Torture…
by John Nolte
If nothing else, Polanski’s timing couldn’t be better. If you’re a Hollywoodist — even a remorseless child-raping Hollywoodist — looking for a boost from your fellow Hollywoodists, what better way to hold on to your Frat House bona fides than to direct a film like this? [emphasis mine]:
[A]s a filmmaker, Roman Polanski is back in a big, big way with THE GHOST WRITER. Adapted by Robert Harris (author of the excellent FATHERLAND and ENIGMA) from his own novel, the film is about a mildly successful non-fiction hack (Ewan McGregor) who lands the plum gig of shaping the memoirs of a recently ousted British Prime Minister (Pierce Brosnan) - who bears a none-too-subtle resemblance to Tony Blair. The opportunity is there for the taking because the PM’s former ghost writer washed up dead on a beach somewhere close to Martha’s Vineyard. The only downside to the assignment is the PM’s potentially unlawful participation in secretly shipping British citizens/suspected terrorists off to Guantanamo Bay for the ol’ Jack Bauer treatment.
Here are a couple descriptions of the novel upon which the film is based:
Bookmark Magazine: From there, it quickly gains momentum, merging a shrewd indictment of the war in Iraq with a literate, page-turning thriller. Harris, who was once a friend of former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, offers a withering, barely disguised attack on Blair’s policies and his collusion with the United States in the Middle East.
Publishers Weekly: The stakes rise when Lang [the PM] is accused of war crimes for authorizing the abduction of suspected al-Qaeda terrorists in Pakistan, who then ended up in the CIA’s merciless hands.
Sounds as though Ghost Writer is the perfect storm of everything so laughably and maddeningly depraved about the left-wing film industry today. It takes the wrong side in a righteous war — a war we’re presently fighting, by the way — and its creator is a fugitive whose anal rape of a thirteen year-old girl (he drugged) hasn’t dented his celebrity in the least. No shortage of “stars” lining up to work with him!
A new low from those who make the movies? Pish-posh, it’s still morning.
NOTE: This post is in clear violation of the rule that only allows water carrying left-wing film writers to speculate about upcoming films they haven’t seen.
UPDATE: Awesomeness in the comments — “Would you rather be a prisoner in Abu Ghraib, or a young girl in Roman Polanski’s hot tub?”
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131 Comments
A child rapist says what?
and no one will go see this, either…
Listen, if a decent film like 'The Hurt Locker' can't do squat at the box office, this exercise in leftist revisionist narrative willdo even less.
It's like they don't care if anyone sees this dreck. But remember this: In classic commusnist lore the winners writhe the history. They think THEY've won.
And they are writing the history for future generations to see…
Personally, I love Polanski's work (Polanski's WORK, not Polanski), so I can't wait for this. Plus, I'm a person that can view movies without the lens of politics clouding my vision. Too bad you can't do the same, Nolte.
Can't wait to go see this. I'd love to sit in the theater and watch this with you, Nolte. We can share popcorn and you can talk day in and day out about Polanski raping children. Since you seem to like to do it so much.
Does the torture he accuses us of have anything to do with drugging and sodomizing young girls?
He is nothing but human trash and somebody needs to take him out before the stink gets any worse.
Having read the novel "The Ghost," upon which this movie is based, I can confirm that it is not complimentary towards the stand-in Blair and, by extension, the Iraq War or President Bush. More disappointing, however, is that the story itself was boring, predictable, and very unsatisfying. This was especially disappointing because Fatherland and Enigma were both great books and Enigma a pretty good movie. But since the book was pretty bad, I don't think it is wrong to think that the movie will be too, since movies are almost always worse than the books on which they are based.
I smell movie bomb.
I love how the left keeps forgetting that "Rendition" is the product of the Clinton administration.
Gee, I'd think the guy would zip it and keep a verrrrry low profile considering he's in a pickle of his own making.
So Polanski does to the United States and the good people of our military what he so adeptly did to a thirteen year old girl many years ago.
that makes two things polanski and scott ritter have in cmmon.
TIme for conservatives to make their own films.
Possibly we could agree to sentence him to neighborhood arrest, say 25 square blocks of Marseilles that cops are afraid to enter because they have been taken over by Islamic criminal gangs.
would you rather be a prisoner in abu ghraib, or a young girl in roman polanski's hot tub?
Polanski, how 2008 of you. Darling you are so last decade….
And let's not forget warrant-less wire taps go back to Woodrow Wilson.
He ordered every wire between the US and Europe go through the White House.
Why would he be allowed to release a movie here in the US if he is a wanted fugitive? They should block this movie from being shown here.
JAIL, JAIL, JAIL ETC…
Laugh it up pedophile! When you get back to the US, I heard Kevin Jennings is looking for a subject to demostrate FISTING on!
if polanski really wants to make a constructive movie he should do a documentary on himself and the team of european doctors that cured him of pedophilia, assuming they're not to busy preventing the himalayan glaciers from melting. sadly, even though i'm trying to be sarcastic, i really think we would have more success helping a glacier than a pedophile.
I too read "The Ghost". I'd never read anything by Harris before, but read a good review of the book so I took a chance on it. I was very disappointed. The book was interesting until all the political-correctness craziness took over. I have no intention of seeing the movie. Didn't like the book. Don't like Polanski.
Lusting after underage chicks for half a century does strange shit to a man's psyche.
So, like those of his fellow lefty Hollywood producer activists, this movie should fail miserably.
I have also read Enigma and Ghost, and seen Enigma, and concur with your assessment. I was very disappointed in Ghost; I expected more.
I have not read Fatherland yet; is it the basis for the "alternate future" movie of the same name starring Rutger Hauer?
Probably includes a rape scene involving a 12 year old girl, too. You know, something to keep him and his child raping cohorts interested while completely being devoid of facts.
what?
it does, and just like the last time the little kid drugs him again. if H'wood were the A-team he'd be B.A. Baracus; just remember to to drop the GHP into a glass of milk!
"Does the torture he accuses us of have anything to do with drugging and sodomizing young girls? "
no, of course not, because as everyone knows everyone wants to do that to young girls, but nobody in their right mind would want to make a terrorist experience even a little mild discomfort, even if it meant saving thousands of lives. good lord, you're such a barbarian…
Exactly.
He drugged and anally raped a 13 year old girl. And Hollywood is giving him a film to direct?
What is too low for these people?
He drugged and raped a 13 year old girl. Yet Hollywood is giving him a film to direct?
What is too low for these people?
Hollywood is making a film whose sole purpose is to sit in moral judgment of American soldiers and the politicians who support them.
And the person they choose to direct that film is an unrepentant rapist of a 13 year old girl.
That is the definition of Hollywood.
I am a voracious reader. I picked up The Ghost, and it was so boring, I never have been able to finish it.
Too bad, his other books were good. I can't imagine a movie made from this book. It might be worth the price of admission if you have insomnia to cure.
The good thing is that this film will bomb like all the other anti american films in the past. The worst part though is that Polanski is still able to make films and isn't frying right now for what he did.
Yes, that´s the one
Barbarian – In the geopolitical sense I wear it as a badge of honor!
"…citizens/suspected terrorists off to Guantanamo Bay for the ol’ Jack Bauer treatment."
Nobody is getting the Jack Bauer treatment there or anywhere, except three or four guys at the very beginning. They deserved it. And they are fine. Anything else is a malicious lie.
Why don´t they make a movie about Tehran´s Evin prison, where people are being tortured as you read this? And they are innocent people. They do it even to the odd westerner, like Zahra Kazemi, who died from the injuries. Why is that not interesting?
Forget it, just a rhetorical question. We know the answer. A movie about real evil wouldn´t allow Polanski and his peers to feel smug and self-important. It might also be a tiny bit dangerous. Bashing America is never dangerous. Pity, really.
Seems to support my theory that writers and filmmakers can get so pissed off by something that they lose the ability to make creative judgements. They end up just vomiting out whatever they think will "hurt" the object of their anger, not bothering to make it artistic. Sure, that approach can work. But if they feel like vomiting, they should just vomit. Make a hard-edged, screaming indie punk of a movie that doesn't even try to be subtle or realistic. It might become at least an underground hit.
LOL! Thank you, we'll be here all week. (Love it!)
And you know…they hold us to a higher standard. We *know* the Iranians do stuff like that, but that's their culture. They never claimed to be anything other than what they are – Muslim fanatics. Americans, on the other hand, claim to stand for freedom, justice, due process…all that good stuff. In doing so, we pretty much created the American Left – our self-appointed conscience, existing for the sole purpose of screaming bloody murder when they detect any variance between our stated beliefs and our actions. Consistency is everything. Emergency situations don't count. We should die rather than violate our principles. Alinsky taught them how…
Whether this is a good arrangement is another matter.
"Why don´t they make a movie about Tehran´s Evin prison, where people are being tortured as you read this?"
You mean Sean Penn's buddy AquaVelvaJad is actually what everyone thinks he is???
Is there a scene where the hero drugs and sodomizes a 13 year old girl while she cries and begs for mercy?
Just wondering.
As far as they are concerned the only immoral act on the planet is electing a Republican to anything………Everything else is just part of the Hollywood lifestyle…………..
Carolyn, I'm happily married to my high school sweetheart for 31 years, I made a film to honor the vietnam veterans and I can't get arrested. I did something wrong all these years, the only time a 13 year old ever appealed to me was when I was 13. That is where I made my first mistake
Note to Roman: Be a good boy and "Die" already……………….Saddam needs a new boyfriend in hell,,,,,,,,,,
Hey John, you think this insanity is ever going to end? It seems like ever few weeks there is a new film that just attacks America, our military, our God, our way of life. Now I completely understand the policy of total isolationism started by the Founding Fathers. To hell with this damn worthless ingrate world. America should remain strong and let the Hitler's, the Stalin's the Mao's and the terrorist cut up the world and rape all these nations that think America is evil. We've gone fishing and if you bother the USA we will end their misery in one big fireball and make these maniacs all go away….
The idea makes for a good film to piss off the malcontents
I think he underestimates the USA & how much of his bullshit we'll put up with
wow another twenty bucks saved! Soon I will have a fortune saved from all the movies I will never see! ThanQ Follywood!
I wouldn't piss on Polanski if he were on fire…..
Imagine Hollywood's surprise when their golden boy's movie tanks. No "right" thinking human being would ever contribute money to a child rapist. I foresee a box office run of two weeks.
You should read his recent historical novels about ancient Rome (Pompeii, Imperium, and Lustrum) — all excellent.
scenes from South Park: The movie are now flashing before my eyes…
He's probably just whacked because we haven't signed on to child rape. Waste of sperm.
Is it me, or does it seem like South Park was a herald of the coming stupidity in America?
Seriously! For instance-Dysfunctional children, blame Canada………Dems lose in Mass, blame Bush….
As far as we are concerned, but Polanski is enough of a European that I don´t think he cares about any of that. Many of the Iranian protesters who end up being killed or tortured are not muslim fanatics at all. They demand "freedom, justice, due process". Whether they are a majority I don´t know. But that is the story of our times, not tales about Gitmo which aren´t even accurate.
The story of Zahra Kazemi is an important one. The Canadian government was completely useless in protecting a citizen of Canada; they didn´t even get her body back. And she didn´t do a thing. You´d think a guy like Polanski who survived the nazis had enough experience with evil to recognize the real thing – the Iranian regime is just one example – but no. It´s the wrong side of history for him, too.
It is also very American to want to extend these rights to others who are less happy.
torture you mean like that little girl he raped?
Oh, Please, let Roman make this movie, and then let it win the Palme d'Or at Cannes and any of the other top film festival and Hollywood awards. Nothing could be more fun than seeing Hollywood and the foreign film community lionizing a guy who fled justice from the rape of a 13-year-old girl, especially after how shocked all those celebrities were at the backlash by the public to their petition support of Polanski after his arrest by Swiss officials last year on the warrant issued out of the L.A. County DA's office.
And Crab People… Bush isn't President at the moment so the recent earthquakes will need to be blamed on crab people.
I think the film will do well among those living a fantasy ideology of "it's all our fault, if we are just nice to our enemies we won't have to do hard things like fight." Women, the SWPL crowd, etc. are particularly susceptible to this message, see "AVATAR." Which has essentially the same message.
HOWEVER, eventually AQ WILL succeed in killing lots of Americans, dropping airliners on cities, or what have you. Probably by "guys out of Pakistan." Maybe even with a nuke.
What will happen to the great Liberal viewpoints then? Heck NOW most Americans want AbdulMutallab waterboarded like heck to find out what he knows (which is useless by now, every would-be jihadi has probably undergone as much resistance training to it as our servicemen). Meanwhile the CIA looks like CYA backscratchers, not "evil torturers." Or victims of jihadis blowing them up in Afghanistan.
"Righteous war"?
Attributing righteousness to an illegal invasion is tantamount to Whoopi Goldberg's distinction between Polanski's rape and "rape-rape." The difference is simply a matter of scale. Jingoists do it up BIG.
You shouldn't worry too much about liberal power in Ho'wood. It bows to fear and war-mongering just as readily as the Democrats.
Show Hollywierd how you really feel…………
VOTE WITH YOUR DOLLARS…………
You don't like the ANTI-AMERICAN crap that they're making or spewing………
BOYCOTT ALL THEIR MOVIES, THEIR COMMERCIALS, THEIR CLOTHES, ETC……….
EVERY STINKING ONE OF THEM………..
They'll get the message.
Well we can flip a coin for who gets to hold him while the other beats the shit out of him…
I envision one of those dunk tanks filled with 20 very hungry bull mastiffs.
I am normally not in favor of vengance, but in the case of child molestors I make an exception.
And we all ought to put our faith in the logic of Roman Polanski, child rapist–a man with rock-solid judgement. And since he was convicted and sentenced in the US, no doubt his opinions toward America are completely unbiased and only based on fact (?????)
Well, if Polanski's opinion of America wasn't absolutely clear before, it appears to be now.
Ok, I have a test for you then. How about we sit you down with an Iraqi family that had to suffer through Sadam's reign, you can look them in the eye and say with a straight face "You're freedom wasn't worth it." Go ahead, we'll wait.
But when they try to disguise their hateful screeds as normal, entertaining movies, their anger always undoes them. They start making revealing mistakes. Lapses in logic, mood, diction. Weepingly obvious jibes and speeches, thinly-veiled references to current events and people, clumsy analogies, and other bits of business that break the cinematic spell for anyone with half a brain. It's like the directors or writers can't let the movie tell the story. They're so angry they can't help jumping in themselves and making comments where no comments belong. That's one reason people are jumping all over Avatar – You can always detect James Cameron in the background, preaching.
That's my phony baloney theory, anyway.
Nice work. He'll probably come home now that he knows Jennings is waiting for him.
Hey Roman, it wasn't torture torture!
Go ahead Roman have your say. One thing is certain though…you will never step foot on US soil again and by chance you do, there will be a nice little jail cell waiting for you, statutory rape is still a crime here. Just some advice…don't drop the soap or you will know what it feels like.
Polanski has to be dumber than a box of Rocks. If he was smart, he would have made a Pro-american film.
Roman, don't bend over in the shower room.
MATT DAMON
No, he would have been reduced to a fine pink paste if he ever tried THAT with the military. All he can do is sling mud.
"Nobody is getting the Jack Bauer treatment from us there or anywhere, except three or four guys at the very beginning."
I am not so sure about that, given the nature of the cloak and dagger business, and the lovely practice of Rendition.
But other than that, you are damn right. The ONLY reason these fools never believe torture is justified is because they lack the honesty to go back in history and examine when it actually WAS used. Torture is not a nice tool, but it serves it purpose within the general arm of interrogation in certain circumstances, and it is foolish to disarm oneself when fighting for one's life.
And it CERTAINLY was more justifiable than, say, non-consenting sodomy. At least that serves a higher purpose.
"Hey John, you think this insanity is ever going to end? It seems like ever few weeks there is a new film that just attacks America, our military, our God, our way of life."
I honestly don't know. Standing up often means standing alone, and while I do not believe that we are as alone as it sometimes seems (and that are fairly unfriendly issues with, say, France, Britain, Italy, South Korea, or Japan would preclude us from uniting in the face of a greater foe), to be right is often to be hated.
"Now I completely understand the policy of total isolationism started by the Founding Fathers."
Oh, not THIS again…. LIsten: The Founding Fathers had the LUXURY of isolationism (and no, NOT TOTAL isolationism, as you would know if you examined our actions during the Haitian revolution and various diplomatic issues with France, Britain, Spain, and the Corsairs) because of the technological limitations of their era, and were forced to by the ideologically incompatible nature of most of Europe. If the American Revolution had occurred in the modern world, it would have almost certainly failed, either during the war or because the digital age would have forced us into relations with nations we could not contain (such as France and Britain).
We do not have that luxury today, and the circumstances mean that we do not really have convincing reasons why not to (the world is still not pleasant, but we are not entirely alone, or at the mercy of various autocratic powers in Western Europe).
"To hell with this damn worthless ingrate world."
Tempting, but suicidal.
"America should remain strong and let the Hitler's, the Stalin's the Mao's and the terrorist cut up the world and rape all these nations that think America is evil."
Do you not fail to see the obvious contradiction between "America should remain strong" and letting the "Hitlers, Stalins, Maos, and the terrorist" running rampant? No? Here it is: in case you haven't noticed, the rest of the world actually has resources to those who can control it. Quite a few resources. Indeed, more than we do. And with far more people. If we pull up into fortress America and try and wait it out, sooner or later one of those monsters may actually be able to take over a good percentage of what is left. And they will probably use it to ATTACK us. And they will probably SUCCEED, given the disparities in their favor and the malaise that would certainly have set in to our military.
The Germans did it in WWI and WWII half successfully even when they were besieged and lacked regular access to Latin America, and the Soviets managed to park several nuclear missiles off the Gulf Coast as it is. How do you think they would fare if they dominated most of the world?
And this is before we get into the nasty moral issues of pulling up and leaving everyone else (including our Iraqi, Afghani, etc) allies to die. Because that worked out SOOO well in Indochina, ja?
"We've gone fishing and if you bother the USA we will end their misery in one big fireball and make these maniacs all go away…."
Ah, but what happens if those "maniacs" actually TAKE that fireball to the chin before turning much of the world's resources on us and blow us to ashes?
It may make a nice rant on a blog, but it is a DAMN poor strategy for foreign policy.
I get frustrated too, but however much the other side of the pond may be rotten ingrates, we can hardly afford to ignore it.
"Attributing righteousness to an illegal invasion is tantamount to Whoopi Goldberg's distinction between Polanski's rape and "rape-rape." The difference is simply a matter of scale."
You are correct. Fortunately, that WASN'T what we are doing. Or perhaps you missed the umpteen UN resolutions the Butcher of Baghdad broke, including the Gulf War ceasefire which EXPLICITLY permitted an IMMEDIATE RETURN TO HOSTILITIES IN THE CASE OF SUCH A VIOLATION? The simple fact is that even if Saddam had absolutely nothing to do with WMD (which is not so, whether or not there was anything left is debatable, but he certainly had used it in the past), it would still have been lawful to depose him.
"Jingoists do it up BIG. "
Proof?
"You shouldn't worry too much about liberal power in Ho'wood. It bows to fear and war-mongering just as readily as the Democrats."
Really? Well, given how blind and ignorant the Dems have been, that is none too reassuring.
Screw that. If he was smart, he wouldn't have RAPED a 13-year old. Or ANYBODY else.
Add Ewan McGregor to "the list." Shame, I liked him.
If they live in Baghdad or Fallujah or many other cities that got chopped up in the invasion and occupation, I suspect they'd agree with me– and they'd put quotes around "freedom."
I guess I'll have to do what Hollywood cannot. Boycott everything Polanski.
Like we care what that rapist thinks.
"It bows to fear and war-mongering just as readily as the Democrats."
Great. When does it start?
Rape comes darn close to being torture , don't you think?
I do think in a prisoner of war situation that is exactly what it would be called.
MASSIVE HYPOCRITE
Ironically, very ironically, it has reached the point where I have as little respect for the person and opinions of Roman Polanski as I do for Charles Manson.
Agreed.
No they wouldn't.
There is a possibility that the rebirth of the California prosecution against Polanski and his Swiss arrest was to stop the movie “The Ghostwriter” from being released. Maybe somebody didn't want it released.
It was 32 years ago California that prosecutors started this discriminatory prosecution against Polanski, but not against the American boy who was also having sex with the same underage girl, who had already had sex by the time she was 8 years old.
The discriminating prosecutors also did not address the mother’s neglect of her daughter. Maybe the mother wanted to blackmail Polanski for some cash.
The age for sex is earlier in France and Poland, and the Judge was committing illegal acts against Polanski like sentencing him twice and trying to take his right to stay in USA away. Then there was a bait and switch plea agreement – which made the court unstable and dangerous. Polanski had already served time in a Prison in California.
Also the sentence was not for rape, but was for consensual sex with an underage girl. There is a difference. There was no trial.
Roman Polanski was also set up by a mother who for some reason did not chaperone her underage daughter with an older foreign film director known for his love of women, when she knew her daughter would model for him
The girl has forgiven Polanski, but the State doesn’t care.
There is a double standard in California since government employees condone and cover up sexual assault of women. They band together and frame the women who have already been sexually victimized.
So why should Polanski come to the State of California at all, when there is no fair play, and often foul play, where he will be subjected to a double standard, just as the women whose sexual assault complaints are covered up by California authorities are subjected to the Government's double standard.
Also if the U.S. Department of Justice can forgive John Yoo, Jay Bybee, for the Torture Memos that allowed others to kill and torture people, although Yoo & Bybee's real purpose may have been to take the rap for the Torture Memos to divert the attention away from those who had insisted upon them, then there is no good reason why the U.S. Justice department could not pardon Polanski a foreign person who had consensual sex with a minor 32 years ago- when the victim forgave him long ago.
If Polanski is detained much longer some people may begin to wonder if what happened 32 years ago is the real problem, or whether it is something else.
Would you rather be oppressed by being a prisoner in Abu Ghraib,
or by being a young girl in Roman Polanski’s hot tub,
or would you rather be assaulted and battered in a Santa Monica Courtroom California by a number of undocumented white County of Los Angeles Sheriff Deputies and the African American Police Officer in that courtroom in front of a County of Los Angeles Judge (who is now California Justice) in the same Santa Monica Courthouse as Roman Polanski.
for reporting Santa Monica College Officials and their police cover up of sexual assault complaint against a photography instructor that occurred from behind in his color printing darkroom class.
Note: The California Appeal Judge former County Judge cannot remember which sheriff deputies were in his courtroom and what color skin they had, so would you rely on him to make a fair Judicial decision.
Bottom line is – the amount of oppression that Roman Polanski could bring is rather minor in comparison to the Abuse of Power of Officials en masse and under color of law.
May contain spoilers to the movie, “The Ghost Writer”
Some may believe Polanski’s movie "The Ghost Writer" bears no resemblance to reality, or his current situation.
In the movie two ghost writers, face the same corruption. The first perishes under strange circumstances much as Polanski did in America due to Judicial Corruption at the Santa Monica Courthouse.
And just as there are two ghosts in the movie, so too are there two victims of Judicial corruption in reality.
The second victim suffers police brutality by undocumented White County of Los Angeles Sheriffs Deputies, for reporting Police cover up of her sexual assault complaint against a Santa Monica College photography teacher.
The same Judge for overseeing the police brutality in his courtroom was promoted to the California Court of Appeals on police brutality day, just as Jay S. Bybee who signed the Torture Memos for the Bush administration was promoted to the 9th Circuit Federal Appeal Court.
As Polanski plus another have been victimized by Judicial Misconduct in the same Santa Monica Courthouse, Polanski’s claim is substantiated because there is a Judicial double standard for sexual assault cases depending on who the perpetrator is:
Roman Polanski
or
A State employee, who then is assisted by corrupt police & the Court itself.
The second victim sued in Federal District Court but got slowly tortured by Los Angeles County & Judge Jay S. Bybee's January 11th 2006 decision. Not sure if the prognosis is rosy?
Polanski’s movie "The Ghost Writer" warns viewers to not to seek truth, or expose political facts that Officials want covered up, because if you do, you may end up as a ghost.
Santa Monica Judicial Corruption met innocence over water
The Santa Monica Judge corrupted the plea agreement by breaking it,
So the Judge was corrupt.
Roman Polanski was an innocent non breaching party to the plea bargain agreement, he had fully served the non appealable sentence of Jail time imposed by the plea bargain agreement.at Chino, California
Therefore Judicial Corruption met innocence over the water in Santa Monica, and it is about time to heal the bay.
Judicial Corruption meets innocence over water
The Judge corrupted the plea agreement by breaking it.
The non breaching & thus the innocent and injured party to the plea bargain agreement was Roman Polanski,
who had already been sentenced to a non-appealable jail sentence at Chino by the Santa Monica Judge Rittenband which Polanski had already served & performed as part of the plea bargain agreement. in 1977
Bottom Line: Judicial Corruption meets innocence over Santa Monica water
Heal the Bay
I would say that the Ghost Writer is another of Polanski’s Masterpieces. It is funny and entertaining, and many scenes are excellent. It is true that Polanski gets the best from his actors, and the scenes are visually rich, on edge exciting, and extremely well orchestrated. There is also much humor and truth to the film which makes it important film making.
In regards to Polanski’s current legal problems and in a world where creeps abound – Marina Zenovich's definitive documentary "Polanski: Wanted and Desired" says it all by showing creeping corruption by creepy Los Angeles judges and prosecutors against Polanski in 1977 & 78,
Polanski was also a creep for not checking the girl's age.
The mother was a bigger creep for furnishing her underage daughter to Polanski unattended.
The teenage girl was also a creep for not running away, unfortunately s either attracted to Polanski, and/ or too interested in securing her acting opportunity.
What a trap!
Polanski's arrest must be a pretext now after 32 years, since the arrest has come too far too late.
Coming too late, the arrest now must be in retaliation for Zenovich's movie which exposes creeping official corruption against Polanski at the Santa Monica Courthouse all those years ago.
Polanski's arrest in 2009 may also be in retaliation for Polanski's movie "The Ghost Writer" since the movie illustrates what happens to individuals who want to expose Official corruption, when they are up against creepy ruthless officials who need to bury their connections to war crimes.
Remember Polanski and his family has run into a few of those ruthless killer officials on both sides of the pond, his personal experience of this is real, not just something that happens in a movie!
The world is full of creeps, and many get away with it.
For instance Jay S. Bybee was confirmed as a Judge for the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals by the Senate on March 13, 2003, long before any of the "torture memos" became public. The Torture Memos outlined the boundaries for enhanced interrogation of suspected terrorist detainees in Bush’s war on terror.
In addition a gang of creeps is far more life -threatening to the individual than one creep alone, especially if the gang of creeps are official.
So isn't this what happened to Polanski in 1978, that after being a creep and after paying his dues, a gang of Official creeps in Santa Monica wouldn't let go, & instead of encountering justice, even his own lawyer Douglas Dalton couldn't help him.
In conclusion Polanski out grew or gave up on being a creep some time ago. He has a healthy survival instinct and that is why no-one has seen him in America since January 1978.
People should see his movie. It is excellent, a Polanski/Hitchcock fusion, lots of excitement, fine acting by all, and lots of fun humor too.
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