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Post by In_Stereo on Sept 6, 2005 15:38:13 GMT -5
Because if we don't release his films, the government will be accused of trying to suppress artistic expression. Remember Chris "Virgin mary with Elephant Dung" Ofili?
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 6, 2005 15:43:38 GMT -5
Actually, it's because said criminal is employed by American studios who don't care about his sordid past so long as he makes them a profit.
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Post by Shep on Sept 7, 2005 13:42:15 GMT -5
I'm looking forward to this actually. Hope it's a nice period piece like "Tess" was.
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Post by losingmydignity on Sept 7, 2005 14:04:25 GMT -5
Oliver Twist. Um, how can a US criminal be able to release films in the US? Because he was never convicted of the crime..... |
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Sept 7, 2005 14:07:30 GMT -5
Hey, Jesus was a criminal in terms of Roman law, but his religion became the official one after awhile.
Wait. Did I just compare Roman Polanski to Jesus? Man...I need to go lie down. It's been a bad day.
It'll probably be an awesome movie, though...I'll tell you after I steal a copy of it.
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 7, 2005 14:18:32 GMT -5
Hey, Jesus was a criminal in terms of Roman law, but his religion became the official one after awhile. Wait. Did I just compare Roman Polanski to Jesus? Man...I need to go lie down. It's been a bad day. It'll probably be an awesome movie, though...I'll tell you after I steal a copy of it. Actually, Jesus was a criminal in terms of Jewish law because he claimed to be God. He was innocent in terms of Roman law (see Pilate's comments), but they put him to death because they feared a rebellion similar to the Maccabean revolt in the previous century. Wait, did I just help turn a Polanski thread into a religious one? I need to go lie down, too. Not only do I have no respect for Polanski, I'm not much of a Dickens fan. He's like Jane Austen, if you read one of his books, you've read them all. |
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Post by mummifiedstalin on Sept 7, 2005 14:34:35 GMT -5
Hey, Jesus was a criminal in terms of Roman law, but his religion became the official one after awhile. Wait. Did I just compare Roman Polanski to Jesus? Man...I need to go lie down. It's been a bad day. It'll probably be an awesome movie, though...I'll tell you after I steal a copy of it. Actually, Jesus was a criminal in terms of Jewish law because he claimed to be God. He was innocent in terms of Roman law (see Pilate's comments), but they put him to death because they feared a rebellion similar to the Maccabean revolt in the previous century. Wait, did I just help turn a Polanski thread into a religious one? I need to go lie down, too. Not only do I have no respect for Polanski, I'm not much of a Dickens fan. He's like Jane Austen, if you read one of his books, you've read them all. Blah blah history facts and truth blah blah. But the real sin is what you just said about Dickens. Granted, many of the books are very similar (kids and other "innocents" being exploited). But it's such a great, great book! But then...Pickwick Papers and Bleak House: not similar. David Copperfield and A Christmas Carol: not similar. Seriously...how can you not like Dickens? I almost became a Victorianist just so I could read him for the rest of my life (which I'll do anyway). And now I just turned this thread into a literary thread. But Polanski (the man, not the director) is such a disgusting topic, anyway, that we should change it. Seriously, though, I need to lie down. I've had nothing to eat all day but coffee which is not (I think) a food...and too much of that. |
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Post by Mr. Atari on Sept 7, 2005 14:57:41 GMT -5
Okay, I'll grant you that Dickens had more variety than Austen or, say, the Bronte sisters.
So I'll give props to "The Christmas Carol", "Tale of Two Cities", and "Great Expectations".
But his industrial age/orphan/class struggle works all run together. I had a year of British Novel for my English degree, and more than half of that was devoted to Austen and Dickens. By the time I got 100 pages into "Bleak House", I could have written the rest of the book by memory. Especially seeing as how I had read it already when it was called "Hard Times".
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Post by losingmydignity on Sept 8, 2005 17:39:37 GMT -5
I'm just wondering if Polanski will ever win an oscar for best director and like Chaplin (who had very similiar problems) show up at the cermeony and get a standing ovation....
Anyone else seen Bitter Moon?
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Post by Ratso on Sept 8, 2005 20:21:34 GMT -5
Anyone else seen Bitter Moon? I saw Paper Moon. Does that count? |
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Post by losingmydignity on Sept 8, 2005 20:59:52 GMT -5
Anyone else seen Bitter Moon? I saw Paper Moon. Does that count? LOL.....that was the sequel! |
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Post by Shep on Sept 9, 2005 8:41:53 GMT -5
I'm just wondering if Polanski will ever win an oscar for best director and like Chaplin (who had very similiar problems) show up at the cermeony and get a standing ovation.... Anyone else seen Bitter Moon? I've never seen "Bitter Moon," but I've heard of it. Need to check that out. I suspect Polanski would get that standing ovation. I also suspect most actors and actresses would be queueing up to get a chance to talk to, and possibly work with, him. |
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Post by RafaelH on Sept 9, 2005 14:43:23 GMT -5
I'm just wondering if Polanski will ever win an oscar for best director and like Chaplin (who had very similiar problems) show up at the cermeony and get a standing ovation.... Anyone else seen Bitter Moon? Polanski won best director for the Pianist and didn't show up. |
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