Saturday, February 7, 2009

Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired

This is one of the best films of the year. It's quite an artifact or, rather, it's full of artifacts from a case so bizarre I expect a musical version is coming soon. Roman Polanski is a fascinating figure; he's one of the unluckiest human beings of the past hundred years, at least, as well as one of the best film directors. Whatever your impression of him, this documentary has a thing or two to teach you. At times, it feels more like a fiction film.

I think RP got a raw deal, personally. The shit he's gone through - really, it's plenty. He's suffered enough. Cut the poor bastard a break.

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