I ugens nye konkurrencer udlodder Filmz 3 x dvd til Roman Polanskis “Skyggen”, som Filmz’ anmelder skrev således om:
“… en skarptskåret skematisk, ja nærmest overtydelig konventionel thriller, og det på den dejligt klassiske facon.”
Deltag også i ugens anden nye konkurrence, hvor vi sætter Blu-rays og dvd på højkant til den danske komedie “Parterapi”.
Endelig udloddes 6 x dvd til gyseren “Blood Creek”, der handler om okkulte eksperimenter med tråde til Hitlers Tredje Rige.
Klik her, og deltag i ugens nye konkurrencer.
#1 Nukleon 14 år siden
#2 Yoda 14 år siden
Nej, "The Pianist" fra 2002 er ganske givet at ligestille med visuel lort. Og "Oliver Twist" fra 2005 er en helt igennem elendig film, der tangerer noget af det værste i filmhistorien. Og "The Ghost Writer - som jo slet ikke har fået fine ord med på vejen af nationale såvel som internationale filmkritikere og som har en 84% "fresh rating" på Rotten Tomatoes - er en filmisk vederstyggelighed. Polanskis tre sidste film er i sandhed belastende dårlige.
Og "pædofil voldtægtsmand og en flygtning" ... come on!
#3 filmz-Bruce 14 år siden
#4 Nicki52 14 år siden
#5 Nukleon 14 år siden
#6 Yoda 14 år siden
Nogle gange skader det ikke at være lidt mere nuanceret i sin tilgang til film. Hvad finder du evt. dårligt ved "The Pianist" og "Oliver Twist"?
Jeg vil hverken kalde ham pædofil eller voldtægtsmand. Det er trist, at en så kompleks sag som Polanskis skal udmønte i et så uforstående had. At han har begået fejl kan ikke diskuteres, men det betyder ikke, at han gang på gang skal brændes på bålet.
#7 Nukleon 14 år siden
#8 Nicki52 14 år siden
Skulle til at skrive noget af dem samme. Men Nukleon kom først
#9 filmz-Bruce 14 år siden
In an effort to preserve her anonymity, Geimer's attorney arranged a plea bargain which Polanski accepted, and, under the terms, five charges from the indictment were to be dismissed. On 8 August 1977, Polanski entered a plea of guilty to Charge III of the indictment, Unlawful Sexual Intercourse, in violation of California Penal Code § 261.5, a charge which is synonymous under California law with statutory rape. The judge, Laurence J. Rittenband, received a probation report and psychiatric evaluation, both indicating that Polanski should not serve jail time. In response, the filmmaker was ordered to a 90-day psychiatric evaluation at Chino State Prison.
On 28 January 1978, Polanski was released after undergoing the in-prison psychiatric evaluation, serving 42 days. Despite expectations and recommendations that he would receive only probation at sentencing, the judge "suggested to Polanski's attorneys" that more jail time and possible deportation were in order. Upon learning of the judge's plans Polanski fled to France on 1 February 1978, hours before he was to be formally sentenced. As a French citizen, he has been protected from extradition and has mostly lived in France, avoiding countries likely to extradite him. Because he fled prior to sentencing, all six of the original charges remain pending.
Geimer sued Polanski in 1988, alleging sexual assault, intentional infliction of emotional distress and seduction. In 1993 Polanski agreed to settle with Geimer; however, in August 1996 Polanski still owed her $604,416. Geimer and her lawyers would later confirm the settlement was completed. In 1997, Geimer publicly forgave Polanski and filed a formal request with the Los Angeles Police Department to drop charges against him. In 2003 she wrote an Op Ed piece in the Los Angeles Times advocating for him to be allowed to return to the US to accept an Academy Award.
On 26 September 2009, Polanski was taken into custody at the Zurich airport by Swiss police at the request of U.S. authorities, for a 2005 international arrest warrant, as he traveled to accept a lifetime achievement award at the Zurich Film Festival. After initially being jailed, on 4 December 2009 Polanski was granted house arrest at his Gstaad residence on US$4.5 million bail, while awaiting decision of appeals fighting extradition. On 22 January 2010, California Superior Court Judge Peter Espinoza ruled that Polanski must return to be sentenced.
Switzerland sets Polish film director Roman Polanski free On 12 July 2010, the Swiss authorities announced that they would not extradite Polanski to the U.S. in part due to a fault in the American request for extradition. Polanski was no longer subject to house arrest, or any monitoring by Swiss authorities. In a press conference held by Swiss Justice Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf, she stated that Polanski's extradition to the U.S. was rejected, in part, because U.S. officials failed to produce certain documents, specifically "confidential testimony from a January 2010 hearing on Mr. Polanski's original sentencing agreement." According to Swiss officials, the records were required to determine if Polanski's 42-day court-ordered psychiatric evaluation at Chino State Prison constituted Polanski's whole sentence according to the now-deceased Judge Rittenband, reasoning that if this was the correct understanding, then "Roman Polanski would actually have already served his sentence and therefore both the proceedings on which the U.S. extradition request is founded and the request itself would have no foundation."
Der er ikke mere at komme efter. De amerikanske myndigheder kunne i næsten et år, ikke formå at levere dokumenterne og nu har manden både siddet inde 42 dage "dengang", pigen har droppet anklagerne og manden har siddet i husarrest næsten et år.
Jeg bryder mig ikke om pædofili og skal ikke forsvare mandens handlinger. Men mandens film bliver ikke påvirket af om instruktøren er et godt menneske, eller et dumt svin.
#10 Yoda 14 år siden
Som Bruce skriver, så har Polanski i den grad sonet sin straf ... og mere til. Hans handlinger kan - om ikke undskyldes - så dog blive set og vurderet i et lys, der ikke er præget af had. At han gjorde noget forkert, er han også selv klar over, men der er omstændigheder i denne sag, der gør, at han ikke igen og igen skal hentes til slagtebænken af en pøbel, der ønsker bål, brand og halshugning. Manden har været ude for mere end de fleste og han har -som skrevet - sonet sin straf.