Dr. O' Nothing wrote:
ROPO =s
RO (ROman + POlanski).

BTW--okay, child rape is unconcionable, but i thought this thread was about the man's films, not his personal life.

I was only messing around with you, I know you prefer RUPAUL

Man, I'm sorry I ever brought up this EXCELLENT DIRECTOR fucking KIDS.

in the 60's Polanski and wife Sharon Tate were part of a clique of Hollywood LSD gobbling occult dabblers that included Peter Sellers, Elke Sommers and Yul Brynner. They liked taking MDA and indulging in orgiastic celebrity frenzies. Allegedly Polanski & Tate were also members of an alexandrian coven. Perhaps it was in this atmosphere of libertine wantonality that Polanski acquired his pederastical predilictions? Or was it a neurotically morose compulsion that grew out of his delerious bereavement following his wife's violent death at the hands of Paul McCartney?

frelnamp wrote:in the 60's Polanski and wife Sharon Tate were part of a clique of Hollywood LSD gobbling occult dabblers that included Peter Sellers, Elke Sommers and Yul Brynner. They liked taking MDA and indulging in orgiastic celebrity frenzies. Allegedly Polanski & Tate were also members of an alexandrian coven. Perhaps it was in this atmosphere of libertine wantonality that Polanski acquired his pederastical predilictions? Or was it a neurotically morose compulsion that grew out of his delerious bereavement following his wife's violent death at the hands of Paul McCartney?

Or maybe it was spending his childhood running and hiding from the Nazis (who killed his family).

Yes I think I see your point. Would you care to elaborate on how that would be a greater influence on Polanski's decision to seduce a 14 year old girl than the things I mentioned?

http://www.hawaiinews.com/archives/media/000097.shtml

You know that makes me look bad when you follow up my bubbly provocative post with your mopey withdrawn one before you disappear into the mildew.

frelnamp wrote:You know that makes me look bad when you follow up my bubbly provocative post with your mopey withdrawn one before you disappear into the mildew.

I'd rather talk about his films...

Chinatown is one of the few films that I have seen that I would claim to be perfect. The pacing, story, cinematography, casting, lead performances, symbolism, dialogue, setting, music and sad, dark heart inside work together such that I never consider it to be a genre film; it doesn't even deign to address its nature self-consciously, unlike the other noirs of the time (The Long Goodbye and Night Moves jump to mind). There is an icy cruelty to its revelations which speak of Polanski's disgust; the useless horror in Nicholson's face make this his best performance, I think. Notably, Polanski completely changed the ending from Towne's original.

Glossy? I'd say there was more of a dead-eyed, merciless California shine to it. The close-ups have an enquiring, ethnographic quality, as if to say, look at these people who live here, what makes them do what they do...

I like the other films of his that I have seen (especially Repulsion), but for me Chinatown alone shoves Polanski into NOT CRAP.

I'd agree that he seems to be a shit in person, and not just for screwing that teenager. From reading Easy Riders, Raging Bulls I have the impression that he was very much part of a male-dominated culture that felt they had a right to fuck whoever they pleased in whatever way they wanted, regardless of personal responsibilities or the vulnerability of the other. Allegedly, he was cheating on Sharon Tate when Manson's lot slaughtered her.

However, if this behaviour were to be taken to disqualify him from greatness, the same criteria would apply to the great majority of artistically successful film-makers and actors from that generation. Peckinpah, Coppola, Friedkin, Hal Ashby, Robert Altman, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson, Towne, Rafelson, Godard, Bogdanovich... All were shits to women to varying degrees. But they made some outstanding films in my opinion.

I wonder if he'd fuck me if I shaved my pubes clean?

I'd be a star fucker for realz new york!

Hexpane wrote:I wonder if he'd fuck me if I shaved my pubes clean?

I'd be a star fucker for realz new york!

Hexpane, you'd need to go through puberty first.