Vince wrote: > Whether Polanski was guilty of just a horrid mistake in judgment or an actual > criminal act, I do not know, but I have always suspected it was the > former. And at that time period, being a Holocaust survivor having gone > through the Manson killings losing his 8 months pregnant wife so > brutally, I can comprehend a person who was not acting as I might prefer > - presuming it was a horrid mistake in judgment in a consensual act as > opposed to a criminal act.
Vince, I do not want to take anything away from his sufferings as a Holocaust victim and the horrible loss of his wife, and I do think he is a brilliant director and The Pianist is one of the greatest movies I've ever seen. Notwithstanding that, he has done, to put it mildly, inappropriate deeds, when it comes to young girls. He admitted to it all - the drugging and raping of the 13 year old girl and was assured he would get off by his Hollywood advisors. However, when the judge looked at it all, he allegedly commented to one of Polanski's friends that he was going to throw the book at Polanski and that is when he fled. I know of other information, also, but it would not be appropriate for me to say it here. But trust me on this one - he did not just have a lapse because he had lost his wife. It is unfortunate that he did not just do the time and make amends. Then his latest win would at least have a bit more honor. My estimation of Anjelica Huston, who was there somewhere in Nicholson's house as I recall at the time, and who was cheering so openly last night, has gone way down, I'm afraid. Kakki
