kakki wrote: >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. > Kakki, you and Kate are giving me new information which helps to re-assess what I understood. Thank you both.
Vince
