Doctor Gonzo

How about a cell next to Manson...

Solid Snake

I like Chinatown and The Pianist, never seen the others sadly..though they will be seen at some point. Regardless of what the victim now says...I still think he has to be punished for his crimes. Heralded director or not...a rapist is a rapist.

Coral

You just stumbled onto the greatest idea for a reality TV show... ever.

They can call it "Charlietown".

"Forget it, Roman. It's Charlietown"

NoirFan

I don't remember, sorry. On a commentary track or a featurette (on the Cruising DVD possibly?) Freidkin mentions this. Wish I could be more specific.

CloverClover

Yes but there is another end of the spectrum too, while your connection/thoughts to Polanski brings up bad memories, mine is one in which I connect so totally with the work that I feel less alone in this world .. there are only a handful of other film directors I feel this with...

However we have to find a middle ground, he is not the kind of pervert that did this over and over in their life, in fact he has led a peaceful and productive life since then and even won an oscar. So if I was the judge then maybe I would have the profits he would get from his new movie The Ghost, be given to an organization who tracks down real perverts/molesters off the internet

This way we can have something good brought out from something bad. anything else would just be a spectacle and would be pointless, there are real sick criminals out there who need to be removed from society because they are only about destruction, I know Polanski is not one of them, even though his work is very dark, it is also both spiritual and healing.

Jack Straw

Then I guess the word 'never' doesn't apply.

dhmac

One thing that's interesting about the case is Polanski had a plea bargain agreement back in '77/'78 but then only fled after the judge on the case was apparently going to reject the agreement. A different judge on the case accepting the plea bargain back then and this whole thing could've been over long ago.

It'll be interesting to see how this plays out now. (And Polanski should at least be glad, based on this recent news story, that his other home country of Poland is not after him.)

Dr. DVD

I wonder if they'll try to extradite him back to Poland for punishment?

toddly6666

haha, sucker!

JumpCutz

Not a problem NoirFan. Thanks for the heads-up.

William Fuld

About time they got that odd-looking Jewish foreigner.

DeputyDave

That's it, its racism! I knew there was a reason why I disapproved of his child raping ways, I hate Jews. Thank you.

In any of those cases you mentioned (Elvis, Lewis, hot MILF teacher) did they drug and forcibly sodomize their underage victims against their will, despite being begged not to? Just curious.

JumpCutz

wirefan

+1 If the guy didn't make movies, what do you think would happen? You really think people would say maybe it's best to put this behind us? It'll be interesting if he serves hard time... his crime is not too well looked upon in the prison system and he might be catching instead of pitching.

Plexico Burress just got 2 years for carrying a gun that was not licensed in the state of NY... I fail to see how drugging sodomizing and raping a minor + fleeing the jurisdiction should not get substantially more than that... is sodomizing a minor not as bad as say carrying an unlicensed gun?

Cheato

Bonus points for having the name "Plexico."

EDIT: NoirFan pointed out that it is "Plaxico," so minus points to wirefan. I was considering "Plexico" for my firstborn child, imagining a giant multinational plexiglass conglomerate in my bloodline's future. My dreams are shot.

RocShemp

It's sad that we live in a world where such a question needs to be asked. I understand that he settled with the girl and that she wants to put the past behind her but he still needs to answer to his crime. If not, all a rapist need do is throw cash his victim's way and live free to rape again.

Shannon Nutt

Yeah, that's the main reason Polanski fled - not because he wasn't willing to serve time, but because the judge was about to double cross him.

That said, Polanski should serve some kind of sentence...but does anyone consider him a danger to society? I'm not condoning what he did, but only those with an American mindset of "justice" would want to see this man put away for the rest of his life. I say give him the sentence he was originally supposed to get (as part of the plea) and give him another year on top of that for fleeing the States, and be done with it.

NoirFan

Though it's actually Plaxico.

Hokeyboy

I've never heard a single person say this. Ever. Not even once.

Nazgul

http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/28/...ted/index.html

The French culture and communications minister, Frederic Mitterrand, said he "learned with astonishment" of Polanski's arrest. He expressed solidarity with Polanski's family and said "he wants to remind everyone that Roman Polanski benefits from great general esteem" and has "exceptional artistic creation and human qualities."

Groucho

For those who don't get why the French are defending this guy, imagine how Americans would feel if he were a pro football player, and I think you'll understand.

DeputyDave

Like everyone stood by Michael Vick? And he was only sodomizing dogs.

Damed

You mean like OJ Simpson?

Solid Snake

Yeah...I think him raping a girl goes beyond that. I don't think him being a holocaust survivor can ever make a person pity him for his act of rape.

Dr. DVD

I don't pity the guy in the slightest.

Do I think what he did was wrong? Yes

Should he be punished? Most definitely

Do I agree with the way they have stretched this out over 30 years and how they have all of a sudden decided to handle it? No. I think if they had really wanted the guy, they should have jumped through all of the necessary hoops long ago to get him extradited back when all was relevant. Also, he wasn't fleeing because he didn't see what he did was wrong, he fled because he plead guilty, had his attorneys reach a settlement, and then learned he was going to get the shaft despite earlier negotiations.

I agree with what the earlier poster said, have him serve the time they agreed to before the judge reneged and be done with it.