Polanski's support by Thierry/ TWC

Thierry Fremaux enlists Harvey Weinstein in bid to save Polanski28 September, 2009 | By Jeremy Kay
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via AC care e la fel de incommunicado ca si RP !!!

Harvey Weinstein has leant his support to a move by the French film-making community to petition against the possible US extradition of Roman Polanski following the Oscar winning director’s arrest in Zurich late on Saturday.

Weinstein immediately become involved when he was approached by Cannes Film Festival director Thierry Fremaux after Polanski was taken into custody in connection with the charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl dating back to 1977.

“We’re calling on every film-maker we can to help fix this terrible situation,” Weinstein said. Sources close to The Weinstein Company said the mogul would reach out to Hollywood to lobby against any move to bring Polanski to the US, where he could face up to 50 years in jail.

It is understood the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s office learned of Polanski’s trip to the Zurich Film Festival and presented an arrest warrant to Swiss authorities who promptly took him into custody. The Oscar winning director of The Pianist was due to give a masterclass at the festival on Sunday.

However the timing of the arrest has puzzled observers, who pointed out Polanski had owned a property in Switzerland and made a number of visits prior to his detention. Indeed the director’s agent, ICM chief Jeff Berg, said the film-maker was in Switzerland this summer editing The Ghost.

Swiss Justice Ministry spokesman Guido Balmer rejected suggestions that the arrest was political. Unsubstantiated online reports claim the incident may be a gambit by Switzerland to curry favour with US authorities in light of the unfolding tax evasion scandal involving the Swiss banking giant UBS and American account holders.

In a statement issued on Sunday Polanski’s attorneys said: “We were unaware of any extradition being sought and separate counsel will be retained for those proceedings.”

After Weinstein picked up international theatrical rights last January to the HBO documentary Roman Polanski: Wanted And Desired, which highlights legal irregularities in the case against the director, he intimated the film might play a part in getting the charges dropped.

Earlier this year a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge rejected Polanski’s attempt to do just that after the Polish director failed to appear in court in person, however the judge agreed there was “substantial misconduct” in the original hearing. An appeal is pending.

Polanski fled the US to France in 1978 after he pleaded guilty to unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, now 45-year-old Samantha Geimer, who subsequently sued the director for an undisclosed amount and earlier this year called on authorities to drop the case against him.

Polanski..arrested development...

l-au arestat pe Polanski !!! unde ? in Elvetia ! de ce ? pentru "violul" din 1977, ca urmare a unui tratat de extradare din 1950 intre Elvetia si SUA ! invitat la festivalul de film de la Zurich, Polanksi a fost imbarcat si luat...ce o urma, ar trebui ca o lume intreaga sa spumege, problema a fost ca judecatorul american nu a vrut sa-i suspende sentinta, nici cind 'agresata" a zis ca l-a iertat si acerut expres acest lucru...

stire pe associated press, cercetat azi cind am primit sms de RIP Polanski, stiam ca e bine sanatos, si tocmai am mai facut un film, si nu am gasit nici o dovada in acest sens decit legat de arestarea lui, dau telefon si mi se zice, "pai daca l-au arestat si-l extradeaza si-l baga in puscarie nu e ca si mort ?"
well, we'll see about this...

The Swiss Directors Association sharply criticized authorities for what it deemed "not only a grotesque farce of justice, but also an immense cultural scandal."

in schimb autoritatile elvetiene sunt "no comment", vedeti in schimb comentariile poster-ilor care il declara un monstru depravat...Elvetia, tzara neutra, mein arsch !

recuperari: Cargo 200 /Gruz 200 (2007)

de ce la recuperari ? pentru ca l-am pierdut la TIFF anul trecut or so, si pentru ca auzisem ca e bun si vroiam sa-l vad. Dar nu stiam exact plotul asa ca am fost surprins,...se bazeaza pe intimplari reale, petrecute in URSS, intre orasul Leninsk, si satul Kaliaevo, in 1984. Iar titlul, Gruz 200 vine de la transportul de sicrie cu cadavre ale soldatilor rusi in Agfanistan, si e, ca sa zic asa, metaforic. E o comedie neagra, combinata cu horror, thriller si totodat o dram si o satira a epocii sovietice...
Aleksei Balabanov (Brat si Pro urodov i lyudey /Of Freaks and Men, care se pare ca e ceva de vazut neaparat) combina un Texas Chainsaw Massacre autohton cu ceva si mai infiorator, in monotonia societatii comuniste pre-Cernobil, cu cu un militian dement, si mama sa alcoolica, in perioada moonshine, bootlegging, de prohibitie sovietica...a fost la Gjon, la Rotterdam, la Sochi, dar merita sa mearga la Cannes sau Venetia !

soundtrackul este extrem de referential pentru nativii rusi, cu piese hit din epoca, cam cum ar fi fost la noi cu Iris, Semnal M, Holograf, Compact, FFN sau via Cenaclul Flacara...dar nu stiu exact asa cum ar sti un basarabean din Chisinau...
recommended, one-of-a kind, mai aproape de Calvarul belgian al lui De Weitz si de Buttgereit decit de Tobe Hooper..
gasit o cronica romaneasca cu analiza amanuntita pe movieblog buna dar cu spoilere !!!
4 din 5, 8 din 10 !!!
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