Movie - The Ghost - brilliant

[Rob W 0]

Saw it last night - stayed very close to the book, top class acting and Polanski's shooting is sooo atmospheric..............

 

God forbid it was true..............

 

(And a curse on anyone who posts the twist in the tale.............)

[Rob W 0]

they picked him up after he'd finished the movie and was off to collect an award.......................

[Happy Face 29]

The film was shot before his arrest. He edited it in jail.

 

He was trying to do it on his laptop in his cell, but found it a struggle (as you would) so he went to see the govenor and got a nice little dedicated room off the cafeteria filled with equipment and his French editor was allowed to come each day until 4.30pm.

 

If only all cons could apply themselves so positively in chokey.

[ewerk 31597]

I hope that one day all kiddy arse-rapists get that sort of fair treatment.

[Happy Face 29]

Given that he's proven to be no danger to society over more than 30 years and the victim hates the media circus around it so much she's asked for the charges to be dropped, I think it's a wate of money treating him so fairly.

[ewerk 31597]

Should all crimes be forgotten about after a set period of time?

[Happy Face 29]

Should all crimes be forgotten about after a set period of time?

 

No

[Rob W 0]

nowt to do with the movie TBH

[Barney 0]

Patrick Swayze is a cunt, imo.

[ewerk 31597]

Should all crimes be forgotten about after a set period of time?

 

No

 

So what sort of crimes should be then? Engaging in anal sex with a 13 year old girl would be one of the things I would suggest shouldn't be let slide.

[Rob W 0]

was he in the movie??? Didn't see him TBH

 

Kim Cattrall is rather tasty but how they list Rick Ricardelli ahead of Pierce Brosnan I can't figure

 

and Eli Walalch is in it - and he goes back to 1951 - remember The Magnificent Seven (1960)

 

Calvera (Walalch): Now, to business! I could kill you all. You agree?

[Dead silence]

Calvera: Well, you don't disagree!

[Happy Face 29]

Should all crimes be forgotten about after a set period of time?

 

No

 

So what sort of crimes should be then? Engaging in anal sex with a 13 year old girl would be one of the things I would suggest shouldn't be let slide.

 

There shouldn't be any indisputable punishments related to any crime. Judge each case on it's own terms.

 

I think in some cases it can be a waste of money to jail 76 year old men that pose no danger and haven't been involved in crime for decades.

[Happy Face 29]

nowt to do with the movie TBH

 

Happens whenever anyone mentions a Polanski film.

 

If you really wanted to stick to the movie as a topic you'd have been better off putting your review in the movie thread. It might have stood a chance.

[donaldstott 0]

Movie I watched most recently thread become redundant I see

[Park Life 71]

The film was shot before his arrest. He edited it in jail.

 

He was trying to do it on his laptop in his cell, but found it a struggle (as you would) so he went to see the govenor and got a nice little dedicated room off the cafeteria filled with equipment and his French editor was allowed to come each day until 4.30pm.

 

If only all cons could apply themselves so positively in chokey.

 

... apparently a steady stream of fresh girls and pre-cut Colombian did the trick.

[ewerk 31597]

Should all crimes be forgotten about after a set period of time?

 

No

 

So what sort of crimes should be then? Engaging in anal sex with a 13 year old girl would be one of the things I would suggest shouldn't be let slide.

 

There shouldn't be any indisputable punishments related to any crime. Judge each case on it's own terms.

 

I think in some cases it can be a waste of money to jail 76 year old men that pose no danger and haven't been involved in crime for decades.

 

We'll agree to disagree.

[Jusoda Kid 1]

Thats the occasion you know about, what about the other times. Hang the sick bastard

[Rob W 0]

Patrick Swayze or Pierce Brosnan ???

[luckyluke 2]

Should all crimes be forgotten about after a set period of time?

 

No

 

So what sort of crimes should be then? Engaging in anal sex with a 13 year old girl would be one of the things I would suggest shouldn't be let slide.

 

There shouldn't be any indisputable punishments related to any crime. Judge each case on it's own terms.

 

I think in some cases it can be a waste of money to jail 76 year old men that pose no danger and haven't been involved in crime for decades.

 

We'll agree to disagree.

 

I'm with ewerk. The fact he's had decades to show that he hasn't been involved in crime was his choice, not the legal system's as he fled justice. He had no right to make that decision

 

Plus Wacky's point has some merit.

 

I'm not saying that he should necessarily face a prison sentence that would probably keep him behind bars the rest of his life (which I'd imagine the going rate for his particular crime would ensure) but he certainly should be put on trial and face justice. To simply shrug and say "well, it was a long time ago" is just not good enough.

[Jusoda Kid 1]

If it was your daughter it happened to I don't think anyone would be saying 'ah well, it was a while ago, he's probably alright now', he'd be in a fucking coffin, simple as.

[ewerk 31597]

HF is clearly pro-kiddy rape, there's no other explanation for it.

[luckyluke 2]

"as far as we know" he hasn't been upto anything.

 

Well you can only someone for the crimes for which you have reasonable belief that they have committed, but like I said the fact that he's been well behaved for the last 30 years and no longer poses a threat is something that should be determined in a court of law, not from the absence of news headlines.

[Jusoda Kid 1]

HF is clearly pro-kiddy rape, there's no other explanation for it.

 

Agreed, it's scared me tbh

[luckyluke 2]

nowt to do with the movie TBH

 

Happens whenever anyone mentions a Polanski film.

 

If you really wanted to stick to the movie as a topic you'd have been better off putting your review in the movie thread. It might have stood a chance.

 

You can shove this snotty sort of shit up your arse (ain't that a picture ) btw. If Polanski wanted people to talk about his works only in the context of their artistic merit then he should have kept his hands and cock to himself.

[Happy Face 29]

If it was your daughter it happened to I don't think anyone would be saying 'ah well, it was a while ago, he's probably alright now', he'd be in a fucking coffin, simple as.

 

If my daughter felt her life had been more adversely affected less by the rape and more by the constant resurfacing of the story and media intrusions into her life and the lives of her kids and wanted it left alone I hope I'd respect her wishes. Course that's easier said than done.

 

At the original sentancing hearing the probation officer, examining psychiatrist, and the victim all recommended against jail time....

 

One psychiatrist who examined Mr. Polanski, Alvin E. Davis, found he was not mentally ill or disordered, and not “a sexual deviate.” “He is of superior intelligence, has good judgement and strong moral and ethical values,” the report said of Dr. Davis’s conclusions.

 

“He is not a pedophile,” Dr. Davis is quoted as saying. “The offense occurred as an isolated instance of transient poor judgement and loss of normal inhibitions in circumstances of intimacy and collaboration in creative work, and with some coincidental alcohol and drug intoxication.”

 

Dr. Davis was also quoted as saying that “incarceration would serve no necessary or useful purpose.” Another psychiatrist, Dr. Ronald Markman, was quoted as saying that Mr. Polanski was “not a mentally disordered sex offender, and therefore, not in need of hospitalization.”

 

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/...w-his-crime/?hp

 

Given that it's going to court the money's being spent anyway like and I won't be particularly sorry for him if he does go down. But the people most closely involved in the case didn't seem to think it appropriate at the time.