Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States. In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges h…
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States. In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing. This film examines that year-long period, using archival footage of the media frenzy and of Polanski's life before the charges, clips from his films, and contemporary interviews with many of the principles - attorneys, the victim, and Polanski's friends and associates. Polanski remains enigmatic, but portraits emerge of the machinations of justice and of a judge more interested in his image than his word or the law. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired
Crime,Documentary
Film Details
Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States. In 1977, Roman Polanski was arrested in Los Angeles on charges he gave drugs and had sex with a 13-year-old girl he was photographing for Vogue. Eleven months later, having pled guilty to one count, he fled to Europe before sentencing.
This film examines that year-long period, using archival footage of the media frenzy and of Polanski's life before the charges, clips from his films, and contemporary interviews with many of the principles - attorneys, the victim, and Polanski's friends and associates. Polanski remains enigmatic, but portraits emerge of the machinations of justice and of a judge more interested in his image than his word or the law. —<jhailey@hotmail.com>.