Roman Polanski’s "Pure Entertainment"
I recently complained about the tendency of filmmakers to deny the authorial intent of their films; it's one thing to make a truly ambiguous movie and then challenge the audience to discover for itself the meaning, but it's another thing entirely to simply deny the obvious point that you are making in your film.
We see another [...]
Starting Gun for "Polanski Peel-Out Pool"
Reuters announces that Roman Polanski was released into house arrest yesterday, December 4th, 2009.
The clock is now ticking…
We’ll see who called it closest anent jumping bail.
The current pool positions stand as follows:
Release day: Captain Ned *
December 6th: GW
December 7th: Sachi *
December 10th: Mr. Michael
December 12th: Resolute
December 16th: Dafydd
December 25th: [...]
Polanski Peel-Out Pool
I’m setting up a “betting” pool. Not with real money, of course; we have no way to force losers to pony up. This is just a fantasy-bet pool.
Pick how many days will elapse from Roman Polanski’s release under “house arrest” until he splits down the Alps — on the French side.
Choices range from [...]
If This Is House Arrest…
While Swiss and U.S. authorities are still working out the extradition of Roman Polanski, the director and convicted rapist is being placed under house arrest. His “house,” however, is actually a chalet worth $1.6 million according to the Associated Press, which also provides a photo supposedly of Polanski’s lavish confines in Gstaad, called the Milky [...]
"Respond, Bradlequin!" Said the Liz-Laz Man
Our friend and worthy co-conspirator responds to my response to his original article in Mondo Cult about the Roman Polanski case:
The following is an addendum to my article, “Repent, Roman!” and is simultaneously available at both the Mondo Cult Forum and Big Lizards.
I’d like to thank everyone for participating in the debate, including The Fearless [...]
"Repent, Bradlequin!" Said the Liz-Laz Man
Our friend and worthy conspirator Brad Linaweaver publishes an annual magazine titled Mondo Cult; you’ve probably seen it around — if you hang around the sorts of places where you’d see such a publication. The magazine now has a website and a forum, which is kind of like a blog only completely different.
In the [...]
