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Post by dirtypillows on Jan 28, 2018 15:08:28 GMT
When you hear his name, what is the first thing you think of?
"Rosemary's Baby"/"Chinatown" - great director of macabre films?
Sharon Tate/Charles Manson?
Child molesting charges?
Victim of Nazi persecution?
Exile?
I first learned about RP when I read "Helter Skelter" at the age of 12. It's impossible to get it out of your head once you know the story. The man has suffered untold tragedy.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Jan 28, 2018 15:14:44 GMT
Yes, him being a kiddie fiddler immediately comes to mind first. Shame, as he has made some genuinely impressive films. I need to see Chinatown again. I remember liking his version of Macbeth when I saw it in high school.
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Post by Ban on Jan 28, 2018 15:18:20 GMT
Nowadays, since sexual assault scandals are constantly in the news, I think of the molestation charges. If you asked me a year ago I'd probably think of his movies.
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Post by Terrapin Station on Jan 28, 2018 15:18:28 GMT
The first thing I think of is the artwork of him that was on the cover of Rolling Stone:  |
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Post by politicidal on Jan 28, 2018 15:33:26 GMT
Good director, terrible human being.
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Post by Phoenix101 on Jan 28, 2018 17:41:59 GMT
He really is a talented filmmaker. It’s a damn shame he had to screw it all up.
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Post by salomonj on Jan 28, 2018 17:56:18 GMT
I love him as a filmmaker, I hate him as a human.
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Post by mortsahlfan on Jan 28, 2018 19:25:33 GMT
"Knife in the Water" -- one of the best thriller dramas.. I've been trying to find a movie like this.. No luck.
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Post by poelzig on Jan 29, 2018 8:19:53 GMT
Excellent director that drugged and raped a little girl. Deplorable human.
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Post by mslo79 on Jan 29, 2018 10:16:31 GMT
in terms of movies...
The Ninth Gate (1999) (8/10)
outside of that only Carnage (2011) (7/10) is of any real worth.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jan 29, 2018 10:35:25 GMT
Repulsion
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 29, 2018 11:56:35 GMT
He's a perv & coward.
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jan 29, 2018 12:07:31 GMT
Good director, terrible human being. And he's terrible because?
Terrible because he was placed in the Jewish Ghetto and had to find any means he could to survive by making foreskins out of candlewax to fool the Germans and avoid being shipped off to concentration camp, where most of his family and friends died. Terrible because his beautiful wife who was 8 months pregnant was disgustingly and brutally butchered along with his friends. Or terrible, because he was set up by a scheming gold digger and had sex with a very sexually experienced 13yr old woman child who was a scheming liar too and who doesn't really have a credible bone in her body when you delve deeper into the facts of the case?
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jan 29, 2018 12:07:56 GMT
I guess it takes one to know one, huh! |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jan 29, 2018 12:08:34 GMT
Excellent director that drugged and raped a little girl. Deplorable human. Just how drugged was she and how raped was she? |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jan 29, 2018 12:09:11 GMT
I love him as a filmmaker, I hate him as a human. He probably wouldn't much like you either. |
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Post by Toasted Cheese on Jan 29, 2018 12:15:46 GMT
When you hear his name, what is the first thing you think of? "Rosemary's Baby"/"Chinatown" - great director of macabre films? Sharon Tate/Charles Manson? Child molesting charges? Victim of Nazi persecution? Exile? I first learned about RP when I read "Helter Skelter" at the age of 12. It's impossible to get it out of your head once you know the story. The man has suffered untold tragedy. I wouldn't expect anything put into proper perspective, or have reasonable balanced discussions where Polanski is concerned, with the judgmental and displaced hatred of most of the herd who will respond here dirtypillows. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 29, 2018 13:14:11 GMT
I guess it takes one to know one, huh! Not really, you can easily figure it out without having any personal experience. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 29, 2018 13:14:37 GMT
I love him as a filmmaker, I hate him as a human. He probably wouldn't much like you either. That's a good thing. |
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Post by CoolJGS☺ on Jan 29, 2018 13:16:34 GMT
Good director, terrible human being. And he's terrible because?
Terrible because he was placed in the Jewish Ghetto and had to find any means he could to survive by making foreskins out of candlewax to fool the Germans and avoid being shipped off to concentration camp, where most of his family and friends died. Terrible because his beautiful wife who was 8 months pregnant was disgustingly and brutally butchered along with his friends. Or terrible, because he was set up by a scheming gold digger and had sex with a very sexually experienced 13yr old woman child who was a scheming liar too and who doesn't really have a credible bone in her body when you delve deeper into the facts of the case?
So the bad things that happen to people should remove the taint of their kiddy diddling behavior? Defense lawyers should be happy to hear that. |
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