Sep 30 2009
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The Polanski Petition
You can read the whole thing here. The only time they mention the crime is when they refer to it as ‘a case of morals’. How is this not a joke? Another choice excerpt:
‘By their extraterritorial nature, film festivals the world over have always permitted works to be shown and for filmmakers to present them freely and safely, even when certain States opposed this.
‘The arrest of Roman Polanski in a neutral country, where he assumed he could travel without hindrance, undermines this tradition: it opens the way for actions of which no one can know the effects.’
Extraterritorial nature. Filmmaker immunity. Privileged artists are fucking INSANE.
