Sunday, August 24, 2008

Must-See Doc of the Week:



ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED
Playing This Week at the Alamo Ritz
Sun, Aug 24 : Tues, Aug 26 : Weds, Aug 27

In early 1978, Roman Polanski pled guilty to 'unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor' after allegations that he fed alcohol and 1/2 a quaalude to 13-year old Samantha Gailey before forcing himself on her. While out on bail for psychiatric evaluation, he quickly fled the United States to avoid incarceration, never to set foot on American soil again. As sinister as Polanski's actions are, this brand new [unauthorized] documentary does not take aim the director himself, but rather at the rabid press corps and the power-abusing, celebrity-drunk judge whose vanity revealed a whole different kind of perversion. Featuring archival footage of Polanski (and as his infamously murdered wife, Sharon Tate), interviews from both sides of the aisle, including the victim herself and Hollywood friends and numerous clips from Polanski's own films.

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