The new Polanski has gotten rave reviews. I have refused to see any Polanski movies since "Frantic" (it was after seeing that that I learned about the rape case - I had been wrongly informed of the circumstances previously).

Other people work on the movies, and I have nothing against them. Yet, I feel complicit in yuckiness by seeing his films.

ETA: Even if he had served the time he was sentenced, I would still feel yucky. The fugitive part is immaterial to the yuckiness.

And yet I know a lot of my favorite composers, artists, authors, etc were real assholes and it doesn't stop me from listening to their music or owning prints of their art or reading their books. Sigh.

If you threw all of the perverts out of my music collection it'd look pretty sad.

Right? I just can't get around the Polanksi thing and I don't know why it feels different. It might be a reaction to all of the pro-Polanski shit that went down when he was arrested in Switzerland.

I have considered boycotting everyone who works with Polanski. I'm not sure if I'd feel different if he'd served his time.

Laga, that would be a damned long list, huh?

I think of perversion as taboo sexual behavior between consenting adults. Rape =/= perversion in my book. Rape is a crime.

Laga, that would be a damned long list, huh?

And it would include Ewan MacGregor. IJS.

I am trying to wrap my head around it when it comes to seeing his movies. I haven't seen a John Landis film since the Vic Morrow manslaughter (if you haven't read the book about that debacle, and how Landis acted during the trial, do). In that case, even if I hadn't thought Landis responsible, his reprehensible treatment of the trial would have me stay away.

Then again, banning Landis films is not a huge void in my cinematic experience. Polanski is something else. Also, Landis was filming when it occurred, so banning his movies makes easy sense. It wasn't something that occurred in his personal life.

I waffle and waver and don't fall down.

I am going to the Polanski film tonight. I am conflicted about it, but in some way I guess what the man produces trumps his awfulness as a person.

If you've read any of the Hitchcock biographies (other than the authorized one), there are some horrendous stories in there. Probably nothing on the level that Polanski went to, but if Hitchcock had been born several decades later, who knows.

Doesn't make me think less of his great films, but it makes me sad.

And I'm afraid artists of all sorts through history have been far worse than being just utter shitheels.

Does NOT excuse what Polanski did, but I'm also not going to avoid his movies because of it.

ION, finally saw the new Sherlock Holmes and DAMN that was a fun movie. Not brilliant plot-wise, but Downey and Law were so much damn fun, and the atmosphere was a nice balance of grunge and steampunk. Also, I liked the soundtrack (mainly because the dulcimer kept pinging me back to the Seven % Solution)

And I hope that RD,J is surmounting his demons. Has any actor had more combacks after so completely fucking up? I'd love it if he'd finally found some peace from whatever was driving him in his off hours (having always heard he was a consummate professional while working, even in his worst years).