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The sharply argued documentary “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired” isn’t about the innocence or guilt of its title subject, who after pleading guilty in 1977 to having “unlawful sexual intercourse” with a minor flew from Los Angeles to London, never again to return to America. Neither is it about Mr. Polanski’s likability, his tragic past, morals, short stature, brilliant and bad films, the sleaze factor or your personal feelings on whether there’s anything wrong with a 43-year-old man’s having sex with a 13-year-old girl. All these elements come teasingly into view here, but really this is a movie about a very different kind of perversion.
“Wanted and Desired,” which opened on Friday without advance press screenings, was bought by HBO at the Sundance Film Festival in January. Its one-week theatrical run will make it eligible for Academy Award consideration, though given that organization’s often pitiful record when it comes to nonfiction film, it seems unlikely that a movie this subtly intelligent would make its short list. That’s especially true because the director, Marina Zenovich, refuses to wag her finger at Mr. Polanski, even when presenting the sordid and grimly pathetic details of his crime, like the Champagne and partial Quaalude he furnished the 13-year-old girl and her repeated nos.
Mr. Polanski’s guilt isn’t in doubt, arguments about the age of consent notwithstanding. In March 1977, he was arrested at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel and charged with raping the girl at the home of his friend, Jack Nicholson, the star of his film “Chinatown.” (Mr. Nicholson was away.) He was released on $2,500 bail and eventually indicted on six felony charges, including child molestation and sodomy. In August, after agreeing to a plea bargain, he pleaded guilty to one felony count of illegal sex with a 13-year-old girl. Her family’s lawyer, Lawrence Silver, told the judge that his clients were not seeking a prison term for Mr. Polanski, only an admission of wrongdoing and rehabilitation. By Feb. 1, 1978, Mr. Polanski had fled.
As Ms. Zenovich forcefully explains — using talking-head interviews, a wealth of archival material and generous clips from Mr. Polanski’s films, including “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Chinatown” — he had every reason to run. The story of what happened between the initial charges and his flight has been sketchily told before, including by his victim, Samantha Geimer, who in 2003 wrote a commentary for The Los Angeles Times in which she stated that she believed that he and his most recent film at the time, “The Pianist,” should be honored on their own merits. She added, “Who wouldn’t think about running when facing a 50-year sentence from a judge who was clearly more interested in his own reputation than a fair judgment or even the well-being of the victim?”
“Wanted and Desired” answers Ms. Geimer’s bombshell question with shocks of its own, notably corroborating interviews from Douglas Dalton, Mr. Polanski’s lawyer, and Roger Gunson, the assistant district attorney who led the prosecution. Together these two former opponents pin the blame for Polanski’s flight directly on the presiding judge, Laurence J. Rittenband (who stepped down in 1989 and died in 1994). Aided and abetted by an avalanche of fluidly organized visual material, the lawyers fill in the appalling details of what was effectively a second crime, one largely perpetrated by a celebrity-dazzled judge and the equally gaga news media he courted. This crime left two victims, Mr. Polanski, who was denied a fair trial, and Ms. Geimer, who was denied justice. As she wrote, “Sometimes I feel like we both got a life sentence.”
The film’s title refers to a line tossed off by one of Mr. Polanski’s friends, who notes that while the director remains wanted in the United States he continues to be desired in Europe. That’s not fully true, of course: his autobiographically inflected Holocaust drama “The Pianist” received several Academy Awards, including best director, amid much love and acclamation. But it does get at the strong, curiously divisive reactions he has long inspired, reactions that have as much to do with the disturbing power of his best work as his own history as a victim and a survivor. Mr. Polanski survived the Holocaust and the murder of his wife, Sharon Tate, in 1969 by followers of Charles Manson. It was the American legal system that almost did him in.
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Επισημαίνεται ότι το νομοσχέδιο αυτό δεν έχει καμία σχέση με εκείνο που είχε εξαγγείλει πριν από λίγο καιρό ο υπουργός Επικρατείας κ. Θ. Ρουσόπουλος «για την κύρωση της σύμβασης του Συμβουλίου της Ευρώπης για το έγκλημα στον κυβερνοχώρο», στο οποίο προβλέπονται διατάξεις για την αντιμετώπιση μεταξύ άλλων των ρατσιστικών σχολίων και την αναζωπύρωση των φυλετικών διαφορών μέσα από δημοσιεύματα στο Διαδίκτυο.
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το ελληνικό κράτος δεν φημίζεται για την ψυχραιμία του
ούτε για τις γνώσεις του σε ζητήματα νέων τεχνολογιών
ούτε για τις ικανότητές του να βρίσκει λύσεις στα προβλήματα αυτά
γι αυτό και είμαι βέβαιος ότι πρόκειται σύντομα να αντικρύσουμε ακόμα ένα νομοθετικό "μόρφωμα", κύριο χαρακτηριστικό του οποίου θα είναι η συνήθης βαλκανική ξεροκεφαλιά και η παντελής άγνοια με την οποία προσπαθούμε να αντιμετωπίσουμε τις νέες τεχνολογίες και τις νέες πραγματικότητες που διαμορφώνονται από αυτές
από την άλλη πλευρά
οι έλληνες bloggers δεν φημίζονται για την ψυχραιμία τους
ούτε για τις γνώσεις τους σε ζητήματα ανοιχτών τεχνολογιών [ας μη ξεχνάμε ότι εκτός από τους αρμόδιους, μερικοί από τους πρώτους που έσκιζαν τα ρούχα τους για την ασυδοσία των ανωνύμων ήταν κάποιοι από τους έλληνες bloggers ]
ούτε για τις ικανότητές τους να σέβονται βασικές έννοιες όπως ελευθερία του λόγου και της έκφρασης
γι αυτό και είμαι βέβαιος ότι πρόκειται σύντομα να διαβάσουμε απίστευτες μπούρδες κύριο χαρακτηριστικό των οποίων θα είναι ο μεσανατολικός μικροαστισμός και η πλήρης εμπάθεια με την οποία αντιμετωπίζουν συνήθως την πραγματικότητα
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A new bill in the Kentucky state legislature would ban anonymous speech in web forums, ostensibly in response to online harassment and “cyberbullying.” The bill would require forum posters to register their real name, address and e-mail with the forum. All forum posts would include the poster’s full name. Under the bill, any forum operator who allowed users to post anonymously would face liability.
The anti-anonymity bill seems to have arisen to some extent from the controversy over forums such as JuicyCampus.com and Auto Admit. Some are concerned that under current law – particularly Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act – forum operators are immune from liability for their posters’ comments and the posters often are anonymous and difficult to track down. Thus, it can be difficult for plaintiffs to find someone to sue based on the postings.
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