The 76th Venice Film Festival is only one day old but has already been dominated by talk of director Roman Polanski, whose new movie An Officer And A Spy debuts in Competition tomorrow. The filmmak…
debuts in Competition tomorrow. The filmmaker won’t be at the festival or doing press but he has given a strikingly candid, wide-ranging interview for the film’s press notes., his experience in the MeToo and Times Up era and the enduring trauma of his wife Sharon Tate’s murder.
“Big stories often make great films, and the Dreyfus Affair is an exceptional story,” Polanski says. “The story of a man unfairly accused is always fascinating, but it is also very much a current issue, given the upsurge in anti-semitism.”“Another affair is possible, definitely. All the ingredients are there for it to happen: false accusations, lousy court proceedings, corrupt judges, and above all ‘social media’ that convict and condemn without a fair trial or a right of appeal.
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