Favorite Roman Polanski movie

[LynneSin]

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[Lionel Mandrake]

1. Chinatown

The director appeared on screen just long enough to slice up Jack Nicholson's nose.

"The Pianist" would be my second choice.

[LeftinOH]

2. The Tenant; who wouldn't want Shelley Winters as a landlady?

[cemaphonic]

7. That movie is totally insane

I didn't really like it the first time I saw it, but I watched it again after I was more in tune with Polanski's warped sense of humor and liked it much better.

[Matariki]

17. Yes. Love it.

Bitter Moon is one of my favorites too. And of course, more serious, The Piano

[UndertheOcean]

3. The Pianist

[UndertheOcean]

4. A masterpiece in composition ....

[rucky]

5. Chinatown's one of the best movies ever.

[cemaphonic]

6. Repulsion, although Chinatown comes in at a very close second.

[UndertheOcean]

9. Repulsion is AWESOME !

[Auggie]

8. Chinatown

Followed by the Pianist

[travelingtypist]

10. Frantic

Harrison Ford nekkid.

"I am an American and I am crazy."

[eleny]

11. Knife in the Water

I guess I'm just old school.

[kwassa]

12. Rosemary's Baby.

[LibDemAlways]

14. Seconded. Masterful adaptation of the

novel.

[tigereye]

13. The Tenant is very, very creepy

I kind of like the Fearless Vampire Killers.

[Robeson]

15. Tess...

...total eye candy.

[proteus_lives]

16. "I Raped a 13 Year-Old Girl and Got Away With It For Decades."

Oh, wait. That movie sucked.

I like the sequel, "I'm In Prison For Child Rape."

[UndertheOcean]

20. -10000

[proteus_lives]

21. Rape-apologist huh?

See a lot of your kind on DU nowadays.

[travelingtypist]

22. Find another insult, will ya?

This one's losing it's impact because of drastic overuse here.

People who disagree with you are not by definition rape apologists.

:puke:

[proteus_lives]

24. Nah, this one works well.

He didn't have to respond. He's defending Polanski, therefore he's defending what he did.

If the shoe fits.....

[travelingtypist]

25. No, it doesn't seem to be working quite so well.

I guess you're having fun throwing it around.

No defending, therefore. Total bullshit.

If you're having fun being in the black-and-white zone, no thinking required, more power to ya.

[proteus_lives]

27. I will, thank you.

Because rape is a very black and white issue.

I'm sorry you don't see it that way.

[travelingtypist]

28. Yeah, you're sorry all right.

Rimshot. Too easy.

"I'm defending a rape victim against a rapist, I have right on my side, you need to shut the fuck up now."

Yep, very black-and-white. No room for the real facts of the case.

[proteus_lives]

29. Real facts?

Are you going to claim that Polanski did not drug and rape a 13 year-old girl?

[travelingtypist]

30. Watch the damn documentary.

You're asking a loaded, leading question that once again ignores the real facts.

I guess you weren't here for my "When I was 24 I shot my brother" post. I have a very, very, very jaded opinion of our criminal justice system. I've never argued that what RP did wasn't wrong or repulsive. My problem is the CJ system that tried to fuck him.

That is all.

[proteus_lives]

34. Oh, I agree there are issues on the way the case was handled.

But that doesn't change what he did or the fact that he fled from justice. I don't have a very high opinion of the CJ system at times myself but the this case is clear-cut. He will return to the States and face the consequences of his crimes.

And no, I didn't see your post about shooting your brother.

[NNadir]

23. Irrespective of what he did, Chinatown is still one of my favorite movies ever.

In the context of this situation, maybe more so.

[Bucky]

32. And John Wayne Gacy is a pretty good painter

They should probably knock a couple of years off his sentence for all that talent.

[Matariki]

18. The Pianist - and Bitter Moon. Oh, and The Tenant

The Pianist is especially poignant if you've read Jerzy Kosinski and know about his and Polanski's past surviving Nazi Europe.

[jobycom]

19. As a director, The Ninth Gate. As an actor, A Pure Formality.

I never liked Chinatown.

[DerekG]

26. Macbeth

By far the finest adaptation.

[cemaphonic]

33. Best straight adaptation anyway

I like Throne of Blood a bit better:


Those are real arrows.

[rbnyc]

31. Repulsion (nt)