It’s not everyday a man can have an indecent relationship with a underage girl, flee the country to avoid persecution, and still be revered by some simply because he happens to make some movies.
What a wonderful world we live in!
Roman Polanski has written a letter to all of his fans and supporters and has posted it through his friend, Benard-Henri L├â┬⌐vy, thanking all of his new “friends” for their support. This is the first public statement he has made since he was arrested in Switzerland. He writes:
My dear Bernard-Henri L├â┬⌐vy, what you have said in the Swiss press is true — I have been overwhelmed by the number of messages of support and sympathy I have received in Winterthur prison, and that I continue to receive here, in my chalet in Gstaad, where I am spending the holidays with my wife and my children.
These messages have come from my neighbors, from people all over Switzerland, and from beyond Switzerland — from across the world. I would like every one of them to know how heartening it is, when one is locked up in a cell, to hear this murmur of human voices and of solidarity in the morning mail. In the darkest moments, each of their notes has been a source of comfort and hope, and they continue to be so in my current situation.
I would like to be able to answer all of them. But it is impossible: there are too many. Do you have any suggestions as to how I could reply? Perhaps in your journal, La R├â┬¿gle du jeu, which has supported me from the very first day? Perhaps you could disseminate these few words I’m sending you? I don’t know. I’ll leave it up to you.
Happy holidays to you and yours — and, through you, to all of these unknown friends whom I am discovering day after day, and who have helped me so much.
My warmest regards,
Roman Polanski
Must be nice to just sit around a Swiss chalet all day, feeling no guilt for past deceitful crimes and showing no concern for any future prosecution.
Oh wait! So far, it doesn’t look like he’ll get any! Wonderful!
What do U think of his letter?
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