What’s this? Another Roman Polanksi documentary? Nope it’s not part two of Marina Zenovich’s documentary, “Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired,” its the mostly unknown and little p.r.’d about film called, “Polanski Unauthorized” that Jeffrey Wells calls it a “apparently crapola biopic” and by the looks of the trailer, that sounds about right. It seems to have little distribution, only receiving a small-theater run. We’re morbidly, car-pile-up rubberneck curious as we like more Polanski stories, but he’s probably had enough controversy to last a few lifetimes and this one seems pretty tawdry and cheap.
Here’s the trailer.
In related Polanski news, the District attorney in his 30-year-old rape case are calling his motion to move the trial out of Los Angeles, “frivolous.”
The recap: The Polish filmmaker fled the U.S. in 1978 after he was charged with statutory rape and bailed when he felt the judge in the case wasn’t going to give him a fair trial. Zenovich’s aforementioned documentary demonstrated key evidence — even from the side of the prosecution – that the Judge was indeed biased and based on that significant documentation, Polanksi’s attorneys filed to have the 30 year old case dismissed (he’s been a fugitive from the U.S ever since).
The L.A district office was willing to hear the case against him, but Polanski — still feeling there was lingering bias — asked the trial be moved out of the California court system. His request was denied, he then appealed, and there’s been a stalemate ever since. Now the LA prosecutors have written in a 24-page brief that the allegations of prejudice is “patently frivolous” and based on “mere conclusions with no factual basis. No person aware of all the facts, would entertain any doubt about the impartiality of Judge (Peter) Espinoza and certainly not the entire bench of the Los Angeles Superior Court,” they wrote.
The now, 45-year-old victim, Samantha Geimer, not only publicly asked the trial to be dismissed, she’s actually as filed an affidavit supporting dismissal of the case.