POLANKSKI ARRESTED BY THE SWISS
Today, Swiss spells “Judas” as the nation’s authorities arrest Polanski on his 31-year-old US warrant. Polanski was to receive a lifetime achievement award during a retrospective of his work at the Zurich Film Festival. Instead, he was taken into custody as soon as his feet touched Swiss soil. Whatever happened to neutrality…especially for art’s sake?
Read the full story at Reuters.
Posted on September 27, 2009 in News by Editorial
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Amy R. Handler on Mon, 8th Mar 2010 6:10 pm
I’m thinking that Mr. Polanski might win an Oscar next year for
The Ghost Writer.
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