Summary
OLIVER TWIST (PG) 4/5
Dir: Roman Polanski With: Ben Kingsley, Barney Clark, Leanne Rowe, Jamie ForemanSee the full content of this document
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Hungry for the Real Roman Cinema Film of the Week
What other contemporary cinematic figure carries the shady, mythic glamour that clings about Roman Polanski?
Indeed, what cinematic character could bear its weight? A producerwould surely demur:"Look, this is just too much. A Holocaust orphan; a Swinging London socialite; a victim of hideous bereavement at the hands of deranged cultists; a seducer of teenagers; a fugitive from American justice; a director of horrors, psychological thrillers, sci-fi, noir, swashbuckling spectacle, erotica, soberwar drama and highbrow literary adaptations; alternately acclaimed as a genius and derided as an embarrassment?No-one's going to buy all of this."The lurid intensity of the Polanski persona is difficult to separate from the work - a fact brought back into ...See the full content of this document
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