Paul Gadzikowski

I want to keep my own list of names I recoginze, and am disappointed to see, from the petition to release Roman Polanski.

• Woody Allen
• Monica Bellucci
• Ethan Coen
• Robert Cohen
• Penelope Cruz
• Guillermo del Toro
• Jonathan Demme
• Terry Gilliam
• Buck Henry
• Sylvia Kristel
• John Landis
• David Lynch
• Michael Mann
• Alexander Payne
• Brett Ratner
• Martin Scorsese
• Tilda Swinton

I'm not surprised not to see Alan Alda on the list.

Stipulating, because I've never seen them, that Polanski has made some superb films before and after he drugged and raped a 13-year-old girl, that doesn't absolve him from the consequences of his actions.

Unless we show her the films and that removes the trauma. From what I've read of them, they're more likely to trigger flashbacks.

Apparently part of his supporters' argument is that he's 76 years old and it's cruel to sentence him now. Well, that makes a little sense ... except, wait a minute, he was about 44 when the sentencing was originally scheduled and he ran away.