Documentary on Roman Polanski: the sequel

A sequel is being made to the documentary about Roman Polanski's 1977 legal battle, which will include his arrest.

As Martin Scorsese, Woody Allen and Pedro Almodóvar join the numerous Roman Polanski fans who have called for his immediate release, twodirectors are already thinking of turning the delicate affair into a documentary. The first is none other than Brett Ratner, who directed the legendary French-Polish moviemaker in «Rush Hour 3», and the other is Marina Zenovich.

Zenovich is famous for having made «Roman Polanski, Wanted and Desired», the documentary about the maker of «Chinatown», that goes into explicit detail about how Polanski, after pleading guilty to having sex with a minor in 1977, was the victim of a legal-political farce. The judge who was in charge of the case, Laurence Rittenband, dreamt of putting away a celebrity to become one himself, and played on Polanski physical size, his foreign accent, his tragic past, his «decadent» European origins that, according to him, posed a threat to conservative American values, as well as his unusual work, which touches on Satanism («Rosemary's Baby»), corruption and incest («Chinatown»), alienation («Repulsion») and madness («The Tenant»).

In the latest news, Marina Zenovich has reportedly already arrived in Switzerland to shoot additional scenes which will be added to «Roman Polanski, Wanted and Desired» – that is, if she doesn't decide to make a whole new documentary.