Heartbreakage
Abderrahmane Sissako
Alain Corneau
Alain Jessua
Alain Terzian
Albert Gauvin
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Alexander Astruc
Alexander Payne
Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Tylski
Alfonso Cuaron
André Buytaers
André Larquié
Antoine Aronin
Arielle Dombasle
Asia Argento
Barbet Schroeder
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bertrand Tavernier
Betrand Van Effenterre
Buck Henry
Camille Meyer
Candice Belaisch-Goldchmit
Carine Sarna
Cécile Telerman
Charlotte Silvera
Christian Carion
Christian Gion
Christophe Barratier
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lelouch
Claude Miller
Corinne Figuet
Costa Gavras
Danièle Thompson
Danis Tanovic
Darren Aronofsky
David Heyman
David Lynch
Davide Homitsu Riboli
Diane Kurys
Diane von Furstenberg
Djamel Bennecib
Dominique Crevecoeur
Elie Chouraqui
Elsa Zylberstein
Emir Kusturica
Etienne Faure
Ettore Scola
Eugenia Varela Navarro
Fanny Ardant
Fatih Akin
François Margolin
Gabriel Auer
Gaelle Lancien
Georges Dybman
Gérard Lenne
Gianluca Farinelli (Cinémathèque de de Bologne)
Gilles Behat
Gilles Jacob
Giuseppe Bertolucci
Giuseppe Tornatore
Guillaume Stirn
Harmony Korinne
Henning Carlsen
Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Huppert
Jacques Bral
Jacques Fansten
Jacques Richard
Jan Kounen
Jean-Charles Tacchella
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jean-Loup Hubert
Jean-Marc Ghanassia
Jean-michel Carre
Jeanne Moreau
Jean-Paul Dayan
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Jean-Paul Salomé
Jean-PierreMarois
Jérôme Cornuau
Jerry Schatzberg
Jessika Cohen
Joël Farges
Johanna Gozlan
John Landis
Jonathan Demme
Julian Schnabel
Just Jaeckin
Katarina De Meulder
Kent Jones (World Cinema Foundation)
Ladislas Kijno
Laurence Roulet
Laurent Heynemann
Liria Begeja
Louis Garrel
Luc Barnier
Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Marc Guidoni
Marc Sandberg
Marco Bellochio
Margaret Walker
Marie Nieves Perez Neël
Mario Martone
Mario Monicelli
Martin Scorsese
Mathieu Celary
Michael Mann
Michel Ferry
Michel Ocelot
Michele Placido
Miguel Courtois
Mike Nichols
Milan Kundera
Monica Bellucci
Morgane Beauverger
Nadine Trintignant
Nathalie Faucheux
Neil Jordan
Nelly Kaplan
Nicolas Mauvernay
Nil Symchowicz
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Soares Barbosa
Paolo Sorrentino
Pascal Bruckner
Pascal Thomas
Patrice Chéreau
Patrice Leconte
Patrick Bouchitey
Patrick Braoudé
Patrick Mimouni
Paul Auster
Paul Boujenah
Pedro Almodovar
Philippe Corbé
Philippe Radault
Pierre Forciniti
Pierre Jolivet
Radovan Tadic
Radu Mihaileanu
Raphael Rebibo
René Gainville
Richard Pena (Directeur Festival de NY)
Robert Hossein
Roger Kahane
Rosalinde et Michel Deville
Salman Rushdie
Sam Gabarski
Sam Mendes
Sandra Nicolier
Scott Foundas
Serge Toubiana
Souleymane Cissé
Stephane Allagnon
Stephen Frears
Steven Soderbergh
Taylor Hackford
Terry Gilliam
Thierry Frémaux
Thierry Kamami
Tilda Swinton
Tom Tykwer
Tonie Marshall
Tony Gatlif
Vinciane Lecocq
Walter Salles
Wes Anderson
William Shawcross
Wim Wenders
Wong Kar Waï
Woody Allen
Xavier Beauvois
Yamina Benguigui
Yann Moix
Yasmina Reza
Ysabelle Saura Del Pan
There are some wonderful artists on that list. Too bad. I like Roman Polanski's art, too. That does not, however, exculpate him from drugging and anally raping a 13 year-old - who, even in her groggy state, told him no. This is not a matter of dispute. He admitted as much! So are these people - who, upon his long overdue arrest, petitioned to have him released immediately from prison - saying it didn't happen or that it doesn't matter that it happened? What, because he's an Artiste?!! Shame on you. Now there's a deal-breaker if I ever saw one. I'm never spending another dime on the work of any of those people, be they ever so talented.
ETA: Oh, yeah, and this list is far, far from exhaustive. People keep adding their names to it. Last I checked, there were 728 rape apologists on it. Among them Emma Thompson. My heart hemorrhages.
Alain Corneau
Alain Jessua
Alain Terzian
Albert Gauvin
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu
Alexander Astruc
Alexander Payne
Alexandre Arcady
Alexandre Desplat
Alexandre Tylski
Alfonso Cuaron
André Buytaers
André Larquié
Antoine Aronin
Arielle Dombasle
Asia Argento
Barbet Schroeder
Bernard-Henri Lévy
Bertrand Tavernier
Betrand Van Effenterre
Buck Henry
Camille Meyer
Candice Belaisch-Goldchmit
Carine Sarna
Cécile Telerman
Charlotte Silvera
Christian Carion
Christian Gion
Christophe Barratier
Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lelouch
Claude Miller
Corinne Figuet
Costa Gavras
Danièle Thompson
Danis Tanovic
Darren Aronofsky
David Heyman
David Lynch
Davide Homitsu Riboli
Diane Kurys
Diane von Furstenberg
Djamel Bennecib
Dominique Crevecoeur
Elie Chouraqui
Elsa Zylberstein
Emir Kusturica
Etienne Faure
Ettore Scola
Eugenia Varela Navarro
Fanny Ardant
Fatih Akin
François Margolin
Gabriel Auer
Gaelle Lancien
Georges Dybman
Gérard Lenne
Gianluca Farinelli (Cinémathèque de de Bologne)
Gilles Behat
Gilles Jacob
Giuseppe Bertolucci
Giuseppe Tornatore
Guillaume Stirn
Harmony Korinne
Henning Carlsen
Isabelle Adjani
Isabelle Huppert
Jacques Bral
Jacques Fansten
Jacques Richard
Jan Kounen
Jean-Charles Tacchella
Jean-Jacques Annaud
Jean-Jacques Beineix
Jean-Loup Hubert
Jean-Marc Ghanassia
Jean-michel Carre
Jeanne Moreau
Jean-Paul Dayan
Jean-Paul Rappeneau
Jean-Paul Salomé
Jean-PierreMarois
Jérôme Cornuau
Jerry Schatzberg
Jessika Cohen
Joël Farges
Johanna Gozlan
John Landis
Jonathan Demme
Julian Schnabel
Just Jaeckin
Katarina De Meulder
Kent Jones (World Cinema Foundation)
Ladislas Kijno
Laurence Roulet
Laurent Heynemann
Liria Begeja
Louis Garrel
Luc Barnier
Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne
Marc Guidoni
Marc Sandberg
Marco Bellochio
Margaret Walker
Marie Nieves Perez Neël
Mario Martone
Mario Monicelli
Martin Scorsese
Mathieu Celary
Michael Mann
Michel Ferry
Michel Ocelot
Michele Placido
Miguel Courtois
Mike Nichols
Milan Kundera
Monica Bellucci
Morgane Beauverger
Nadine Trintignant
Nathalie Faucheux
Neil Jordan
Nelly Kaplan
Nicolas Mauvernay
Nil Symchowicz
Olivier Assayas
Olivier Soares Barbosa
Paolo Sorrentino
Pascal Bruckner
Pascal Thomas
Patrice Chéreau
Patrice Leconte
Patrick Bouchitey
Patrick Braoudé
Patrick Mimouni
Paul Auster
Paul Boujenah
Pedro Almodovar
Philippe Corbé
Philippe Radault
Pierre Forciniti
Pierre Jolivet
Radovan Tadic
Radu Mihaileanu
Raphael Rebibo
René Gainville
Richard Pena (Directeur Festival de NY)
Robert Hossein
Roger Kahane
Rosalinde et Michel Deville
Salman Rushdie
Sam Gabarski
Sam Mendes
Sandra Nicolier
Scott Foundas
Serge Toubiana
Souleymane Cissé
Stephane Allagnon
Stephen Frears
Steven Soderbergh
Taylor Hackford
Terry Gilliam
Thierry Frémaux
Thierry Kamami
Tilda Swinton
Tom Tykwer
Tonie Marshall
Tony Gatlif
Vinciane Lecocq
Walter Salles
Wes Anderson
William Shawcross
Wim Wenders
Wong Kar Waï
Woody Allen
Xavier Beauvois
Yamina Benguigui
Yann Moix
Yasmina Reza
Ysabelle Saura Del Pan
There are some wonderful artists on that list. Too bad. I like Roman Polanski's art, too. That does not, however, exculpate him from drugging and anally raping a 13 year-old - who, even in her groggy state, told him no. This is not a matter of dispute. He admitted as much! So are these people - who, upon his long overdue arrest, petitioned to have him released immediately from prison - saying it didn't happen or that it doesn't matter that it happened? What, because he's an Artiste?!! Shame on you. Now there's a deal-breaker if I ever saw one. I'm never spending another dime on the work of any of those people, be they ever so talented.
ETA: Oh, yeah, and this list is far, far from exhaustive. People keep adding their names to it. Last I checked, there were 728 rape apologists on it. Among them Emma Thompson. My heart hemorrhages.