Review of Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired (2008) by Ivan S — 08 May 2010

I hope as many people as possible watch this film. It does us all a great service and does the newspaper industry a timely disservice in reminding it that it should report fact and not fiction, verifiable information and not hearsay, especially when it comes to information that can ruin people's lives. It also reminds us that there is a process of law in the USA that, imperfect as all legal systems are and that justice is, should be allowed to follow its course.

There will be people who say that information was misrepresented or facts distorted. Ever point of view has its bias. But when you hear the two attorneys, representing wither side of the bench essentially testifying that there was a miscarriage of justice, to such a point that the judge in the case was removed from the case, then you know that there is more to this story than just the crime. Non-one is arguing that a crime was committed, the accused himself admits to a felony. The issue is the application of justice and that so much of this has not been reported on in a responsible way by the mainstream press.

Excellent documentary: slow but deliberate, biased but informative, honest but shocking.