We are all incredibly distressed and disappointed by the the astonishing news that more than 400 entertainment industry members have decided to sign a petition excusing Roman Polanski's inexcusable rape of a 13-year-old girl and demanding that he immediately be released from custody now that he is finally being brought back to justice after a 31-year wait.
So far, the list of apparently morally-challenged entertainment industry members who have signed the petition includes Woody Allen, Pedro Almodovar, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Fanny Ardant, Asia Argento, Darren Aronofsky, Olivier Assayas, Monica Bellucci, Anthony Byrne, Patrice Chereau, Luc et Jean-Pierre Dardenne, Guillermo del Toro, Jonathan Demme, Costa Gavras, Terry Gilliam, Wong Kar Wai, Jan Kounen, Emir Kusturica, John Landis, David Lanzmann, David Lynch, Michael Mann, Tonie Marshall, Radu Mihaileanu, Jeanne Moreau, Brett Ratner, Yasmina Reza, Barbet Schroeder, Ettore Scola, Martin Scorsese, Guy Seligmann, Tilda Swinton, Giuseppe Tornatore, and Wim Wenders
We, as entertainment industry consumers, are demanding that any entertainment industry member who has signed this petition immediately remove their name and publicly retract and condemn their earlier support for Polanski. Until then we will forever boycott the purchase or viewing of any entertainment work they produce.
