Even as Roman Polanski seemed destined to stand trial , finally, for having champagne-&-Quaalude-leavened sex with a 13-year-old 30 years ago, he was polishing up his 18th feature, The Ghost Writer , about a famous man who cannot leave his house for fear of being extradited. Polanski’s sense of isolation and bitterness seeps throughout the new film, for better or for worse, and you cannot be blamed for wondering if a Polanski biopic is inevitable (starring Simon McBurney!), preferably directed by the man himself. The intrigue!
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On DVD: Getting to the Bottom of Roman Polanski’s Ghost Writer
