John, Have you seen the movie about the Dreyfus Affair by Roman Polanski, An Officer and A Spy?
> When it was shown at a Film Festival in Venice, critics thought it was fantastic, but no North American distributor would touch it, presumably because they all thought that the opposition of interest groups opposed to anything by Polanski would be too great. It is still not available in this country either as a DVD or via streaming!
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> Although I have not seen the movie myself, I am quite familiar with Polanski’s life and work … and just the other day re-watched his Oliver Twist, which is not only terrific, but distinctively nuanced and highly empathetic to the underdogs of British Society at the time … which makes me feel sure that his movie about Dreyfus must be a similarly moving and constructive treatment of its topic, namely anti-semitism. Something the world could very much use now.
Thanks so much for writing this, it’d been enormously informative. I’m very much looking forward to the next series!
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John, Have you seen the movie about the Dreyfus Affair by Roman Polanski, An Officer and A Spy?
> When it was shown at a Film Festival in Venice, critics thought it was fantastic, but no North American distributor would touch it, presumably because they all thought that the opposition of interest groups opposed to anything by Polanski would be too great. It is still not available in this country either as a DVD or via streaming!
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> Although I have not seen the movie myself, I am quite familiar with Polanski’s life and work … and just the other day re-watched his Oliver Twist, which is not only terrific, but distinctively nuanced and highly empathetic to the underdogs of British Society at the time … which makes me feel sure that his movie about Dreyfus must be a similarly moving and constructive treatment of its topic, namely anti-semitism. Something the world could very much use now.
https://amp.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2021/oct/09/tv-tonight-a-classy-raunchy-new-french-thriller Have you seen this?
Great stuff! Thank you.