Oh, and that forthcoming, yet–to–be–shot movie based on Samantha Geimer ‘s “The Girl: A Life in the Shadow of Roman Polanski”, a 2013 account of the media maelstrom that had dominated and permeated Geimer’s life from 1977 until the date of publication (and which still hangs over Geimer’s head as we speak)?
If it’s at all true to Geimer’s 13-year-old book, Marina Ziolkowski’s film won’t be a “Roman Polanski is evil and still deserves to be punished” thing — it’ll be a condemnation of the Polanski pitchforkers, many of whom have posted rabid RoPo condemnations on HE for many, many years.
Geimer quoted in a 2023 Le Point interview:
