Roman Polanski — defiant, patient and everything in between — finally speaks out

As you may have heard, for the first time since he was arrested in Switzerland more than seven months ago, Polanski has spoken out. The director had been considered the interview get to end all interview gets (although he had, in his own way, communicated with the moviegoing masses with the release of his well-received “The Ghost Writer” in the U.S. earlier this year). But like so many in this blog-happy age, he decided to go directly to the public — “without any intermediaries,” in his phrase — posting an entry on Sunday on the blog of French philosopher Bernard Henri-Levy.

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