Thank you, Sacrelicious.  And it's not like Polanski is hiding behind his work.  Lots of his films deal with guilt, the vagaries of justice, bad choices, weird luck, delayed consequences, evil, undeserved success, love.

Thank you, Sacrelicious.  And it's not like Polanski is hiding behind his work.  Lots of his films deal with guilt, the vagaries of justice, bad choices, weird luck, delayed consequences, evil, undeserved success, love.

Isn't an artist's history just another aspect of that artist's personality and we can use it (or not) to examine their work?  Also, I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Tess," which is great.

Isn't an artist's history just another aspect of that artist's personality and we can use it (or not) to examine their work?  Also, I'm surprised no one has mentioned "Tess," which is great.