IndieWire has the current list of filmmakers, actors and film executives who have signed a petition demanding the immediate release of Roman Polanski. Their objection seems to be that Polanski was arrested while traveling to a film festival, and that:
"By their extraterritorial nature, film festivals the world over have always permitted works to be shown and for filmmakers to present them freely and safely, even when certain States opposed this. The arrest of Roman Polanski in a neutral country, where he assumed he could travel without hindrance, undermines this tradition: it opens the way for actions of which no one can know the effects."
Dude, it's a *film festival,* not a frakking U.N. summit. There's no such thing as diplomatic immunity for artists. Get a clue.
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