Polanski's Venus seduces on last day of Cannes film festival
- 11 years ago
Director Roman Polanski is back in Cannes with his latest film "Venus In Fur".
The film stars Polanski's wife, Emmanuelle Seigner, as a brash theater actress who in time comes to dominate her director.
Polanski is one of 20 filmmakers that competed for the Palme d'Or this year.
SOUNDBITE: Director Roman Polanski saying (English):
"I think that when you show a film here you have to be in the competition, you have to be (a) sport. I mean, even if I don't get anything, I can at least say 'I've got it already'."
The 79-year-old won the prize in 2002 for "The Pianist", a drama about the Warsaw Ghetto, for which he was also awarded an Oscar.
But he says fame comes with a price ... and attending film festivals isn't as much fun as it used to be.
SOUNDBITE: Director Roman Polanski saying (English):
"I had more fun when I was not well known, because I could walk streets normally without people bothering me and asking for photographs and trying to
The film stars Polanski's wife, Emmanuelle Seigner, as a brash theater actress who in time comes to dominate her director.
Polanski is one of 20 filmmakers that competed for the Palme d'Or this year.
SOUNDBITE: Director Roman Polanski saying (English):
"I think that when you show a film here you have to be in the competition, you have to be (a) sport. I mean, even if I don't get anything, I can at least say 'I've got it already'."
The 79-year-old won the prize in 2002 for "The Pianist", a drama about the Warsaw Ghetto, for which he was also awarded an Oscar.
But he says fame comes with a price ... and attending film festivals isn't as much fun as it used to be.
SOUNDBITE: Director Roman Polanski saying (English):
"I had more fun when I was not well known, because I could walk streets normally without people bothering me and asking for photographs and trying to