Roman Polanski in the first decade of the XNUMXst century, as in the last two of the twentieth century, he was not very prolific in the cinematographic realm, and it was not for lack of desire and because he did not try, but because some of his projects could not go ahead, despite this, the few who did have great success.
In 2002 he rolled his greatest success, at least in terms of awards, “El pianista”. The film won seven Césars, including Best Picture and Director, BAFTAs for Best Picture and Director, Palme d'Or in Cannes, the David de Donnatello and the Goya for the best foreign film, the Golden Globes for best film and actor both in the drama section, and three Oscars out of seven nominations, best film, best screenplay and best director, the latter Roman award Polanski could not pick him up due to the charges that still weigh on him and that prohibit him from stepping on US soil under prison sentence.
Overwhelming triumph of French director of Polish origin, not only in Hollywood, but all over the world with his new work. In addition, these awards not only rewarded the great work of "The pianist" but also meant recognition for his entire career.
In January 2004 the filmmaker was appointed Honorary Doctorate by the Academy of Theater and Cinema of the University of Bucharest.
A year later he premiered «Oliver Twist«, Which meant the most expensive European film to date, in some European countries it worked but in Asia and, even worse, in North America it was a real failure.
In 2006 he started the project "Pompeii", writing the script with Robert Harris, about the latter's novel of the same name. Oralndo Bloom and Scarlett Johansson play the lead roles. Finally the project is canceled and with Harris it would start his next feature film "The Writer", which would see the light in 2010.
Before the end of the decade, the director made a short film for the collective film "To each his cinema" where great film masters participated, each contributing an episode, Polanski's is “Cinéma Erotique”.
More information | Film Masters: Roman Polanski (00s)
Source | Wikipedia
Photos | RNW ellenon recommends blogdecinema