Umlawuli wefilimu u-Roman Polanski? Ndiza kudibana nombhali waseBritane uRobert Harris ukuzisa inoveli kwiscreen esikhulu Pompeii, kwinto enokuba yeyiphi ifilimu ebiza kakhulu eYurophu. Eli bali libalaseleyo, eliza kuxabisa malunga ne-150 yezigidi zeerandi ukuseta, libalisa ngokusweleka okulusizi kwamawakawaka abantu ngokuqhuma kweVesuvius ngo-79 AD kwisixeko samandulo saseRoma. Ukufota kuya kuqala ehlotyeni eAlicante.
Ngokwe Sunday Times, inkwenkwezi yaseHollywood, egama layo lingekadizwa, izakudlala uMarco Atilio Primo, injineli ezama ukwazisa amaRoma ngentlekele ezayo. Umlawuli waseFrance oneminyaka engama-73 ubudala wasePoland ucele umbhali ukuba abhale lo mbhalo kwiiveki ezisibhozo. UHarris uqaphele ukuba uye wala izithembiso ezibini ezivela eHollywood zokuthenga amalungelo encwadi xa yayipapashwa ngo-2003, kodwa wagqiba kwelokuba enze isivumelwano noPolanski. «Ndibuyela eParis kule veki ukuqala ukubhala uphononongo kunye ukudubula izakuqala ehlotyeni«,? utshilo umbhali.
Ngeli xesha, uPolanski ngokwakhe ubhengeze loo nto? «Ndisoloko ndixelelwa ukuba kutheni ndingakhokeli i-epic movie malunga namaRoma okanye amaGrike, kodwa bendihlala ndiphendula ukuba ayiyondawo yam leyo. Ukufunda kwam le ncwadi, ndalukuhlwa kwaphela. Ikwayinto evuyisayo, ke ndacinga ukuba apho ndinokwenza into encinci«.