POLANSKI DOUBLE FEATURE & BOOK SIGNING

POLANSKI DOUBLE FEATURE & BOOK SIGNING
The Egyptian Theatre - Hollywood, CA
Event: 9/20/08 at 6:30pm

Christopher Sandford, the author of Polanski: A Biography will be presenting and signing his book on Saturday, September 20th at 6:30pm. The event will be followed by a double feature screening of Rosemary’s Baby and Chinatown. If you are in the neighborhood, this is a wonderful opportunity to catch the best films by the greatest and most controversial postmodern directors of our time.
A synopsis of Polanski: A biography: This dramatic account weaves together the rich and complex life of the celebrated and controversial film director, Holocaust survivor, and exile, based on a wealth of sources and new material. New revelations about Polanski’s life include: the connection between his mother’s death in Auschwitz and wife Sharon Tate’s murder by the Manson family-both women were pregnant. His radical transition from childhood poverty in a Krakow ghetto to a glamorous Hollywood life among socialites. The psychological complexity and central thread of sexuality that runs throughout his films and his relationships with younger women A culmination of tragedies in Polanski’s life, from the Holocaust to the Manson murders to his sexual assault charges and subsequent exile from the U.S. The unique humor of the “rascal genius” that keeps the world watching and awaiting his new projects.

LOCATION:
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028