As I said in an IM last night, I can seperate the artist from the art (and I still don't like most of his films).
But my main contention is, as I have stated before, that the Academy Awards are more of a Who's Who for Hollywood rather than an actual recognition of the artistic abilities of teh recepients. I know this after meeting several people who vote in the Academy. They admited that they are usually too busy working on films to see any. I saw one mark a vote after admiting that he hadn't seen any of the movie nominated in that category based off the fact that he worked with a guy who had worked with that director before. So I feel that this award is Hollywood's acceptance of Polanski the person. The same person who committed a crime and to this day eludes justice.
