This is a two person play
even smaller than Carnage
wonder if these filmed plays are a budget necessity or if Polanski just leaves these kinds of projects
It’s not a budget necessity at all. From the very beginning of his career Polanski has thrived on characters interacting in heavily circumscribed circumstances
Knife in the Water
Repulsion
Cul-de-Sac
The Tenant
Death and the Maiden
The Ghost Writer
Carnaga
My book “Masters of Cinema: Roman Polanski” which will be coming out in October goes into this.
Mrs. Polanski and Louis Garrel will make for a scrumptious couple.
God (aka.Stephen Sondheim) is currently working with the “Venus in Furs” people on his next musical.
fair enough
I am probably the only one who loves his large scale projects (like Oliver Twist)
wish he was still going to make Pompei flick with Scarlett Jo
Thanks for this Den! I haven’t been excited about a Polanski film for years, but this sounds….like I’m going to rewatch What? imagining Louis in tiger costume as some kind of swooningly premature background anticipation.
I’m excited too
Carnage is one of four blu rays that I own
Dennis Brian
from deadline hollywood
Roman Polanski is set to direct a film adaptation of the David Ives play Venus in Fur. He’ll film in French and has set Emmanuelle Seigner and Louis Garrel in the lead roles. The show played Broadway and off-Broadway, and Nina Arianda won a Tony for Best Actress. Polanski will work on the erotic black comedy while awaiting completion of the screenplay for D., based on the historic Dreyfus scandal, which Polanski will direct as well. Seigner is Polanski’s wife.
“I’ve been looking for a chance to make a film in French with Emmanuelle for a long time,” said Polanski, who previously directed Seigner in Frantic and Bitter Moon. “Reading Venus in Fur I realized the moment had arrived. I got so fired up to put this brilliant black comedy on film that I decided to fit it in before D., whose screenplay and pre-production will demand a few more months. Louis Garrel and Emmanuelle Seigner will make for a stunning duo.”
Polanski will write the script with Ives and the filmmaker’s longtime collaborators Robert Benmussa and Alain Sarde, will produce. It will be independently financed and will begin filming in Paris this November. Lionsgate/Summit International will represent the film’s international sales and ICM will represent North American rights.