For Motion Pictures. The official reason for the church’s condemnation was, “ The perverted use which the film makes of conventional Christian beliefs and it’s mockery of religious persons and practices” (qtd. in Butler 161) If the Polish government criticized “A Knife In The Water” they never would have allowed “Rosemary’s Baby”, a film which was even condemned in the more liberal United States. The media tends to portray Polanski as an evil man because of the abundance of occult material in his American made films. When asked about this, Polanski denies any particular interest in the devil. (Peary 2) I tend to believe him. I think that he makes such a loud religious statements because he was prohibited from doing so for most of his life in Poland. He had to come to American to get his voice heard, and now that he has he’s going to make sure it gets heard in a big way. ...
