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The 1974 film Chinese district is considered by some to be one of the greatest films of all time, and it was acclaimed by criticism when it was released, in particular by receiving 11 Oscar price appointments. (He won one: the best original script for Robert Towne .) But, the story of the neo-black film is checkered. Chinese district director Roman Polanski pleaded guilty of illegal sex with a minor in a 1977 case involving a 13-year-old girl, after which he fled the United States to avoid a prison sentence. He was also accused of abuse by other women, in particular Chinese district star Faye Dunaway , who said that Polanski submitted it to an "incessant cruelty" on the set and has constantly tried to humiliate it. She also established a link between the way he treated it, an adult woman and her interest in young girls. Read the rest to find out more about what the 83 -year -old actor said about their confrontation.

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In his 1995 memories, Looking for Gatsby: my life , Dunaway wrote on work with Polanski on Chinese district - for which she was nominated for the Oscar for the best actress, including an incident in which he pulled hair from the head of the head between the catches.

"I was furious." Never dare to do this kind of thing for me! "I said to him," Don't even touch me, even less, pull my head hair, "she wrote. But, she added," it was not the hair, It was the incessant cruelty that I felt, the constant sarcasm, the endless need to humiliate me. "

She said she had approached a producer to try to change the behavior of Polanski. "I always felt that Roman was walking on me, that he never granted me respect," she continued. "And I deserved respect - I had deserved it at that time in my career, and I had that as a human being." Dunaway also wrote in his book, "now I think what he did to me throughout the film lined with sexual harassment."

As indicated by The Guardian , in the book Easy riders, unleashed bulls , author Peter Biskind says that on the Chinese district together, Dunaway threw a cup of her urine In Polanski as revenge so that he did not take a bathroom break. In 2008, a journalist The Guardian asked him about it. She was scandalized by the issue and ended the interview. AE0FCC31AE342FD3A1346EBB1F342FCB

"I will not answer that," she said. "This does not even deserve the dignity of an answer. I do not know the details of this. It is absolutely ridiculous ... It is insulting that you would even do it!"

In Looking for Gatsby —Medic before Guardian Interview - Dunaway explained that she was too questioned about Polanski. "There is not a single shark of a journalist to date who does not try to do the episode Chinese district One that defines in my life, "she said." Nobody talks about my work with [Elia] Kazan ,, [Sidney] Lumet ,, [Sydney] Pollack ,, [Norman] Jewison ,, [Steve] McQueen ,, [Jack Nicholson ,, [PADDY] Chayefsky , all the great experiences I have had. But I drop with Roman, I am always asked to explain. ""

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Still in her book, Dunaway wrote on Polanski's preference for "young girls" and explained that her disgust for her could have been linked to this.

"He has always dragged with very young girls," she wrote. "Young girls do not threaten, young girls have no ideas, they are not independent, and I was all that. I was a fairly considerable actress at that time too, with property of property On my work. These differences prepare the ground for a confrontation. "

She also described the Rosemary Baby The director as "very an autocrat, always forcing things". She continued: "It went from physical to mind. He was very dominating and abrasive and clearly indicated that he wanted to manipulate performance. This approach never succeeded with me."

As for the vision of Polanski on their quarrel, according to The independent, He called Dunaway once "Gigantic pain", which has contributed to its reputation difficult to work.

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In an interview of 2013 with The independent , Dunaway said that "Too" was done Of his problems with Polanski.

"[Polanski] is thus [dictatorial]," she said. "He knows what he wants and he is also collaborative, but he sometimes has a off -putting way. We were always in my time accustomed to kindness and consideration and all that. Large my face. 'Offensed, of course, but it was far too in fact. It was just one hair. But I liked working with him, he is a great director. "

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