Roman Polanski in conversation about his films, with Mark Cousins, for the BBC program "Scene By Scene" In 2000.
This video was for some reason taken down from UA-cam some years ago, and i could never find it in full since. Which was a great shame, seeing as it's probably the best video-interview with Polanski available. (And also just a part of Cousins' fantastic series of interviews with various legendary actors and directors, so sorely in need of an official, high-quality release. As several of the episodes are still not available on UA-cam, or anyplace else) A few days ago i finally managed to dig up the video somewhere else online, and am now putting it back up here on UA-cam, for all to enjoy.
Polanski films discussed (some much more in-depth than others) include: Chinatown, Knife in The Water, The Fearless Vampire Killers, Rosemary's Baby, The Ninth Gate, Hamlet, The Tenant and Tess. Mostly in that order. Cousins also attempts to bring up Polanski's dramatic and controversial private life, particularly as it relates to his films, but he's mostly shot down