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File photo of film director Roman Polanski presenting his musical 'Tanz der Vampire' ('Dance of the Vampires') in Oberhausen September 29, 2008. Polanski was arrested on his arrival in Switzerland September 26, 2009, at the request of U.S. authorities for a 1978 warrant. He was due to receive an award at the Zurich Film Festival on Sept. 27, 2009.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
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BEIJING, Oct. 15(Xinhuanet) -- Film director Roman Polanski is finishing his latest movie "The Ghost" behind bars in Switzerland, said his friend writer Robert Harris as quoted by media reports Thursday.
Polanski was arrested for a 1977 case involving the rape of a 13-year-old girl on Sept. 26 as he arrived in Zurich to receive an award from a film festival.
Harris, who wrote the screenplay for the movie "The Ghost", said, Polanski wanted to finish the movie in time for its schedule premiere at the Berlin film festival in February.
"He (Polanski) can make his wishes known from his cell. I don't think he can make phone calls, but he can communicate," Harris told media.
The 76-year-old director, who had finished editing his new film on the day of his arrest, had contacted with his colleagues on film issues and given instructions about the film score.
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File photo of Actor Pierce Brosnan,who arrives for the premiere of the film "Mamma Mia!" in New York, July 16, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters File Photo)
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Pierce Brosnan stars in "The Ghost" as a British prime minister accused of war crimes.
"What people think of the film is another matter. Whether the film can rise above the circumstances in which the director now finds himself I don't know. We will test to the upper limits the notion that there's no such thing as bad publicity," Harris said.
"It is a nightmare looming that the director might be in jail at the time (of the film's release) but we will just have to cope with this as the situation develops. I'm sure he would want the film to go ahead, having worked on it for two years." he added.
(Agencies)
