I want to clarify my statement below. Whether one believes her or not, Dylan
Farrow has been through hell. She apparently believes that what she says
happened, happened and whether those memories are real or implanted is
irrelevant; they're a part of her.
While she's hardly been a shrinking violet over the past hew years (the "By the
Way ..." documentary shows numerous interviews--where she's perfectly
composed--and mentions she has a book coming out), the story has never been
really been challenged in a court of law, and even Mia Farrow's interview in
Part One that reportedly claims she treated Soon-Yi calmly and in an adult
manner after finding the photos directly contradicts her previous sworn
testimony that she went ballistic and beat her.
I don't want to see Dylan Farrow broken on the witness stand, but I do want to
see the family's claims put under oath.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 9:52:32 PM PST, Paul Murray
<[email protected]> wrote:
It's disappointing to see serious news organizations (NYT, WaPo) taking the
bait and covering each individual episode, giving the project a certain
gravitas that it doesn't appear to deserve.
That's especially true given the issues raised about the filmmakers' two
previous documentaries, where some say they put advocacy over facts (example:
"How The Hunting Ground Blurs the Truth"; something like 19 Harvard Law
professors had serious complaints about that doc). I have not seen any of them,
nor do I intend to, based on what I've read.
They have claimed, apparently with a straight face, that the public hasn't
heard the Farrow side until now. As I observed earlier, they also told the Post
critic that their film is not about Allen.
Yes, they got Dylan to give an on-camera interview. That's something new,
although that doesn't necessarily increase our factual knowledge. I believe
that Dylan believes it happened. But that doesn't mean that it did happen.
I think news organizations ought to at least wait to see all the episodes to
cover them. Let's see what they include and also what they leave out that would
contradict or muddy their narrative. But that ain't gonna happen these days.
On Tuesday, February 23, 2021 at 8:31:53 PM UTC-5 Dave Sikula wrote:
Well, they're not applying ethical journalism practices to the rest of it, so
why should this be an exception?
I'd love to see Allen sue both Farrows for defamation and get them on the stand
under oath. It would never happen, because Allen doesn't want to go there and
the caterwaulers who hate him would go ballistic, but it'd be nice to see a
good lawyer shred them.
--Dave Sikula
On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, 12:49:46 PM PST, PGage <[email protected]>
wrote:
So, I was wondering about the use of Allen’s book (and voice) in the HBO doc.
Why would he give permission to them, but how could they use it without
permission?
The LAT reported yesterday that Allen’s publisher (Skyhorse Publishing) is
considering a lawsuit for copyright infringement. The Filmmakers are claiming
it is Fair Use, which - Wow, does that seem like a stretch. Not only are the
excerpts several and extensive, but they are not presented as quotations from
his book (though there is on screen text attribution) but as parallel to sound
from interviews the makers did with other sources. In other words, the excerpts
are used not for educational purposes, not as a prime for discussion, but to
create the misleading impression that the makers interviewed Allen and are
providing his point of view as part of a balanced presentation.
I have embraced a liberal view of Fair Use over the years, but this seems way,
way over the line.
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-02-22/woody-allen-documentary-memoir-lawsuit-skyhorseOn
Sun, 21 Feb 2021 at 7:56 PM PGage <[email protected]> wrote:
Dave’s summary of the bias and distortion is accurate, though they represent
Woody with audio from his book, in his voice, which seems like they would need
his permission to do?
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