When We Were Young: Part 4 Polanski Vs Polanski

Mosquito, Trelkovsky, Alfred or simply the man with knife, Polanski has given himself some great parts in his films. He had a run of some of the greatest films ever made which started in 1962 with Knife In Water and ended in 1976 with The Tenant, 9 great films and I am including What? (1972) which is beyond bizarre. A surreal porn film with no sex. It feels very Terry Southern. Its hard to pick a favorite film but I can't help having a soft spot for The Fearless Vampire Killers (1967). I find it very hard to understand how the man responsible for Rosemary's baby (1968) or Chinatown (1974) could be responsible for The Ninth Gate ( 1999).  Carnage (2012) has a fantastic cast Kate Winslet, John C Reilly, Jodie Foster and Christoph Waltz. Polanski is great with actors so my fingers are crossed.
Let battle commence...

Young Polanski:

1:Cul-de-sac (1966)

2: Rosemary's Baby (1968)

3:Chinatown (1974)

Old Polanski:

1:The Ninth Gate (1999)

2:Oliver Twist (2005)

3:The Ghost (2010)

Exception to the rule:

I have a confession. I found it hard to think badly about Polanski. 

Although they aren't great films I'd gladly watch Frantic (1988) and Death And The Maiden (1994). 

Winner ? 

God he's had such a fucked up life

Posterski

We all love Polish film posters and there "artistic" interpretation of the films they are selling. Just stumbled across these 2 from this amazing website http://www.polishposter.com/ (Thanks Rich).
I wish  these films were half as good as these posters look, its been a long time since I dared to watch either of them but they were never this amazing.

                                                                   The Golden Child

Weekend at Bernie's

When We Were Young: Part 3 LUCAS VS LUCAS

Jesus Christ. This is too easy. Far too easy. Sorry George, lets look at the evidence. 

Young Lucas

1:THX 1138 (1971)

2:American Graffitti (1973)

3:Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977)

Old Lucas

1:Star Wars: Episode I-The Phantom Menace (1999)

2:Star Wars: Episode II-Attack Of The Clones (2002)

3:Star Wars: Episode III-Revenge Of The Sith (2005)

Winner. Ha, well maybe its I.L.M for there excellent effects work they've done on George Jabba Lucas's chin? I wish he'd stop reinventing the past like Big Brother. I was destroyed when I watched the THX1138 DVD...Why George? Why?

Young George

Exceptions To The Rule: .....Errrrrrrrrmmmmmm????