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im going to watch this movie again and there is nothinng you can do about it

What's with that random shot of her flying in?

>>212084804
Just stick to the avengers you retarded fuck.

shit i think i will too. have a cigarette. have two

>>212084842
Relax
God forbid I try to discuss the movie

this film izza beautiful example of 15th century Venetian filmmaking

byoodiful essample

I don't get it, did he lose?

>>212084716 (OP)
Good, please do so. I also expect you to watch it in the highest quality format possible.

>>212085186
nah he won. he was about to go bro down with the devil.

>>212084878
You're too fucking stupid for the movie.

>>212084716 (OP)
Based. Good plot and locations. Shit directing from Polanksi though.

>>212085241
Retard

>>212084804
watch the movie, shes an angel.

>>212085281
>Shit directing from Polanksi though.
Dont be made that he fucked your sister, bro.. :)

>>212085382
y-you too!

>>212085307
You're the faggot who can't even follow the movie.

>>212085341
she's satan

>>212085552
correction unnecessary

>>212084716 (OP)
The way Frank Langella's character dies still makes me snicker just thinking about it

>>212085637
its quite humorous

>ashes directly into the gutter of your priceless 13th century medieval grimoire
nothin' personnel, bibliophilo

>>212085699
i bet that was depps idea

I need more mystery kino with suave amoral chainsmokers.

>>212085794
>>212084716 (OP)
If you like this movie, watch Ghost Writer. Same director, same vibe

>>212085552
okay but for real I only watched it once maybe 2 years ago for the first time and it was a real rollercoaster and my takeaway ultimately was that she was in fact Satan somehow though I can't really justify that in my head but I just thought that would be the coolest outcome, that the cool chainsmoker noir guy on the case actually fucks hot female Satan and completes the ritual, is she actually Satan

>>212085794
>suave

>>212085699
This pissed me right off, he does it a bunch of times. Maybe there's some narrative importance, signifying the lack of sanctity with which the materials are treated even by those who believe in it, nobody ever pulls him up on being a piece of shit and mishandling the books, maybe the books are immune to physical damage because of satan? I dunno but it fucking triggers my autism every time

>>212085794
>introduce main character as a rare book dealer/conman
>after the inciting incident he's relegated to nothing more than a passive protagonist who is just pushed along by the plot
Missed opportunity.

>>212085960
He doesn't give a fuck.

And how's a real satanic bible gonna be damaged by some smoke and ash? Weak ahh satan book fr

>>212086220
Satan is grooming him to be his successor/prince/lover or whatever, he's the chosen one, Satan's top guy doesn't have agency

he even gets rode by Satan in hot girl form, he doesn't fuck her doggy style she rides him, more passivity

>>212086266
>He doesn't give a fuck.
I know he doesn't but literally everyone else surrounding those books were at the least fanatical collectors and at the most involved were practicing satan worshippers who as you say revered it like their version of the bible. Several people throughout the film casually brush off the fact that he's smoking and ashing his cigarette on the books, one time they literally physically brush his ash from the surface of the book.

>>212086220
Another faggot who's too retarded for this movie

>>212086317
sure, in hindsight you can pull that out of your ass. but as a movie protagonist its a missed opportunity. imagine if he used his conman skills to outwit people and move the plot along that way. i like the original Constantine from the comics but without the magic powers.
i like the movie btw

>>212086562
lmao shut the fuck up cunt. i like the movie but at least i dont

>>212086583
Fucking retard. End communication.

>>212084842
That scene is literally Avengers tier shit though

>>212086618
>>212086562
>>212085465
>>212085241
>>212084842

>>212085960
Depp never has any deep connection to the books he handles. He sells rare books he holds no personal love for the book itself. He is in it for the knowledge and the game (It's why he is worthy) and the other who chase it for power and vanity are not.

Also in the movie, the brothers get ash on the book. That didn't bother you?

Commentary anyone?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-7w_achwE4

>>212086646
How were they related in your mind?

>>212085794
8mm
The jews hate it because it portrays them for who they are

>>212086764
Yes it did bother me, I'm not talking about how depp didn't give a shit about the books and just looked at them as a money making object. The people he's surrounded by all throughout the film viewed them as much more than that and none of them seemed to give a shit he's actively damaging their million dollar edge bibles, especially when the brothers did it that pissed me off because they're explicitly supposed to care about books, that's like their whole thing is that they're into books.

Like I said maybe it's a hint that the books are indestructible or something, maybe it's implied that they were burned back when the author's other works got purged and when characters say these books "survived" they don't mean they were spirited away and hidden somewhere but are simply impervious to worldly damage. It has been a while since I watched it and I don't remember the exact backstory of the books and how they survived through the centuries to the time the film takes place but as a book autist watching it happen gave me the shits.

>>212086830
Cheesy badly shot fight scenes

This film is about the relationship between the viewer and the filmmaker

--at the bottom level, you have the Frenchman who owns the book but isn't interested except for the beauty of the binding

--then you have the Baroness who has spent her life writing about the devil and never even considering the pictures, even though she had the best clue--she SAW him.

--at a higher level, you have Liana Tefler, who knows theres some power in the artifact but is still focused on the text (and incidentally sex)

--higher still you have Balkan who knows the text is worthless, and the pictures the real value but thinks the magic is in the pictures

--then you have the two brothers who have the power to tinker with the power of the pictures

--finally Corso who we see moving from the bottom of the list to this layer where he knows the power is not in the pictures themselves, but in the quest. (At the beginning, the value of the book to him is neither in its text, nor pictures, but in its binding and rarity.)

--then we have the girl who is the pictures

--and we have the viewer.

This is a cross, four people stacked, the two brothers and then three more people stacked

That's nine players, eight levels of consciousness created by the filmmaker, each layer tossing aside something. Who is the ninth player? You.

>>212087011
Can you articulate how the scene in the ninth gate was cheesy or badly shot?

>>212087065
interesting little write up. would be cool if the movie actually implemented this

>>212084716 (OP)
Nothing like watching this movie while chain smoking in October

>>212087410
He's literally explaining what's in the movie. Daft cunt.

>>212087549
i get it man. its a cool idea. but its not in the movie

>>212087777
checked, get confirms this is the correct opinion

>>212085281
He's actually lost it in The Palace. The public lynching finally got to him when it spread to France

>>212087184
Her levitation down the stairs looks awful and she comes from nowhere
She does a cheesy slow walk towards the attacker who is conveniently standing completely still and allows her to kick him, and again does a gay looking spin move while the attacker again, stands perfectly still for her

>>212087777
Yeah you're right it's about smoking around old books.

>>212087954
Filtered.

>>212087993
Well duh; The ash is Polanskis cum. And the rare satanic book is (You) the viewer.

Why was she helping him? was it because she was having fun getting boned by him?

>>212088034
I accept that as your admission of defeat. Thanks for playing

>>212084804
That ruined the movie for me. So silly.

>>212088232
>implying im the anon you were talking to
>>212088279
filtered

>>212087410
God is to humanity what authors are to characters and viewers. The movie to us is the same as the book is to them. A lot of artists are aware of this, Christopher Nolan makes is intentional and is obvious about it while Roman Polanski uses concealment. Fitting for a film about occultism.

>>212086317
Actually Corso is meant to be Satan/Lucifer in the film. The story is about Lucifer’s redemption, ascendence from earth and reentry into heaven. The girl is the whore of Babylon, another fallen angel that watches over Lucifer and aids him on his quest. Corso doesn’t realize any of this, but throughout the movie there are allusions such as when Balkan is performing his ritual to summon Lucifer but Corso appears instead, etc.

>>212088543
Literally all of Polanski's movies are about evil winning

>>212088573
Just like real life.

>>212085852
>If you like this movie, watch Ghost Writer. Same director, same vibe
I put off watching this movie for years, despite Ninth Gate being one of my absolute favorite movies. The synopsis just makes it sound so boring and generic. Do yourself a favor if you're on the fence like I was. Watch it. Fantastic movie.

>>212088188
Retard cunt.

>>212088732
I really feel like Ghost Writer's atmosphere and tone would be better suited to Ninth Gate than what Ninth Gate's tone and atmosphere actually is

>>212086764
>He is in it for the knowledge and the game (It's why he is worthy) and the other who chase it for power and vanity are not
... he's literally me....

>>212088732
Tonight is the night. It was supposed to be last week but it wasn't.

>>212088746
Unclench.

>>212088835
Let it go before you give yourself a heart attack.

>>212088732
gonna check it out, are there any other similar notable movies? I could have sworn I saw a list posted here once but I lost the tab in the sea of 800 tabs I had open most likely

Polanski didn't give a FUCK.

>>212089101
You're done.

>>212089515
damn he was genuinely terrified

>>212089515
>The Ninth Gate
>The Ghost Writer
>Frantic

Wtf? How the FUCK does some little anal rapist make every current Hollywood director look like clueless mental midgets??

>>212089714
You have to spend all day every day of your entire life thinking about how to get away with insane, complex crimes.

>>212089714
His actions outside of directing movies are irrelevant to his skill as a director.

>>212089515
>>212089714
the power of you know what

>>212084716 (OP)
say what you want about Boris, he was kinda based and let depp watch what he assumed was the right ritual

>>212088795
I adore bothe movies, but I'm not sure if I agree. Ninth Gate's atmosphere and tone are probably my favorite aspects of it. I might just be conflating my love for the score with the atmosphere and tone though, so I'll give you the benefit of the doubt.

Depp also looks absolutely amazing with a tidy haircut and a few grey hairs. It's such a shame he's doing weird stuff with hats and leather bracelets, he could've been so handsome and dignified as he aged.

>>212090091
Faggot

>>212084804
>random
People like you fill the world and no one ever really thinks about you. I hope you are well and I hope you had a nice supper w your family.

>>212089714
>>212089845
Being a willing participant to an MK Ultra opp (Manson murders) opened a lot of doors plus he was, and is legitimately very talented.

>>212085552
Satan is an angel.

>>212085852
Yeah I've seen that. It's great.
>>212085874
Why not?
>>212086220
Yeah I get what you're saying but seeing him trying to fight against all these powerful forces as it becomes increasingly clear that they're supernatural is very exciting. Him being an active agent would remove that tension.
>>212086881
Thanks I'll check it out.

>>212090239
Yeah but that's not what I meant or what they most likely meant and most people are saying she wasn't Satan anyway.

>>212090246
The character isn't remotely charming

>>212090982
Well I was charmed.

>>212090585
Why so you care how he dresses in read life? You're a faggot. You made that Aaron Paul thread didn't you?

>>212091010
Probably because you're a homo.

>>212089515
Are you aware this is like his trademark thing?
>In the movie Rosemary's Baby, there's a memorable scene where Rosemary, played by Mia Farrow, walks into real, moving traffic. Director Roman Polanski had Farrow walk into the street, telling her "nobody will hit a pregnant woman"
And i notice in every movie of his someone is walking into the road so maybe he does this every fuckin time?

>>212091073
Possible.

any more kinos with sexy demon ladies?

>>212091368
>sexy

I’m pretty sure that 1 autist spammed threads about this movie so much he somehow convinced the entire board to love this utterly mediocre movie that doesn’t even crack the top 10 of Polanski’s filmography

>>212091530
You don't think The Ninth Gate is one of his 10 best? I mean at least give us your top 10 if you're gonna actually say this and not just be trolling

>>212091530
I watched this movie on vhs. I didn't need some faggot zoomer to tell me to watch it.

She is not Satan. After all the discussion this movie has had on /tv/ and people are still retarded.

>>212090982
>>212091010
>>212091073
Johnny Depp is relentlessly charming.

>>212085960
The movie is partly an homage to the private detective genre, so that doesn't bother me any more than it bothers me that he goes through the classic trope of getting hit on the head and then losing consciousness for a length of time that is convenient for the plot, and then is fine, even though that's not how getting hit on the head actually necessarily works. That it's an occult movie makes it even easier for me to suspend my disbelief about these things. After all, these are occult books and this is a very strange man.

>>212091634
1. Rosemary’s Baby
2. Chinatown
3. Tess
4. Repulsion
5. Macbeth
6. The Pianist
7. The Tenant
8. Knife in the Water
9. The Ghost Writer
10. Bitter Moon

This guy is a kino machine but this board only discusses one of his most rushed and half-hearted movies that he admitted he didn’t take seriously

>>212091888
For me personally? I'm thinking she's Satan.

>>212091923
He's a skilled enough actor that he can portray a character who isn't charming, this was one of those characters.

>>212091944
I like it more than Chinatown, rushed or not. Chinatown is really good but for some reason it doesn't stand out for me compared to other noirs/neo-noirs as much as it does for other people. I'm one of those rare people who enjoys The Two Jakes as much as Chinatown. On the other hand, for some reason The Ninth Gate has been stuck in my head ever since I watched it many years ago.

>>212085960
fargle, is that you?

The ninth gate is my 9th most favorite movie

>>212091992
Seriously why? The movie strongly suggests she is the whore of Babylon, like the other anon said. The movie even shows her resembling the engraving in the Ninth Gate. The engraving shows her ridding a multi headed beast (satan as seen in revelations). At the end of the film she rides Corso (actually Satan). That’s it.

>>212091938
>classic trope of getting hit on the head and then losing consciousness for a length of time
Yeah once you find out that lapsing out of consciousness for greater than like 2 minutes is pretty much guaranteed severe brain damage, a lot of movies break that suspension of disbelief huh.
>>212091027
Yeah I'm literally a faggot and he could've been such a sexy silver fox older man type and instead he looks like a dehydrated cowboy was fired out of a cannon through a thrift shop.

>>212085699
>13th century medieval grimoire
its probably vellum and not paper , don't worry its tough

>>212090640
I'm the one that said it, and it was what I meant. You see anon, I was telling him the truth without spoiling it. As we both know its hinted somewhere in the middle of the movie that she is a guardian angel sent to guide his mission (to mislead the audience of course), and because Satan is in fact an angel my response to anon was both misleading AND truthful! Hahaha! Do you see now?!

>>212092030
It has merit. Polanski should’ve just taken it seriously and made it a real thriller. By the time his wife randomly flies in the air and Balkan crashes the cult ceremony you can tell the movie is just giving up on itself.

>>212085699
the ashes activate the sin energy

>>212092287
Thankfully depp isn't supporting your faggotry

>>212092395
You were filtered

>>212092410
He can't stop me

>>212092470
He doesn't need to. Being himself hinders you enough. He's doing his part.

>>212092195
>At the end of the film she rides Corso (actually Satan).
The notion of setting up an elaborate puzzle for oneself, with a character into which to insert and devoid of one's true memories with which to work it out, is intredasting.

>>212093076
He's the anti christ, get it?

>>212093055
I've grown too powerful, I move now undetected, like a spider, and after, when he is bent to my will he shall taste my seed.

It cannot be prevented now. You will all bear witness.

>>212092395
I enjoy the movie but yeah the last 25% of it kind of falls flat for me
Still very comfy and I watch it frequently

>>212085552
I thought she was one of satan's minions, the "Whore of Babylon" or whatever

>>212093646
theres not much evidence for the Whore of Babylon theory (besides sex = whore)

>>212090080
>my love for the score
the end credits with the slow-motion inferno and the operatic singing is fucking great and worth sticking around for

>>212091944
you didn't write that list from off the top of your head, grandstanding geek

>>212088573
If you read about what happened to his family as a child, and then his wife and unborn child, it starts to make a lot of sense. The man has lived a haunted life, and he's been driven to exile even further by #metoo harpies, even in fucking France! I pity him.

>>212088279
It's hinted multiple times she has magical powers up until that point but could easily be explained away as something mundane.
The scene was awesome because it finally exposes that she isn't human which is a niggling feeling for anyone with an average IQ on their first watch
Imagine being such a dumbfuck to not understand that.

>>212085341
>shes an angel.
was bro. was.

>>212094989
>>212092361

>>212093902
You don't have to convince me. As I said, one of my all time favorites.

>>212084716 (OP)
just started watching. opening credits dont end till 5 minute mark. what is this trash?

>>212095280
If you don't think that's the tightest shit then get out of my face.

>>212085552
She was a witness to the war on heaven but not satan, she might not even be a devil but a fallen angel.
In the movie she’s most likely a real agent, but in the story it’s possiable she’s stuck here and wondering the earth trying to get back to hell herself

>>212084716 (OP)
they really can't make slop like this anymore

>>212094589
> o exile even further by #metoo harpies, even in fucking France! I pity him.
The dude drugged and raped a 13 year old up the ass. Get a grip

>>212096168
>slop
Put a stop to this before you embarrass yourself further.

>>212084716 (OP)
Are you me?
I watch this movie all of the time. It's my ultimate comfort film.

>>212096245
Your sisters cunt.

I used to check out a lot of books from the library, and I always hated it when they'd been checked out by a smoker before and still stank. One time I had a book that had previously spent 6 months with a cigar smoker and I couldn't read it. It stank so much!

>>212095813
the song in the intro sequence is equally amazing.

>>212084716 (OP)
if you replace nazis with satanists and random archeology nonsense with occult books as a map this really could be the lost indiana jones movie. I love it like you wouldn't believe.

MUMBO JUMBO MUMBO JUMBO MUMBO JUMBO MUMBO JUMBO

>>212096481
indiana jones if indiana ever said
>i like books

>>212085699
and people say this movie isnt a comedy dont get pedolanskis subtle humour

>>212097497
This thread has a bunch of filtered zoomers, anon.

>>212096245
he's of the tribe, they do that

>>212094783
It doesn't matter. The execution was terrible. It looked silly and gay and I burst out laughing when I saw it. Shit movie.

>>212097651
filtered

>>212097669
Yes, gay shit tends to filter heterosexual men out.

yeah there shoulda been no magic and the book did nothing and at the end everyone tips their fedora

>>212097440
How has being illiterate impacted your daily life?

>>212095813
kino

>>212097702
>gay shit tends to filter heterosexual men out
That's all well and good for them, but what's your excuse?

>>212096245
If you think that is the reason for the witch-hunt, then you are one naive sucker. And do not understand women.

>>212084842
>super powers are ok when my movie does it!
kek ok faggot

>>212097532
sad! but you cant blame them, polanskis comedic style is an acquired taste. like a bitter candy

>>212098046
she's a fallen angel, of course she can fly.

>>212098046
Who said anyone had a problem with "super powers" being portrayed in movies?

>>212097722
This. God doesn't into real and I don't want movies to have anything illogical or unscientific in them

>>212098574
How many boosters did you take?

>>212098616
T-three

>>212097754
>the ninth gate is just the last crusade with satanists instead of nazis instead of trying prove me wrong.
don't try it.

>>212098873
That's a shame. How many times did you catch covid?

i remember when it was 5.6 on imdb

a shame

>>212098941
>i have viking blood and germanic pagan roots. I caught it once and it laid me down.
after that covid was never as serious as it was for anyone else. do the chin hans love me or am I targeted, bros?

>>212098969
It was never serious for anyone. I never got (((vaccinated))) and I never caught it.

>>212098941
Oddly enough, twice

>>212098937
So your answer is "severely."

>>212098969
>>212099027
Unvaxxed here, caught it twice for sure, possibly a third time. Absolute joke not even as bad as the common flu. Third time I didn't even have to self isolate or wear a mask, they said you *should* by that point but it was no longer mandatory.

>>212099079
>i would rather defeat the virus than hide behind the larp.
been there done that. what else do they have? i'm trying to build an army here. is covid the best they have?

>>212099042
Why did you take the kike spike, anon?

>>212099162
Didn't want to lose my job

>>212099178
That's unfortunate, for you. Do you feel ashamed now?

>>212085960
the virgin christcuck bible
>delicate wrinkled faggot paper that rips and tears at the slightest abuse
the chad satan works
>only grows stronger with burning and staining

>>212088543
That's the dumbest shit I've read in years holy fuck.

>>212099148
That and kvetching, getting you banned on /tv/ for racism, think that's about it.

>>212098616
How many foreskins have you had for breakfast, Cleetus?

>>212093646
>>212093819
Why are christcucks so anti-sex? Literal incel religion.

>>212099414
You seem to have a lot of mixed messages in your post but none of them apply to me.

>>212099470
sex without love erodes the soul. this includes your gooning

>>212099414
>>212099470
Bro is mad at everything lmfao

>>212099414
christians don't get circumcised

>>212099079
>Unvaxxed here
Good work

>>212098091
>polanskis comedic style is an acquired taste.
True but they're still filtered by many other aspects of the film

>>212085699
>13th century medieval
17th century Venetian craftmanship, not your modern wood pulp.

>>212085552
the director's wife and was given a meme role*