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I have watched the Ninth Gate quite a few times. Each time a discover something else. There are little things like the “Castle” painting in Balkin’s library. Every time something happens to Corso, it appears in the Ninth hate. His friend was killed and hung by his right foot, also the first engraving he inspects. When Corso is talking to the Ceniza twins in their store about the book, one twin points out the engraving from LCF that could mean “danger will ascend upon you from above.” When Corso walks outside, the scaffolding falls. Coincidence? I think Polanski wanted us to think this BUT Corso returns to the Bookstore for the 9th engraving and it falls from the top of the very tall bookshelf. We see him enter the castle but was he accepted? Also the engraving has the face of one of the twins with a bow and arrow like Cupid. Many of the engravings resemble Tarot cards. I am not an occultist but this movie is full of occult references. Balkin’s class and the books Fargas talks about are real. Just a very interesting movie. I try to watch it once a year.
Say what you want about Polanski, but he makes fantastic movies. I honestly feel such empathy for the dude. Hitler killed his whole family. Horrific. Then he gets married and is expecting his first child when the Charles Manson Family murders his wife and unborn child. Polanski has seen some real ev and felt real sadness in his life. I know about the rape charges and that he is a criminal. He paid the girl restitution. I’m not excusing it. I think he is just really messed up. I know I would be if one of those things happened, let alone both. What are the chances?
I left the movie theatre during Eyes Wide Shut. I thought it was awful. I watched it a few years later and didn’t find it to be so bad but certainly not the greatest movie Cruise has ever done. Vanilla Sky, Magnolia, and Minority Report are so good. He really does make really great movies.
This movie is exceptional.
Balkan figures out the order of the engravings and recites them as Corso walks in on him in the castle. The words are there.
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