Johnny Depp - The Ninth Gate Discussion - Even the devil can't get enough of him

Jacoba · 03-06-2004, 07:14 AM

Made by White Noise

Plot:

A rare book dealer, while seeking out the last two copies of a demon text, gets drawn into a conspiracy with supernatural overtones.

Cast:

Johnny Depp as Dean Corso

Frank Langella as Boris Balkan

Lena Olin as Liana Telfer

Emmanuelle Seigner as The Girl

Barbara Jefford as Baroness Kessler

Katinka · 11-23-2007, 04:40 PM

Tonight I came home and turned on the TV and what did I see? Johnny adorable as always in the ninth gate.
I also was thinking that was the time when he met Vanessa in France...

natalie8you · 01-12-2008, 02:07 PM

I saw the last thirty seconds of it on TV a few days ago. I was so mad I didn't turn it to that channel earlier.

Kenjigirl · 01-13-2008, 01:59 PM

I saw this film a while ago. It was pretty good, not one of my fav's of his though.

goldenbean1029 · 01-23-2008, 11:25 PM

I recently saw the cable movie version and it was frightening.

Katinka · 06-07-2008, 08:10 PM

"Drink up me hearties, yo ho!"

**Melika** · 09-22-2008, 10:38 PM

I loved this movie, the mystique and mysterious characters, the 3 books and the secrets they held.

Then the expressions on his face when he discovers the discrepancies with the books.

Then the ending, so powerful and entertaining.

Frank Langella and Lena Olin were fantastic co-stars!

SolveMyMystery · 01-03-2009, 09:25 PM

One of my three favs, Dean Corso is totally my kind of guy

, mysterious ,cultivated,cynic, plus I'm occult science curious so I was completely in to the story.

Katinka · 01-04-2009, 03:05 PM

When I first watched that move alone it was kinda scary to me.

**Melika** · 01-04-2009, 10:20 PM

I've always been intrigued by the occult, the fascination with it and what not, and this movie is great for touching the realism that some people have when it comes to their beliefs.

Such an insanely powerful movie, but I think you really have to have an open mind when watching.

SolveMyMystery · 01-07-2009, 07:47 PM

I watched this movie a lot of times with different people and some of them didn't catch that the girl was the devil

some quotes

"Working with Polanski was a very intriguing experience. He's really out there. It wasn't an easy movie to make, especially because Polanski is very strict in his directing. But he is a fantastic man, very fascinating. He is very intelligent, very funny and he knows a lot about culture. But he also is very stubborn. He's a bit rigid, you know. After working with Polanski, working with Burton felt like an exorcism. I was tortured. Don't get me wrong, I found it very pleasant to work with Polanski, but he and Tim are just two different directors."
--Johnny Depp
Teek, Jan. 2000

"It was not an easy film to make. Roman is pretty set in his ways. There's not much opportunity for discussion or collaboration... He was definitely a bit too rigid for my liking... I'd heard Roman could be extremely rigid and he was, but he never actually tried to give me line readings. If he had, I'd probably still be in jail."
--Johnny Depp
Calgary Sun

those remain me the Mann thing, maybe it's true.

but you know ,don't get a long with Polanski could be dangerous

**Melika** · 01-08-2009, 09:36 PM

Quote:

I watched this movie a lot of times with different people and some of them didn't catch that the girl was the devil

That's like the main point of the movie!

The devil chose him to invoke her not the other dude, so she was leading him to the answers.

And in the end the devil had him.

At least that's my understanding.

I watched this movie again last night, I love it so much!

SolveMyMystery · 01-08-2009, 11:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Ms_Melika (View Post)

That's like the main point of the movie!

The devil chose him to invoke her not the other dude, so she was leading him to the answers.

And in the end the devil had him.

At least that's my understanding.

I watched this movie again last night, I love it so much!

i knew it since

THE GIRL: I like books. I never travel without one.(the book "the Devil in love")

CORSO: Been traveling long?

THE GIRL: Ages.( at that moment i started to listen The Rolling Stones In My Head)

**Melika** · 01-08-2009, 11:38 PM

Well too the hints of it are there when he asks her her name and she's like guess and he starts off with Green Eyes, and then she's like "that'll do"...

...which made me think of the movie Babe, ironically....and the line "That'll do pig...that'll do"...

So she had no name, no where to go, and just showed up to save him when needed.

And he's wondering who killed the man in the water fountain, I think we are to think it's the ones who were after the book, but it was her, because he had gotten what he needed from the book and destroyed it before Lena Olin's character could get to it.

SolveMyMystery · 01-12-2009, 12:18 AM

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Originally Posted by Ms_Melika (View Post)

Well too the hints of it are there when he asks her her name and she's like guess and he starts off with Green Eyes, and then she's like "that'll do"...

...which made me think of the movie Babe, ironically....and the line "That'll do pig...that'll do"...

Lol Mel I know Babe could be annoying but he doesn't deserve be sacrificed

and yes they were hints before but I wasn't sure until the book scene