The Ninth Gate (1999)
- Directed by
- Roman Polanski
- Genre
- horror film, mystery film, thriller film, supernatural film, neo-noir, psychological thriller film
- Country
- France, United States, Spain
- Runtime
- 2h 13m
- Rated
- R
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 3,382 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A rare book dealer is hired to verify the authenticity of a 17th century book that is said to have the power to summon the devil. As he travels across Europe to compare the book with the two other known copies, he finds himself drawn into a web of murder and occult intrigue.
atmosphericslow-burnmysterioustenseunsettlingdarkdeliberatecreepycerebral
What happens
The Ninth Gate is a 1999 neo-noir horror thriller film directed, produced, and co-written by Roman Polanski. An international co-production between the United States, Portugal, France, and Spain, the film is loosely based upon Arturo Pérez-Reverte's 1993 novel The Club Dumas. The film stars Johnny Depp as a dealer of rare books who is tasked with authenticating a 17th-century book that, if used correctly, can summon the Devil. The premiere showing was at San Sebastián, Spain, on 25 August 1999, a month before the 47th San Sebastian International Film Festival. Though critically and commercially unsuccessful in North America, where reviewers compared it unfavorably with Polanski's supernatural film Rosemary's Baby (1968), The Ninth Gate earned a worldwide gross of $58.4 million against a $38 million budget. It has since been described as a cult classic. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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The Cabinet of Mephistopheles (1897)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.