not everyone can enter

August 2022-04-20 09:01:37

With my knowledge and intellect, to interpret such a movie is basically the same as talking about a dream.
After watching the movie, I learned some vocabulary with the help of Baidu: 1. The surnames and first names of several characters in the film (Corso, St. Martin, the twin old man Ceniza, the heroine); 2. A few details I noticed: on the cover 666 of the pentagram, Balken elevator and library; 3. A few words that come to my mind: demon, Lucifer, seal.
My habit of watching movies is not to think while watching, but to follow the director as much as possible without adding my own subjective factors (mainly because I am afraid of going astray, and secondly, my mind is not so fast). Looking back, the whole film is reminiscent, that is to say, watch it with your eyes, and watch it with your heart (in fact, most of the films have forgotten their heart after they have seen it with their eyes).
This is how I understand the story: First of all, I don't know how Satan works, whether he needs to use the human body (such as reincarnation) or choose a suitable apostle. Anyway, in this film, he chose Corso, which It was the last thing I realized (not necessarily awakening or comprehension, crooked comprehension is also comprehension), compared to Balken's unscrupulous and vicious, Corso has skills. At the beginning of the film, when Corso went to collect the book, he First, he overestimated the value of other books to gain the trust of sellers, and then took away the most valuable books at extremely low prices. In my impression, Satan is also like this. It is to obtain the most valuable thing in a person - the soul. What Corso encountered in the film should be the hardships he must go through, making him "sublime" step by step (sublimation and degeneration are also similar). The nine illustrations in the book are completed by LCF, and each of them should correspond to the film (in the process of watching, I only found four or five), the heroine can correspond to the woman riding on the monster and the twin old man A devil with a bow in a cloud.
Compared to Corso and other people who try to pass through the ninth gate, such as Balkan and the widow, I don't think everyone can go through the ninth gate to reach the blissful world. I don't know the meaning of "Nine Doors". If Satan's world is divided into nine layers, most people can only suffer in the outer layers after selling their souls. Only those chosen by Satan can overcome all difficulties and come to his place. around.

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Extended Reading

The Ninth Gate quotes

  • Dean Corso: Have you studied the engravings? They seem to have some underlying significance.

    Ceniza: But of course.

    [Points to an engraving in the book]

    Ceniza: Here, for example. This one could be interpreted as a warning. "Venture too far," It seems to say, "and danger will descend on you from above." This type of books often contain little puzzles. Especially in the case of such an illustrious collaborator.

    Dean Corso: Collaborator?

    Ceniza: You cannot have proceeded very far with your research, señor. Here, look close.

    [Handles a magnifying glass to Corso]

    Ceniza: Don't you see? Only six of the nine engravings were signed by Aristide Torchia.

    Dean Corso: Yes. And the other three?

    Ceniza: But this is one of them.

    Dean Corso: [Reads through the magnifying class] L... C... F... Who is LCF?

    Ceniza: Think.

    Dean Corso: [Thinks a few seconds] Lucifer?

    Ceniza: Very perceptive of you, señor ! Torchia was burned alive because he wrote this book in collaboration with someone else.

    Dean Corso: Come on! You can't honestly believe...

    Ceniza: The man who wrote this book did so in alliance with the Devil and went to the stake for it.

    [Grinning sarcastically]

    Ceniza: Even Hell has its heroes, señor !

  • Boris Balkan: [On the phone] What news?

    Dean Corso: News? Let me see... Well... Yes. The good news is I got to examine the old woman's book and three of her engravings were signed "LCF". The bad news is that someone strangled her and made a bonfire of her collection. Now that's tragic, wouldn't you say?

    Boris Balkan: You took the words out of my mouth.

    Dean Corso: Yes, it's the Fargas story all over again. I think they tore out the engravings before they torched the place. That makes two sets they've got.

    Boris Balkan: And my copy?

    Dean Corso: Well, I learned my lesson, fortunately... I don't carry it around with me anymore. Otherwise, it might have gone up in smoke.

    Boris Balkan: Excellent. Good thinking. Well, with two copies gone, that seems to conclude your assignment. It only remains for you to return my book. I'm staying at the Ritz, you can pick up your check at the same time. Shall we say half an hour?

    Dean Corso: There's more bad news. I don't have it.

    Boris Balkan: You don't have it?

    Dean Corso: Someone lifted it from my room.

    Boris Balkan: Listen to me very carefully, Mr. Corso. I think you may already have some idea of the lengths to which I'm prepared to go when I want something. Unless you recover my property in double-quick time, you'll discover just how far that can be.