1. When Corso took the book and saw the mysterious girl for the first time, the girl's face looked in through the gap in the book, the picture was very tight, the books on both sides filled the space, making the girl's The face is more depressed and mysterious.
2. Next, when the friend of the Koso Bookstore was hanged upside down and died, he began to have a premonition that something was wrong. Later, he opened the "Ninth Door", and the picture of death on the painting was exactly the same as that of his friend.
3. The first shot of Koso in the library is with his back to the camera, the shot keeps advancing, as if someone is approaching, making people feel dangerous, and then the shot continues to push forward, focusing on "The Ninth Door" adds a sense of mystery to a painting.
4. When he found that his friend in the bookstore had been killed, Koso felt dangerous for the first time. At this time, he walked to the taxi and the camera stopped for a few seconds. In the picture, Koso was framed by the picture frame and the car window. Imprisoned, Corso has begun to get caught up in this event.
5. When Corso found two old men who bought books, they mentioned a painting that seemed to mean "Danger is ahead" but in fact it was "Danger from heaven". As a result, when Koso walked out of the door, there was a long and narrow road and a tall fence in the picture, which made people feel that the front was unfathomable, but at this moment, the shelves next to him were scattered all at once, almost hitting Koso from above. The painting echoes, implying that there is danger in the painting. At the end of the film, Koso went back again to get the picture, and the two old people were actually the guidance and hint of the devil.
6. When Corso and the mysterious girl met on the train, the distance between the two of them was very large, and the narrow space composition of the train added to the sense of distance between the two and Corso's distrust of the girl.
7. The soundtrack for Corso on the road feels great, it's suspenseful yet not so gloomy, it's a little jumpy, and it helps the plot well.
8. The whole movie tends to be low-key, the picture has always been dark, a little orange, this tone adds a sense of mystery, and the orange echoes the key fire scene later.
Overall review:
I like the theme of "The Ninth Door" very much, mainly in the style of suspense, especially Johnny Depp's interpretation is very good. A mysterious book, a search along the way, every time someone dies, the clues are very clear when reading, and I want to know what happened in the end. And Koso himself betrayed his friends, loved to take advantage, and also appraised the book for a high price. In fact, the further back he went, the more Koso was driven by his own curiosity, and he also wanted to explore the mystery behind it. And that woman is the incarnation of the devil. She appears and disappears from time to time, assisting Koso to identify the "Ninth Gate", connecting the whole story together, and becoming the key to opening the ninth gate. But the rhythm of the whole film is relatively slow. I think that if the rhythm is shortened a little more, the suspenseful effect will be more prominent, and the narrative can be more compact. I feel that the director has added too many things to express the suspenseful effect, which will also lead to Too many but not precise. In fact, I think it is better to focus on the suspenseful paragraphs, otherwise it will appear a little flat.
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