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The ninth gate arturo pérez reverte5/20/2023 ![]() You have to admire him for being able to switch between bleak, serious works like Tess and The Pianist, and something more fun and frothy like Frantic. While absurdity in and of itself is no bad thing, Polanski has always been at his best when this aspect of his sensibility has been minimised, or at least properly accommodated. ![]() Polanski has always been a fan of absurdist, quirky comedy, being greatly influenced by France's crown prince of absurdity, Eugene Ionesco. But instead we end up with a ripe old stinker every bit as disappointing as Prince of Darkness. You would think that Roman Polanski, the man who gave us Repulsion and Rosemary's Baby, would be able to handle such well-worn material in at least a workable manner. With their ridiculous twists, over-the-top acting and an overreliance on special effects, they epitomise all that is banal and disappointing about these two genres. With the notable exception of Se7en, numerical horror-thrillers are utter rubbish. ![]() Starring Johnny Depp, Lena Olin, Frank Langella, Emmanuelle Seigner The Ninth Gate (France/ Spain/ USA, 1999) ![]()
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