The Ninth Gate
1999
***
Director: Roman Polanski
Cast: Johnny Depp, Frank Langella, Lena Olin, Emmanuelle Seigner,
A rare book expert is hired to track down a book co-written by Satan. This creepy thriller has an ominous atmosphere and it looks terrific, but the story doesn't make much sense in the end. Polanski could also have paid some attention to (trivial) details: the alleged expert played by Johnny Depp drinks coffee and/or smokes cigarettes over priceless editions all through the film. Based on the novel El Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte.
