Unintentional ASMR in film: The Ninth Gate (Johnny Depp) 

These kind of scenes are by themselves masterpieces. Very rare these days, on the brink of extintion.

FUN FACT: The "two" old men are actually played by one actor, José López Rodero. The magic of film making!

This is the perfect movie to catch on tv on a rainy afternoon

Idk... all them cigarettes near incredibly rare books is enough to give me a heart attack 😂 but the sound in this film is impeccable.

The whole film is ASMR. That melodic score, often soft-spoken dialogue. I actually find it bloody annoying how many times I watch this film and it unintentionally leads me to the lad of nod.

Bro this movie is an ASMR treasure trove. The scene when he visits Portugal where the guy with the shrinking personal library compares the two copies of the book with each other... that one is so awesome. And honestly, I've listened to Polanski's commentary many times too, because he has a lot of good production anecdotes about this movie and tells it all with a soothing accented voice :)

The two old men surnames are Ceniza which translates as "ashes". Interesting that the brother that smokes drops ash on to the book and wipes it away. The other connection is that the author of the book was burned at the stake. "Even hell has their hero's".

One of the best movies I've ever watched. Notice one interesting fact that Corso is the only one who went through the danger described in a book (the collapsing scaffolding), but it also signified that he did not acquire the missing engraving (9th-last one). He was also the only one who saw or was a part of the situation shown in an engraving in the book (saw his friend hanging upside down, dealing a killing blow to Balkan as he was praying, being ridden by the woman, etc.) - all nine gates of hell. The were also 9 deaths in the movie. Question is, did Corso succeed in the end or was he deceived by the master of deception? The movie is filled with mystery, deep and full of symbols, while the soundtrack is mesmerizing. In my opinion, film is underrated.

A masterpiece with Johnny Depp

"even hell has its heros señor mhmhmhmhmh..."

Seriously, there's s community of people that are ASMR:ing to this film? I thought I was alone in this? Seriously, I've used this film especially to fall asleep to more than +100 times. It's my favourite in that regard, together with Blade Runner and Where Eagles Dare.

This movie is fantastic. I’ve loved it for years. Depp was at his finest here and the underground book trade is so fascinating. The only thing stopping this movie from being flawless is the abrupt ending. It’s a shame.

As an added Note about The Movie "The Ninth Gate", I would be remiss if I did not mention Johnny Depp's Stellar performance in this movie; Those of us who have grown up watching Johnny Depp as an Actor can appreciate his growth in his Craft; Without going into specific movies...I can't say that I've enjoyed other movies, even recent ones, as much as I've enjoyed his acting in "The Ninth Gate"

They are incredibly cavalier to be smoking in a bookstore

Be careful, that old man on the left has a pistola hidden in his muustache.

why unintentional? some directors know what they are doing

Polanski movies in general are a treasure trove. Chinatown Nicholson searching in the Hall of Records, walking on pavement and crumpling up the paper from his windshield and winding watches, click clacking a coffee cup and reading a newspaper, Ghostwriter Ewan McGregor cleaning out the dresser and finding the envelope, many scenes of riffling pages and going through mail in a mailbox, footstep sounds, click clacking on a laptop...Bob Ross and Polanski served me well for years prior to ASMR exploding. Also All the Presidents Men and Parallax View by Alan Pakula..

I only discovered what ASMR is less than a year ago, years after I first watched this movie. But I always remembered the sounds in this movie and how much I loved them. In this scene in particular, I always remembered how great everything sounded and how I could "watch" it with my eyes closed. . Listening to this after discovering ASMR is breathtaking (I have noticed that I pay more attention to sounds thanks to ASMR videos on youtube) . Now I can appreciate the movie even more.

haha great you noticed it. In the beginning is another one. where corso flips through the book and hears the paper. He then stands in front of a huge window in new york (It might be a standing image though)

So johnny depp is lucifer and he goes through Ishtar gate in the end to get to Arizara the secret place

There 3 more good tingle scenes in this movie. The beginning pre hanging, the opening scene after the credits, and when he visits the man with the collection on the floor.

Incredible movie. Real masterpiece.

Best movie

The best ASMR scenes seem to be the ones when characters admire an object. Especially a book

I love how the brothers finish each other’s sentences and are on the same mental wavelength 😂😂😂

Even hell has its heroes senor!

This scene got me interested in book binding.

The Ninth Gate, a weird film with an obscure story. But there are at least 5 Asmr moments throughout the film.

In the novel it turns out that this scene took place in an empty old abandoned shop and Corso spoke to apparitions

Just hearing Polanski talking is ASMR. Listen to any of his interviews or the first half of the tenant. His voice has a soothing timbre. (I know that sounds super wrong, but it's true)

They missed Him with The Scaffolding

Theory that these 2 are acatually ghosts - they were dead and the same actor played the moving men at the end of the movie closing this book shop

I just can't get over the smoking indoors and the audacity he had to just light one up, without asking. Then you got two ppl smoking indoors and near books! That's the 90's for you, noone really gave a fuck. I remember those days.

What is ASMR? Great movie. Great scene. Thanks.

2:16 when he talks about Venetian craftsmanship and the "pages resistant to the passage of time," what does he mean when he says "none of your modern ' boot pulp' " or "boot bug" (subtitles) ?? what does it indicate about the book itself? okay I noticed he says the "finest rock paper," paper actually made from stone, instead of tree pulp.

I love forgetting about this film, just so I can rediscover it again.

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The deep baritone of the brother's voices (especially the one on the left) causes the feeling of relaxation which you call ASMR. What the sound of their voice is, is a tiny bit of the AUM sound, at the correct pitch, which Tibetan and other monks access to enter what I call "underwater". It is an entering into another dimension. One can feel it instantly (if one hears the AUM at the right pitch) and the feeling goes all through one's spine (through the chakras). One's perception is also altered, and one sees that the Earth, the trees, the animals (if any are around) are all in this dimension permanently, and are all worshipping God while in this state. That's what I consider it to be, anyway-worshipping God. The creation didn't fall, you know. This state is unnoticed by humans because we aren't exposed to the AUM much, and have no idea there is another dimension of which we aren't aware, accessed by means of a sound which I consider to be something like God's voice. I didn't enter this state alone-a friend facilitated it by making the AUM sound and when he hit the right pitch, we automatically entered "underwater". He knew about this sort of thing. The "underwater" feeling is more intense than the ASMR feeling, the ASMR feeling being a small hint of the AUM experience. Some months after this occurrence, I was visiting a zoo and for some reason decided to worship God as nature does. I "centered" myself (lined myself up) on a huge Redwood stump (this was in California) and let my arms and hands go down to my side, in a relaxed position, with the palms open. And I looked up. A huge animal-I think it was an elk- standing inside the fence apparently knew what I was doing, because he or she raised his/her head straight up, making a "one" with his/her neck, and looked up with me. We all, the stump, the elk, and I worshipped God together. Any Tibetan monk would know exactly what I'm talking about, although they may know it by a different name.

None of yer modern wood puwlp

Love this film.

“Even Hell has its hero, Señor”

...AKA The Forgery Bros.... look how many times they Deny its a Forgery......lolz

I have been fascinated with this movie as of late.

we're so starved of genuine relaxation in these digital, harsh times that we even search for the smallest occurrences. ironically, we do this while spending our time in one of the digital pits that _put_ us in this state. surely "ASMR" would be more satisfying out in the real world, no? no? okay. what do i know?

First mention of Lucifer, suddenly you hear a fly buzzing... great Detail, Lucifer was also named the "Lord of the flies"

This scene makes me think of the Dead Sea Scrolls and one of the stories about them is that the team of men who worked on translating them in the early days smoked while they worked and didn't think anything about it.

The book binder ripping off the ciggy filter. A minor detail but it's always stuck with me.

My apologies, what's asmr?

Ceniza brothers always remind me of prof. Abronsius from Vampire Killers. There are many references from other Polanski's films.

Albino

That book doesn't like a book of the 17 century, books of 17 century has almost no margins , paper was to expensive, besides is in to good state of conservation. It's a book of the end of xix century or of the beggining of the xx century.

I can remember listening to this on a loop, falling asleep and waking up about 3 hours later

One of my favourite films.

The actor, Jose Lopez Rodero, playing the twins, (P & P Ceniza Brothers), as well as the two workmen towards the end of the movie when Johnny Depp revisits the twin's shop again in Toledo, Spain IS SO GOOD THAT I Catch myself speaking of them AS IF there are actually more than one person...Jose Lopez Rodero Excels in ALL the four parts; HE, is also The 'Production Manager' in the SPANISH CREW as shown about two minutes before the ending of the Movie Credits.

I have to echo in on every comment here. Fine movie The ninth gate. Acting, environment, music, story, everything. Strange thing is, even if the theme of the movie is quite dark and involves Satan, the movie is surprisingly cosy lol.

I'm something of a movie whore, and have watched this one on many occasions. for many of the same reasons, this one is a must, and delivers on many expectations, you wouldn't have thought!

I've been rewatching this movie quite a bit lately. These dialogue scenes are fantastic but the scaffold crashing and the automobiles and motorcycle chases are so loud in contrast I wonder if it was intentional or not. I find myself having to change the volume frequently while watching this particular film.

This film cannot help thinking that they speak in parable or doublespeak think 1984 Orwell film also V for Vendetta . I've been doing that lately. I hear another message than what's being delivered since nothing is what it seems

Notice the fly whine when Lucifer's name is mentioned?🤫🤫🤫

I really enjoyed this film….great acting, and an enigmatic story 👍

It's such a great movie. A rare book finder unknowingly collects the very pages of his own story. Evil, paranoia, and mystery, what more could you want.

Clearly it's not for everyone, but I love that movie.

3:26 First time I watched this movie (on streaming) so with headphones on, I thought a mosquito was taking the piss out of me, so i fucking swang my arms in all direction and it took me like 10 seconds to realise there was no mosquito in the room with me, just in the movie lmao, will always remember this weird but funny moment.

ASMR are all over this film if you look closely you'll see

Every time someone closes that book. 👂💆

The person who did subtitles needs to be fired

Later in the movie, Corso returns to the shop. The brothers are gone, and two movers (also twins, also played by the same actor) are there instead, tearing the place down. They don't speak English, but apparently one refers to the brothers as being "long dead" - the implication being that Corso is speaking to ghosts previously, and the obvious conclusion is that the brothers were the "masters" involved in forging the ninth engraving.

One of the twins is dubbed over by Roman Polanski

Fantastic film. N.F.T. love and respect. Yours truly. Sonja Ingrid.Xxxxxx ❤❤❤❤

Yes I do, lol, just tickles me

Rubber studios, rubber gub, ✌️

Would the French film La Cercle Rouge (1970) be considered an ASMR film? I just now looked up what ASMR is and that's the first film I thought of. It seems I like these types movies. I get so much comfort in watching older quieter films.

Seperate a lamb from his family? For victory? Hmmm weres puffy now

Best element of this film for me is the sound, be it musical score, sound editing, sound mixing. Increasingly lost arts these days with modern filmmaking.

Rile me up sumthin wild

Tearing off the filter before he lights the cigarette. Old dudes are hardcore.

It's a really oddball movie, but honestly one of my favorites. There's a constant underlying sinister tone throughout that I really like.

asmr is in the book binding_? the brothers had copyed the book before. Just not the page that was torne out, the burning tower.

What a great movie!

He looks like bbno$

You will never find ASMR in any Samuel L. Jackson scene 😂😂😂

A work of art.

Love the detail that one of the Ceniza drops ashes on the book when he sees it. Ceniza in Spanish means "ash".

Always a pleasure to see Johnny Depp

Loved movies like this growing up

“Even Hell has its heroes” 😮😮😮

Speechless just gets me every time.✌️

No way he would be smoking in a rare book shop

Wered you get your script?

more intentional than you think. ;)

When this came out on VHS I would keep rewinding the research scene in the library until I eventually fell asleep. Fantastic movie

I fall asleep to this all the time... the only jarring bit is the collapsing scaffolding. You learn to mute it at the right time after a while. though.

Love the whole setting/feel in this movie. I’ve must seen it atleast twenty times, sometimes just on in the background kind of thing.

Brrreatthhhee

3:31

日本語吹き替えはないのですか？

Thinkkkk

Im not the devil

The twin ceniza brothers represent the twin towers, ceniza is a espanish word the means ash , they also mentioned that there's a denger from above in the drawing, that's why in the next scene when depp leave that place there's a scaffolding falling down, representing 911

This movie looks stupid well, Johnny Depp is the protagonist not surprised