Johnny Depp done an awesome job playing this part.

When Corso shoots Balkan, that is not mercy but the in-movie depiction of the engraving with the text "ditesco mori" or loosely "to grow rich through death". No one in the world knows where Balkan is at that point, so Corso gets to walk away with all the LCF engravings and could still go to New York to cash the check before attempting the ritual. Of course, by now money is irrelevant to Corso.

I see passion in the character Curso. He is so passionate that he doesn't care much about his appearance (looking a lot like the TV detective Columbo), his apartment, his food, what others think of him, or having friends. Smoking and drinking seem to only add to his steely focus on his passion. I suspect it is this quality that made "the darker powers" select him for the 9th Gate enlightenment. Thanks for the vid

Spoiler alert - the picture at 4:22 is a reference to a girlfriend Corso never got over. In The Club Dumas she's an artsy type.

Fantastic video man. I finished the movie for the 2nd time tonight and am hooked.

You narration style is really fun! Great video. Thank you!

I see Corso as cognizant, alert and indifferent. His passions are books and vices, that is until he begins to covet the knowledge being sought after by Balkin. He is the perfect pawn for the supernatural forces at play.

Cool character.

The books together open a gateway, and were destroyed. So did multiple people before enter, or was Dean the only one? Was he destined? The book binder(s) and girl appeared in the books, so were probably guardians. I want the theory to be that the devil wrote the books for himself to come back to hell after he takes human form. And Dean was him.. reincarnated or amnesia, but chose a life subconsciously to find those books.

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Great analysis of Corso! I'd add that he's a perfect modern adaptation of the condotierri of feudal Italy.

Man.... I wanna know what happens after he walks through castle doors.

Do more ninth gate videos,theorys!!!!!!!

Thank you for the analysis. I do think that, while interesting, your conclusion is incorrect. I don’t think the trope of the seven deadly sins applies here. So Rather than Corso giving up gluttony or greed- in short, becoming a better person- I think the story has him becoming a worse person. That is the significance of him beating the man with the shoe. The “girl,” as she is called, stands by smiling, impressed!because she is an immoral character. (we learned this about her on the plane when she demonstrates total apathy at Fargas’s death). Corso has essentially won the admiration of an evil demon . She even makes love to Corso at the end, as demon to demon, mutating her face, while she is on top of him in a kind of horror show to delight him. You’re surely right that Corso’s killing of Balkan is an act of mercy, but Corso was there not to stop Balkan from doing evil,but to replace him as the evildoer, to usurp Balkin’s quest to commune with the devil. Anyhow, that is my interpretation. Thank you again for sharing yours, which I found interesting and inspiring.

What music do you think Corso listens to?

Greetings! I very much like your channel and appreciate that we share a passion for similar movies, this being no exception. I have a question that is hanging in my mind. Why did Lucifer choose Corso and not Balkan. To my mind Balkan would have been the best candidate? And i would interpret the scene where the girl leaves Corso the hint that the last book is a forgery as Lucifer's personal involvement, favoring him out of all of them

His future is clear. I ship him with Mort Rainey in my fanfic called Book Smart (NO NOT THE LESBIANS AND LACED STRAWBERRIES) and the first chapter is called Writer's Block.

He seems to go through to the blondes

Phinger pluck yer sisses craw were all dark

Roman Polanski is smiling 🙂

Wasnt this film just a rip off of the Eyes wide shut?

No one wants to be the 13th like or the 13th comment lol!