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Ninth Gate
In the running commentary to the DVD release of his tongue-in-cheek supernatural thriller Ninth Gate, Roman Polanski points out that in the age of computers, books are more important to him than ever. That explains why his movie is such great fun for book lovers: Ninth Gate is tailor-made for people who can resist picking up an attractive volume, who enjoy the simple weight and heft of books,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], who know how to appreciate a nice binding, who take pleasure in assessing the weight and texture of the paper. Of course,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], it good to be able to appreciate the text within, too. But one of the sly jokes of Ninth Gate is that most book lovers,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], at least to an extent,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], succumb to the idea of books as totems,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], items that hold vast powers as physical objects.
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