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    It's been on the telly lately...
    fairly good, literate flik directed by Roman, (or ro-MAAAHN, as John Huston would have it) starring the always fun ta watch J. depp.
    and a beeeyoo teee ful Emmanuelle Seigner.
    who has those stunning eyebrows reminiscent of Nastassja Kinski from Tess of the D'urbevilles.
    (see the Polanski inclination here? of course you do.)

    being a book afficionado, loved seeing all those old tomes represented.
    Story revolves around three rare, very old volumes of apocryphal origin whose subject matter entails raising various and sundry demons from the netherworlds, not excluding the main dude, who apparently may have been the author of the book in question. (engravings are signed with the three initial: LCF)
    and the possibility of putting the pieces of the puzzle, from all three disparate editions, to use within the machinations of a ceremony, of the black mass variety of course.
    Depp plays a book collector/procurer/detective. Much pithy, fairly believable dialogue helps the story along until the scriptwriter apparently dies and his teenage son takes over;
    thus spake frank langella:
    "oh master, take me out of the book of life and put me into the book of the dead."


    ugh.


    oh, and the everpresent cancerstick. depp seems to chug away like the evil offspring of a chimney and a locomotive as if he just bought stock in RJReynolds. And... everyone puffs away and lets smoke and ashes cover these rare books! Jay zeuz kee-rise! What're they thinkin!?

    otherwise, worth yer two hours if the omen and the exorcist has gotten a little worn from too many viewings.
    Last edited by kimo55; January 24, 2005, 11:24 PM.
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