Ninth Gate Balkan Lecture Lobby Card

[CBR2023]

If somebody can post better image of the illustration. Thank you. From the bluray version ?

 

[CBR2023]

If somebody can post better image of the illustration. Thank you. From the bluray version ?

 

[CBR2023]

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

You're welcome! I haven't made a cropped postcard like version because I'm not sure what color looks closest to the movie version (I personally think 3 or 5, I used color match with a movie screenshot to create 3). Btw I also uploaded a version with colors that look a bit closer to the photograph Balkan has in his office, but again anyone feel free to make your own version

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Looks great!

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Looks great!

Thanks mate

 

[RafalFett]

It does look great! How big is yours? The one in the movie looks to be close to an A1 size or 841 x 594 mm.

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Thank you RafalFett.
Yes, the one from the movie looks huge. I'm getting too short of space so I got an A2 size (big enough but not as big as the screenused one). Besides these frames aren't exactly cheap and "the bigger the size, the bigger the price"

 

[RafalFett]

I feel your pain. I'm having the same problems with space and I mostly do paper props...

 

[Odin82]

I feel your pain. I'm having the same problems with space and I mostly do paper props...

Photo of your reading Nook on reddit.com/r/cozyplaces with all your paper props on bookshelves I bet would be amazing!

 

[RafalFett]

Photo of your reading Nook on reddit.com/r/cozyplaces with all your paper props on bookshelves I bet would be amazing!

Yeah, it would be great! Some of those photos are quite beautiful.

 

[drizztd0urden]

Sorry to necro this!
Guys, I'm coming late to the party, but I'm in awe of your dedication and I've read through this entire thread with such eagerness that I don't think I've ever been as immersed in an online discussion. Thank you for this!

I've watched the film over a hundred times and I think there is a lot of amazing work put into it - I even play scenes from it in class every year (I teach semiotics). It was only recently when an invested student asked what was depicted on doctor Balkan's door that I realized I've never really thought about it - and so I stumbled upon this thread. So thank you once again and as curiosity is its own reward, I hope yours keeps motivating you toward new adventures!

EDIT:
I just realized that I might be able to take advantage of your collective expertise, seeing as you've seen over a hundred thousand wood carvings by various artists!
I have been thinking for years about a tattoo in that style, but never found something that really 'clicked'. At one point I even considered a page from our beloved film (was torn between pg. 1 or 9), then at another time thought about one of the works of Gustave Dore. I decided against it back then because I want to have a wolf in there, seeing as it's my family's crest (and close to my family name), and while I do like Dore a lot (have reproductions of 2 of his works on my wall as I write this) he doesn't use symbolism as layered as I'd want it (or as inducive of interpretation).
BUT if any of you have seen a meaningful carving that includes a wolf and has layered symbolism it might just be the perfect image I've been looking for! If not - my search continues
Thank you in advance!

 

[MAKE BELIEVE]

Guess I'm not wrong by saying that almost every participant on this thread shares the same inconditional passion for for this great movie

 

[Jintosh]

Sorry to necro this!
Guys, I'm coming late to the party, but I'm in awe of your dedication and I've read through this entire thread with such eagerness that I don't think I've ever been as immersed in an online discussion. Thank you for this!

I've watched the film over a hundred times and I think there is a lot of amazing work put into it - I even play scenes from it in class every year (I teach semiotics). It was only recently when an invested student asked what was depicted on doctor Balkan's door that I realized I've never really thought about it - and so I stumbled upon this thread. So thank you once again and as curiosity is its own reward, I hope yours keeps motivating you toward new adventures!

EDIT:
I just realized that I might be able to take advantage of your collective expertise, seeing as you've seen over a hundred thousand wood carvings by various artists!
I have been thinking for years about a tattoo in that style, but never found something that really 'clicked'. At one point I even considered a page from our beloved film (was torn between pg. 1 or 9), then at another time thought about one of the works of Gustave Dore. I decided against it back then because I want to have a wolf in there, seeing as it's my family's crest (and close to my family name), and while I do like Dore a lot (have reproductions of 2 of his works on my wall as I write this) he doesn't use symbolism as layered as I'd want it (or as inducive of interpretation).
BUT if any of you have seen a meaningful carving that includes a wolf and has layered symbolism it might just be the perfect image I've been looking for! If not - my search continues
Thank you in advance!

A person here makes the NINE GATES book replica. I ordered one from him and requested the "Dante's Inferno" text inside the book. Dante's Inferno is about the nine circles of hell, which clearly goes with and inspired the Nine gates.

 

[CBR2023]

Apologies for the necrobump...

Did anyone ever identify this image?

My searching has come to an end - I've searched every phrase, woodcuts, demons woodcuts, angel woodcuts, heresy woodcut, witch woodcut, judgment day woodcuts, crusade woodcuts, Spanish inquisition woodcuts, same words but with etchings and engravings, Albrecht Durer, and every person/book that Balkan mentions in his lecture etc.... etc.... etc... etc.. searching old books / bibles, revelations etc and I've never been able to turn up anything. I've fallen in love with a lot of the art I've found, but I've never been successful in finding the image that was used on the lobby card....zilch .... nada...

Please say someone has identified it... or am I destined to go on with this haunting me I've spent over a year, searching at least three times a week for 1-2 hours each occasion..... and nothing :/

Here ya go ...

Apologies for the necrobump...

Did anyone ever identify this image?

My searching has come to an end - I've searched every phrase, woodcuts, demons woodcuts, angel woodcuts, heresy woodcut, witch woodcut, judgment day woodcuts, crusade woodcuts, Spanish inquisition woodcuts, same words but with etchings and engravings, Albrecht Durer, and every person/book that Balkan mentions in his lecture etc.... etc.... etc... etc.. searching old books / bibles, revelations etc and I've never been able to turn up anything. I've fallen in love with a lot of the art I've found, but I've never been successful in finding the image that was used on the lobby card....zilch .... nada...

Please say someone has identified it... or am I destined to go on with this haunting me I've spent over a year, searching at least three times a week for 1-2 hours each occasion..... and nothing :/

This what you're looking for?

 

[CBR2023]

Anybody done a version of this?

 

[CBR2023]

Just to say, I contact many of the prop guys they work on the movie and nobody remember where they add the picture. Even Roman Polanski didn't remember (yes I phone him ) So members, It's our Graal, this Picture. Continue the quest !

 

[Odin82]

Guess I'm not wrong by saying that almost every participant on this thread shares the same inconditional passion for for this great movie

We need more impossible quests to solve!

 

[Odin82]

Here ya go ...

This what you're looking for?

It was found about a year or so ago and posted a bunch of pages back.

 

[CBR2023]

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