The Cell
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Short description
A psychotherapist takes part in an experimental programme that lets her enter the minds of patients who are unconscious. When the FBI asks for her help, she is sent into the thoughts of a comatose serial killer, hoping to learn where he has hidden a woman he abducted. The search is urgent, and the deeper she goes into his mind, the more she risks losing her hold on reality. Jennifer Lopez plays Catherine Deane, with Vince Vaughn as FBI agent Peter Novak and Vincent D'Onofrio as Carl Rudolph Stargher. Mark Protosevich wrote the screenplay, and Eric McLeod and Julio Caro produced.
The Cell was released in 2000 and runs 107 minutes. It is a horror, science fiction and thriller made between Germany and the United States, with a budget reported at 33 million dollars and a worldwide gross of about 104 million, a return well above its cost. It is the first film directed by Tarsem Singh, followed by The Fall, Immortals, Mirror Mirror and Self/less, and it carries a credited cast of 35 and a credited crew of 149.
On IMDb, the film holds 6.4 out of 10 from around 116,000 votes, and on TMDB 6.3 out of 10 from roughly 1,800 votes. The totals differ greatly in size while the averages sit close together.
What's left behind the scenes
- The episode with the dismembered horse, each fragment crammed into a glass vessel, is inspired by the work of British artist Damien Hirst (primarily his installation "Some Comfort Gained from the Acceptance of the Inherent Lies in Everything"). Another episode involving a horse, where Catherine chases Carl through a stone entrance hall, is inspired by the painting "Schacht" by Swiss Surrealist H.R. Giger.
- This is the directorial debut of music video director Tarsem Singh, who became famous for the video for R.E.M.'s song "Losing My Religion." The director partially reused the visual style of this video in "The Cell."
- When Peter himself delves into the subconscious of Carl Sträger, he encounters three women staring open-mouthed at the sky. This plot point alludes to the painting "Dawn" by Norwegian artist Odd Nerdrum.
- Katherine is watching the French animated film "Fantastic Planet" (1973) directed by René Laloux on TV.
- The final scene of the film in the desert was originally shot as an earlier scene depicting another therapeutic session between Catherine and Edward in the latter's world. The director later decided that the film should end by returning to Edward's story and added digital cherry blossoms and snow to this scene to show that it is now part of Catherine's world.
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