The Cell
January 22, 2009
One of my favourite thrillers of all time.
The Cell DVD cover
The Cell original poster
The Cell is a 2000 psychological thriller film written by Mark Protosevich, directed by Tarsem Singh and starring Jennifer Lopez. Catharine Deane is a psychotherapist, part of a revolutionary new treatment which allows the therapist to literally enter the mind of her patients. Her experience in this method takes an unexpected turn when an FBI agent seeks help to find the last abducted woman by a notorious serial killer, Carl Stargher before he fell into an irreversible coma.
The film provides a fascinating take on the unknown territories within the twisted mind of the killer – a visualisation of dreams, memories and desires that goes on in the brain. I was swept off my feet. The idea that past experiences could have a big impact on future psychological development and tendencies of an individual has always fascinated me. The mind as a cell.. and the surrreal stage of Dream set by Tarsem as the integration of both memory and desire, past and future, is simply breath-taking.
