Is ``The Cell'' as beautiful as a sewing machine and a bat umbrella accidentally meeting on an autopsy table?

Artworks cited in “The Cell” Part 1

■ Salvador Dali

As the movie begins, Catherine, wearing an elegant dress, rides a horse through a magnificent desert, heading towards a boy sitting on driftwood. ``Desert,'' ``horses,'' and ``driftwood'' are images that Salvador Dali used frequently.

Dali is an artist who represents surrealism. ``Surrealism'' is a philosophy translated as ``surrealism'' in Japanese, and refers to the creative belief that reality lies more in dreams and the unconscious than in the physical world.

As the opening of ``The Cell,'' which depicts the world within consciousness, it was perhaps inevitable that he would quote an image reminiscent of Dali.

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■ Stellark “Body Suspension”

Catherine wears a special suit and performs therapy while suspended on her back from dozens of wires extending from the ceiling. In addition, the serial killer Starger hooks the piercing holes in his body, hangs face down in the air, and indulges in masturbation.

This is a quote from contemporary art performer Stelag's ``Body Suspension''. Based on his theory that ``the body is nothing more than a medium for experiencing experiences,'' Stelark has developed various forms of media, such as implanting a third ``ear'' in his arm and wearing a third arm that is activated by brain waves. He is an artist who records changes in consciousness by expanding his physical body. In ``Body Suspension,'' gravity is released from the ground surface and the flow of consciousness is considered while floating.

``The Cell'' visualizes the floating feeling of ``water,'' which is an important element of the work, and the fluffy feeling of dreaming in one's consciousness.

■ “Fantastic Planet”

After work, Catherine watches an animated movie at home while smoking marijuana. She's watching `` Fantastic Planet .'' This is a science fiction work that depicts the conflict between the Draag people, who have blue skin and look like aliens, and the Om people, who are only about the size of a Drag person's palm and look just like humans.

The scene that Catherine was watching was a sadistic scene in which humans were treated as playthings by the Draag tribe, and the humans being overrun by gigantic creatures were reminiscent of the women Stargar toyed with and killed.

Artworks cited in “The Cell” Part 2