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 2

■ David Lynch “The Most Beautiful Corpse in the World”

The corpse of the woman Stargar used as a "plaything" is found in a shallow river. Her entire body wrapped in a plastic sheet is a reference to Laura Palmer's corpse in Twin Peaks (1990-1991), whose title was ``the most beautiful corpse in the world.''

Whereas Laura Palmer's body waxed and turned white, in ``The Cell'' her eyes are bleached and discolored, and the arrangement features ``ants,'' one of Dali's many motifs. However, the reason why she is almost modeled after Laura Palmer is probably because she is aware of Lynch's short films, as an alibi.

Lynch's short film Premonitions Following an Evil Deed (1995), which lasts only 52 seconds, features ``a woman who is put in a tank and drowned.'' This is probably the direct source of the outline that forms ``The Cell.''

By the way, Lynch's short film was filmed using the Lumière brothers' Cinematograph, and was filmed by Wim Wenders and Spike, with the following conditions: ``The length should be 52 seconds or less,'' ``Simultaneous recording is not allowed,'' and ``Keep it to 3 takes or less.'' -This is a part of the omnibus film ``King of Film'' in which 40 directors, including Lee and Peter Greenaway, participated. While other directors were making art-style experimental films to meet certain conditions, Lynch, who has made the most experimental films, clearly made a ``dramatic film.'' This is a fun work with a strange reversal.

■ Giorgio de Chirico

Catherine enters Stargar's unconscious mind and finds a boy climbing up the exposed stairs on a high wall. This mysterious scene reminds me of the out-of-the-way landscapes painted by Giorgio de Chirico.

De Chirico was metaphysical: He became the founder of the ``metaphysical painting school'' by depicting scenes that could be explained conceptually but did not actually exist, and had a great influence on the Surrealist movement. The world of consciousness: The decision was made that the scenes in ``The Cell,'' which depict the metaphysical world, should be reminiscent of De Chirico.

■ Damien Hirst “The Natural History” series

A beautiful brown horse that doesn't fit in the pure white, hard room. A boy hiding in the shadow of the horse unexpectedly pushes Catherine away as she approaches. Then, multiple glass plates fall from the ceiling and slice the horse. This is a quote from British contemporary artist Damien Hirst's ``The Natural History'' series, in which he exhibited animals soaked in formalin.

The ``The Natural History'' series is a collection of works in which sharks, cows, zebras, etc. are soaked in formalin, and each depicts themes such as ``the physical impossibility of death in the hearts of the living'' and ``beautiful forever in my head.'' It has a suggestive title. What emerges from this is the arrogance of humans who try to control animals even after they die. In ``The Cell,'' Stargar is shown playing with the corpse of the woman he killed.

Artworks cited in “The Cell” Part 3