Cube is a 1997 Canadian psychological thriller/horror/science fiction film, directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film was a very successful product of the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project. Despite its low budget, the film achieved moderate commercial success and has acquired cult status.
Much of the film's appeal lies in its surreal, Kafkaesque settings – no extensive attempt is made to explain what the cube in which the characters are co...
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Cube is a 1997 Canadian psychological thriller/horror/science fiction film, directed by Vincenzo Natali. The film was a very successful product of the Canadian Film Centre's First Feature Project. Despite its low budget, the film achieved moderate commercial success and has acquired cult status.
Much of the film's appeal lies in its surreal, Kafkaesque settings – no extensive attempt is made to explain what the cube in which the characters are confined is, why it is created, or how the "inmates" were selected. Although the world "outside" is referred to, it is presented in an extremely abstract fashion – either a dark void or a bright white light.
The film opens with a man, Alderson, waking up in a cube-shaped room with glowing, computer circuit-like walls and six doors, one at the center of each wall, ceiling and floor. After recovering from his confusion, he opens two of the doors and looks into them to find rooms that differ to the one he is in only by color. He then opens and goes...
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