Cube - Il cubo

Titolo originale: Cube
Regia: Vincenzo Natali |
Anno: 1998
Origine: Canada |
Generi: Thriller Fantascienza Mistero
Tag: escape | entrapment | riddle | autism | mathematics | claustrophobia | maze | prime number | psychology | trapdoor | gore | trap | murder | labyrinth | survival horror | numbers | cube | mechanical | industrial |
Cast: Nicole de Boer | Nicky Guadagni | Maurice Dean Wint | David Hewlett | Andrew Miller | Wayne Robson | Julian Richings |

Quentin è un poliziotto, Rennes un artista, Holloway un medico, Worth un architetto, Leaven una studentessa di matematica e Kazan è un giovane autistico. In comune hanno il fatto di essere stati rinchiusi in un cubo labirintico dal quale devono uscire. Provati dal terrore, i sei iniziano a sfogare la propria aggressivitià uno contro l'altro...

Approfondimenti

All the characters are named after famous prisons with Kazan being a famous prison mental institute. D
The room color has nothing to do with if there is a trap or not; however, on a meta level, the color [...] D
The names of the characters seem related to famous prisons:(1) "Leaven" and "Worth" combine to the f [...] D
This film was shot in twenty days. D
Nicky Guadagni and Wayne Robson starred in episodes of the TV Series "Goosebumps". D
All of the actors have appeared in the TV Series "Forever Knight". D
Nicole de Boer admits that she flunked maths at school. D
Not only are the characters named after prisons but they reflect the prisons themselves. Example: Ka [...] D
When Worth decides to stay in the cube, Leaven tries to convince him that he does have something to [...] D
Characters are repeatedly set up as heroes in an escape for their lives from a mechanical maze, but [...] D
In Spain, it was released theatrically, but only in English with Spanish subtitles. It was later dub [...] D
While in the red cube, resting after the primary numbers theory falls through, Quentin tells Worth h [...] D
All the characters were chartered accountants in the original first draft of the script. D
The majority of this film was shot with a hand-held camera. D
Director Vincenzo Natali deleted a final moment from the film in which it's shown what is outside th [...] D
Was the last film to be released in Canada by Cineplex Odeon Films before they were absorbed into Al [...] D
"An hour is as long as I say" is the last line spoken before the film hits the 1 hour mark. D
In its native Canada, the movie was given bad distribution and little marketing by its distributor C [...] D
Director Vincenzo Natali originally wanted to shoot the film in chronological order, but had to disr [...] D
Director Vincenzo Natali went to high school with actor David Hewlett. Moreover, Hewlett recommended [...] D
Wayne Robson and Julian Richings were in Wrong Turn (2003). D
The handles on all the hatches are industrial die holders used for cutting threads on rods and avail [...] D
Out of the seven characters, only two are killed by traps. D
The actors enjoyed filming in the white room scenes, but disliked filming in the red room scenes. D
As the characters stand at the exit of the cube, moments before Quentin reappears and stabs Leaven, [...] D
The set contained just one cube, changed to different colours by means of gel panels. Since it was a [...] D
To show their support for the Toronto film industry, the special effects company C.O.R.E. did the di [...] D

Connessioni

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Errori

When Leaven first checks the rooms' set of numbers for primes, she has to think for a few seconds fo [...] D
When Leaven figured out that adding up the digits in the numbers gave her their coordinates in the c [...] D
Leaven claims that the problem of finding factors or primes is astronomical. This is ridiculous. It [...] D
Kazan is supposed to be a math genius, something that the plot hinges on, but he makes several mista [...] D
Throughout the movie they are told to suck on the buttons from their shirts. In one scene, once Holl [...] D
(at 19:56) When Leaven is examining/comparing a second set of numbers, she grabs the inner door fram [...] D
When they get Rennes back into the room after he has been shot in the face with acid, the smoke come [...] D
At the beginning of the movie, when Rennes rips a button off Holloway's jumpsuit and offers it to he [...] D
After you enter a new room, the chamber doors automatically spin their handles and close shut. There [...] D
As the film opens, the image of an eye is panned in close-up. It appears to be blue. After the close [...] D
Screams can easily be heard through closed doors, but the sound-activated room does not "hear" anyth [...] D
It is not clear how long the 'cube' has been operating or how many people have been inside or killed [...] D
Quentin beats Worth brutally with a boot, clearly ready to kill him or at least to knock him out. Ho [...] D
The support Quentin is standing on is visible just before Kazan drops in. D
Leaven cracks a lens on her glasses in the beginning of the film. However, during some shots, the cr [...] D
When Quentin drops Holloway, the "clothes rope" is still hanging from the door, under Quentin, and h [...] D
When they reach the edge of the cube, Quentin wants to look to see what's outside. He starts by putt [...] D
After they find Rennes again, the blood from Worth's ear is clearly fake as it is not sticking to hi [...] D
When Kazan lowers himself into the blue sound-activated trap room, the set cube wobbles from left to [...] D
When Alderson enters the last chamber and starts to walk forward, his arms are at his sides. However [...] D
Leaven uses a common, plastic clothing button to scratch her notes into the metal plates on various [...] D
At the end of the film Quentin grabs Kazan and is himself grabbed by Worth, which leaves him on the [...] D

Frase

Quentin: Who do you think the establishment is? It [...] D
Kazan: Astronomical! D
Quentin: You're telling me telethon boy is a geniu [...] D
Holloway: You've got a gift. Leaven: It's not a g [...] D
Holloway: It's like Chile. They always come in the [...] D
Holloway: [after Rennes is killed] I think we *hav [...] D
Worth: We've been going in circles. Quentin: That [...] D
Leaven: This room moves to 0, 1, and -1 on the X-a [...] D
Quentin: Somebody has to take responsibility aroun [...] D
Quentin: Why put people in it? Worth: Because it' [...] D
Worth: Hey! Listen to what I'm saying. We haven't [...] D
Holloway: What have we come to? It's so much worse [...] D
Leaven: *You* figure it out! You haven't done anyt [...] D
Worth: I don't wanna die, I'm just being realistic [...] D
Worth: This is an accident, a forgotten, perpetual [...] D
Worth: What do ya think? Leaven: You don't have a [...] D
[Quentin and Holloway are discussing who could hav [...] D
Quentin: Listen, we can't go climbing around in he [...] D
Holloway: They may have taken our lives away, but [...] D
Quentin: I'm not dying in a fucking rat maze! D
Quentin: Trust me on this. It's my job to read peo [...] D
Quentin: You want to come with us, Worth? Down the [...] D
Quentin: Why don't you tell us what your purpose i [...] D
Quentin: Start with us. We got an escape artist an [...] D
Quentin: Is that your two cents worth, Worth? Wor [...] D
[last lines] Quentin: Red Kazan. D
Kazan: This room is... green. I wanna go back to t [...] D
Leaven: [to Worth and Holloway] Well... Duh! Have [...] D
Leaven: Is he dead? Worth: Not quite. Quentin: N [...] D
Leaven: Give us the boot, you pig! [Quentin turns [...] D
Leaven: Give me a minute. Okay. The numbers are ma [...] D
Leaven: [looking at the "room numbers"] Prime numb [...] D
Rennes: No more talking. No more guessing. Don't e [...] D
Holloway: It's all the same machine, right? The Pe [...] D
Quentin: [talking to Holloway] You listen to me, w [...] D
[They are staring, wide-eyed, at each other as the [...] D
Quentin: For Christ's sake, Worth, what do you liv [...] D
Worth: I'm the poison. I designed the outer shell. D
Leaven: [Leaven, Kazan & Worth reaching the exit o [...] D
Holloway: Only the government could build somethin [...] D

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