ABSTRACT
In The World Is Not Enough, the villain, a KGB agent turned terrorist, has a bullet through the medulla oblongata “killing off his senses” and now is able to “push himself harder than any normal man.” Neurologic absurdity also extends into science fiction. Mind control, brain stimulation, “entering” the mind, and other far-out stories interest screenwriters. This chapter discusses films with potential plausibility and explores where these fantastical ideas could have come from. The Cell suggests that there may be future techniques that could have one person enter the mind of another. This film is a complex thriller that involves a schizophrenic killer named Stargher (Vincent D’Onofrio) who lapses into a catatonic state after a crime. The film is cinematically spectacular, and scenes show Stargher’s early memories and traumas as a child as well as fantastical gothic worlds.
