Cube: Inside the Making of a Cult Film Classic

by A.S. Berman

Welcome to the Experiment. Growing up shooting short Super 8 movies in Toronto’s High Park, Vincenzo Natali and Andre Bijelic exploded onto the international film scene with 1997’s Cube, a sci-fi /horror film about six people trapped in a maze of death; its repercussions are still being felt cinematically today. Inside the Making of a Cult Film Classic reveals the complete story of how these childhood friends brought a convincing, futuristic vision of hell to the big screen for less than $1 million in Canada, far from the Hollywood studio system. From the first spark of inspiration to the development of the script and its shooting, you’ll follow the filmmakers through the triumphs, mathematics, mutinies and elations they experienced along the way. Also inside, director Natali opens up his Cube archives to Storyboards Character sketches Behind the scenes photos Unused Cube traps Early script excerpts and much more!

354 pages, Hardcover

Published March 27, 2018

About the author

A former writer and editor for USA Today, Berman writes for several national publications and is currently at work on several books about television and film.

A.S. Berman is the author of "The Gilmore Girls Companion," "Soap: The Inside Story of the Sitcom that Broke all the Rules," and the forthcoming book "So Beautiful it Hurts: The Making of My So-Called Life." His latest book is "Wolves Lie Dreaming," a novel.