The Box (2009)

116 min. Director: Richard Kelly. Cast: James Rebhorn, James Marsden, Holmes Osborne, Cameron Diaz, Frank Langella.

freakybaffling

psychological horror

mystery

science fiction

"altruism coefficient"

NSA internal memo

1976 Virginia

an allegory of "mutually assured destruction" "finger on the button"

Corvette

her: "I hate you"

him: "I hate you too"

Sartre No Exit