The Cage

The Cage describes the adventures of a "mad" artist. In a symbolic or real self-mutilation, he takes out his own eye, which immediately escapes from his studio and into . . . San Francisco. His blinding is accompanied by complete schizophrenia. He alternates with his double throughout the film. His girlfriend, . . . frightened by his mad groping around his studio for the lost eye, gets a doctor. The girl, the doctor, and one of the "two" protagonists then chase around the city after the eye. (P. Adams Sitney, Visionary Film p. 49)