But dicaprio is only one actor, and one good performance doesnt make a great film. But only the book shows how it all began as well as teddys first viewing of shutter island, both that happened on teddys fishing trip with his father, in 1928. Leonardo dicaprio reveals that working on martin scorseses thriller shutter island was his hardest screen experience yet. A freudian, anticartesian, look at martin scorseses shutter island. Dicaprios performance is shutter island is much stronger and it leaves us with one of the greatest questions ever in a movie with its final scene. Dec 11, 2017 shutter island e uno dei film piu conosciuti di martin scorsese, oltre ad essere uno dei successi piu eclatanti del regista al botteghino. The implausible escape of a brilliant murderess brings u. Teddys seasickness is also mentioned on the island, both in the book and in the movie. David cox investigates the curious history behind one of the more. Also these two movies have two different directors, do you like christopher nolans work director of inception, dark knight or martin scorseses films director of shutter island, cape fear. Shutter island is leonardo dicaprios most challenging film to date. Explained in much better detasil by person above haha shutter island is darker. However, i admit everything looks good and fits together, and the film packs a fairsized punch. The film opens in 1954 as world war ii veteran and.
On creepy, gloomy shutter island there is a deliberately isolated high security asylum for the criminally insane. Essentially the movie takes place in a mental institute, where they decide, in order to cure a patient leo they will let him play out his alter ego fantasy. Leonardo dicaprios previous film, martin scorseses shutter island, confused just as many cinemagoers. Shutter island e uno dei film piu conosciuti di martin scorsese, oltre ad essere uno dei successi piu eclatanti del regista al botteghino. Martin scorsese and leonardo dicaprio team up for a fourth time for this adaptation of shutter island, a novel by dennis lehane mystic river. Io adoro i film con trama particolare come shutter island e possibilmente dal finale aperto, ne ho visto parecchi, quindi sicuramente non me li ricordero tutti, ma adesso mi vengono questi. Do you think the top stoped spinning at the end or kept going. These films follow more or less a similar plot skeleton as the movies you have listed.
Shutter island is truly a tragedy of how one man cannot accept his reality, in a year where leonardo dicaprio played a man desperate to maintain his reality in inception, shutter island is an odd companion piece to. Film analysis 2 shutter island setting miseenscene the setting for shutter island is mainly set in the building ward c. Both are great movies of 2010 but inception is an outstanding movie. I have been an avid reader of dennis lehane for many years. Oct 24, 2014 shutter island lighting technique analysis. Marshal edward teddy daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facility on shutter island after one of the patients goes missing. Inception, memento, the prestige, the illusionist, fight club, shutter island, etc.
I just saw shutter island this evening, just prior to its american release. Mar, 2010 from the opening sequence of shutter island he demonstrates his authority as a film maker and the commanding knowledge of movie history he showed in a personal journey with martin scorsese through. Leonardo dicaprio on inception and shutter island parallels and a shifting industry landscape posted by kristopher tapley 8. Ho gia visto, oltre a shutter island, inception, the butterfly effect, memento, vanilla sky. Oct 08, 2010 sjhutter island s whole psychological thing is sciencefiction as well, shutter island s isnt. Marshal edward teddy daniels, who is investigating a psychiatric facility on shutter island after one of the patients goes. The author of the book the film was based on talks about martin scorsese, his new role as a producer and future projects. Furthermore, teddysandrews dreams were a big and important part to shutter island. The author of the book the film was based on talks about martin scorsese.
The casting of the film is very good, as is the acting. I saw shutter island last night on netflix, i enjoyed it. When i realised that a film was being made of shutter island, which was the first book of his that i ever read, i was really interested to find out if it would be as good as the book. Jun 16, 2010 all the conspiracy theories about shutter island being some secret government facility or the doctors getting to teddy daniels dicaprio by the end of the film are simply off the mark.
It was easier to wrap my head around that concept and i really liked the ending. If i hadnt watched the trailer before seeing the film i think i would have absolutely loved it. Marshal teddy daniels leonardo dicaprio navigates what appears to be a routine investigation that quickly turns sinister. Which movie is better, inception or shutter island. Shutter island also starring decaprio had the same kind of. As is made perfectly clear in the trailer, shutter island is an isolated mental health facility, geographically enshrouded 11 miles from. Us marshal teddy daniels is sent to find her, but soon starts to question his. Sheehan help teddy to realize that actually in reality he is andrew laeddishe is obsessed to find andrew laeddis who murdered his wife according to him and he shot his wife after she drowned their three kids in their. Iirc at the very end, they realize it didnt cure him so. Shutter island 2010 stream and watch online moviefone. Seven with kevin spacey, morgan freeman and brad pitt.
Fight club non ha esattamente un finale aperto, ma lo stile e quello di shutter island inception. Shutter island summary and study guide supersummary. Shutter island is a 2010 american psychological thriller movie directed by martin scorsese, with leonardo dicaprio, based on novel dennis levane. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Shutter island is a novel by american writer dennis lehane, published by harper collins in april 2003. Ok so did anyone notice how similar shutter island and incep tion were. Inception got all the acclaim, but scorseses shutter island is tremendous and the better film. If your a movie goer who looks for more in a movie than you might like shutter island better. Aug 12, 20 io adoro i film con trama particolare come shutter island e possibilmente dal finale aperto, ne ho visto parecchi, quindi sicuramente non me li ricordero tutti, ma adesso mi vengono questi.
Lehane has said he sought to write a novel that would be a homage to gothic settings, b movies, and pulp. What are some movies similar to shutter island, inception. Scenery from peddocks island initial island approach, peddocks island in the boston harbor, massachusetts, acadia national park in maine, medfield state hospital in medfield, massachusetts, and the rice estate at turner hill country club in ipswich, massachusetts, were combined via cgi to create the imagery of shutter island as a whole. Shutter island is a psychological thriller film which makes you watch it several times and you cant predict it. Inception was just a bit too abstract for me i do think he was in reality at the end of the movie though. There will be spoilers of both inception and shutter island in this twopart interview with actor leonardo dicaprio. Shutter island is based on the 2003 thriller from dennis lehane, the author of mystic river filmed. Inception by christopher nolan apart from the film momento.
Its a fortress of almost abstract horror, surrounded by cliffs on all sides and given to inclement weather, including a hurricane that flattens trees and chips away at the mighty structure. This is martin scorseses evocation of the delicious shuddering fear we feel when horror movies are about something and dont release all the tension with action scenes. This is revealed at the end, as a major plot twist. If you watch it second time youll have different ideas and more confused than bef. Critics say shutter island is a bit of a throwback to older movies, a bit of a b movie too and inception is definately not a b movie lol. Marshal teddy daniels leonardo dicaprio and his new partner mark ruffalo to ashecliffe hospital, a fortresslike insane asylum. Prior to viewing this film i had built a preconceived notion of what this thriller was going to be like because i was fooled yet again by good marketing when watching the trailer. Marshal investigates the disappearance of a murderer, who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane. Film analysis shutter island by josh florence on prezi. Jul 17, 2010 in terms of acting, shutter island wins. A freudian, anticartesian, look at martin scorseses.
Shutter island is based on the 2003 thriller from dennis lehane, the author of mystic river filmed by clint eastwood and gone baby gone filmed by ben affleck. Supersummary, a modern alternative to sparknotes and cliffsnotes, offers highquality study guides for challenging works of literature. Shutter islands ending explained david cox film the. Jul 25, 2010 ok so did anyone notice how similar shutter island and inception were. Dec 31, 2010 if your a movie goer who looks for more in a movie than you might like shutter island better. Critics say shutter island is a bit of a throwback to older movies, a bit of a bmovie too and inception is definately not a bmovie lol. Shutter island movie simple english wikipedia, the free. This 59page guide for shutter island by dennis lehane includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis covering 25 chapters, as well as several more indepth sections of expertwritten literary analysis. In the end, shutter island is a pretty clearcut mystery.
Sjhutter island s whole psychological thing is sciencefiction as well, shutter island s isnt. See actions taken by the people who manage and post content. Still, isnt it fun when a film sparks so much debate, discussion and imagination. Dennis lehane takes us on a trip to shutter island exclusive jun 7, 2010. In this weeks blog i chose one of my favorite leonardo dicaprio films, shutter island. Unfortunately, one of the murderers held there a woman who killed her three children has gone missing. Based on dennis lehanes novel, martin scorseses shutter island takes place in 1954 on a compound in the middle of boston harbor that specializes in the containment and care of the criminally insane. Shutter island is a very well made film that captures the genre of mystery similar to the twilight zone episodes and the renowned hitchcock films. This is true because the cave lady was real as we see teddy is woken up by the cave lady from a thirdperson cameras point of view. Shutter island is a 2010 american neonoir psychological thriller film directed by martin scorsese and written by laeta kalogridis, based on dennis lehanes 2003 novel of the same name.
From what i can make out, you prefer films that belong to the mysterythrillersuspense category that throw you for a loop at the end. His protagonist, us marshal teddy daniels leonardo dicaprio, is on a ferry ploughing through the fog of boston bay towards shutter island, a craggy place occupied by ashecliffe hospital, a highsecurity federal asylum for the criminally insane. However, it soon becomes clear that what began as a noirish detective story has become something much closer read more. I realize that boiling it down to teddy is crazy might not be as fun as some of the conspiracy theories out there, but the evidence is all over the film.
Its a fantastic movie with a great script, and its only 69 minutes long. As such, you might have thought it would have been easy to. I was not disappointed as i thought the film captured all of the atmosphere of the original book. There are quite a few scenes that utilize different types of lighting methods but i am specifically fond of the rat in a maze scene when it comes to talented lighting technique in this film.
Shutter island starts working on us with the first musical notes under the paramount logos mountain, even before the film starts. This was weird because i just watched inception and i said i feel like i am watching shutter island again. Shutter island 58 movie clip a rat in a maze 2010 hd duration. The audience, at the end of the film accepts this, perhaps may well have seen this twist coming from a mile away, but the question remians. Dicaprios performance is very similar to that which he had in inception, which i understand was filmed around the same time as shutter island.