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Shutter Island addresses some powerful, disturbing concepts but, despite effective performances by the leads, the movie's psychological impact is minimal. It doesn't pack the powerhouse punch one has come to expect from Scorsese. Still, the director's consummate skill has lifted what might otherwise be a middling endeavor into something ...
Feb 19, 2010 · His movies are riddled with oddments and swipes and homages from the entire history of film, and none more so than “Shutter Island” (which screenwriter Laeta Kalogridis adapted from Dennis ...
Feb 19, 2010 · Shutter Island is a great filmmaking exercise for Scorsese to make the type of pulpy, overwrought genre B-movies he grew up watching. It plays like an old Hammer horror film (Vincent Price could ...
Shutter Island is a period piece with nods to different films in the film noir and horror genres, paying particular homage to Alfred Hitchcock's works. Scorsese stated in an interview that the main reference to Teddy Daniels was Dana Andrews 's character in Laura , and that he was also influenced by several very low-budget 1940s zombie movies ...
Mar 11, 2010 · 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). The setting is the 1950s, an era ...
Feb 19, 2010 · An unseen man is heard preaching the saving power of Jesus. A cell-bound patient whispers from the shadows, saying, “God help you.”. Another inmate displays a large tattoo picturing a thorn-crowned Jesus on his back. Teddy calls out to God in anguish (“Please, God. No!”) after trying to revive three drowned children.
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. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 13, 2020 ...
