Martin Scorsese once again steps out of gangster films and thrusts us into Shutter Island. Needless to say, as soon as I heard mention of this being Marty’s next project, I became very enthusiastic. So, before the film was to be released, I decided to pick up the novel, which I read ravenously. Immediately after reading the novel, I began researching Dennis Lehane’s intentions and influences of the novel, which seemed fairly transparent at first. Lehane sought to bring together a combination of pulp, B-movies and gothic horror, which resulted in a bizarre, entertaining novel that toyed with the film noir genre as well. One film in particular, that struck me as surprisingly similar to Shutter Island (which dawned on me the minute I finished watching it), was Hitchcock’s Vertigo. I was not surprised that much of the cinematography from Vertigo can be seen as a strong influence of Shutter Island,...
- 2/24/2010
- by Justin Webb
- ReelLoop.com
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