Shutter Island

[Kanada Kev]

Just finished reading the book. Wow. Really good book and should be fantastically adapted to the screen by the great Scorcese. Can't wait to go see it.

Edited February 16, 2010 by Guest

[Basher]

Scorsese means it HAS to be good, right?

[Freak By Night]

I don't think I've ever seen a bad Scorsese flick!

Except for maybe "After Hours", and that one was still pretty good.

[bradm]

I don't think I've ever seen a bad Scorsese flick!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_New_York_(film)

Style and responses

Made after Scorsese's successful Taxi Driver, the film was a box-office failure. Its budget was $14 million, a large figure at the time, but it grossed only $13 million at the box-office and the disappointing reception drove Scorsese into depression and drugs.

In his introduction to the DVD edition of the film, released in 2005, Scorsese explains that he intended the film as a break from the gritty realism that he had become famous for, and sees it as an homage to the musical films of Classical Hollywood.

For this reason, he designed the film's sets and storyline to be deliberately artificial-looking. He acknowledges that it is an experiment that did not please everyone.

Aloha,

Brad

[Freak By Night]

I didn't see that one Brad!

[afro poppa]

cant wait to see this flick, have the book but havent read it yet...gonna see the movie first

for no other reason than lack of time to read it before the flick comes out

[zero]

There was a really good big piece in the NYTimes about Shutter Island and how Scorcese intended it originally to be an 'entertainment' (like The Departed as distinguished from say his 'art' films like Taxi Driver or Raging Bull) but that like The Departed it turned into 'something else'. From the sounds of it Ben Kingsley (fittingly working with Marty for the first time) and Leo deliver intense performances that only a conjurer and finesser like Marty could have got out of them.

[Kanada Kev]

After reading the book, the characters are all very intense. I can only imagine them being played with that intensity and kept away from the generic Hollywood formula.

It's very twisted and dark. Should scare the hell out of some of Leo's young female fans

DO NOT READ ANY SPOILERS ... trust me.

[hamilton]

There was a really good big piece in the NYTimes about Shutter Island and how Scorcese intended it originally to be an 'entertainment' (like The Departed as distinguished from say his 'art' films like Taxi Driver or Raging Bull) but that like The Departed it turned into 'something else'. From the sounds of it Ben Kingsley (fittingly working with Marty for the first time) and Leo deliver intense performances that only a conjurer and finesser like Marty could have got out of them.

Everyone who liked The Departed should also watch the original Honk Kong films that it was based on, Infernal Affairs I & II (ç„¡é–“é“ and ç„¡é–“é“II). They are *awesome*. Hollywood can occasionally re-make a foreign film without totally fucking it up - too bad it can't do it more often. Or, too bad that more North Americans can't sit through a movie with subtitles.

[lsamuel3]

read the book and loved it, the trailer makes the film look insanely good. marty is probably my favourite director and his style, sense of space and knack for suspense should all translate nicely to this super dark book. can't wait for friday.

[Kanada Kev]