The old-world mystery thriller, Shutter Island, written by Laeta Kalogridis and Dennis Lehane, and directed by Martin Scorsese, is a story about uncovering the mystery of madness. This is a screenplay guided by the original novel of Dennis Lehane, who also wrote the screenplay for the film.
Martin Scorsese, who is also known for great works such as Goodfellas and The Departed, digs into his style of dark and gothic to bring us this film that leaves the audience on the edge of their seats. And he did not disappoint! He created the shuddering feelings found in an audience when watching a horror film, except he leaves the shocks and screams out. Its a unique style as there is a scare with no shock.
Shutter Island, takes place in 1954 on a remote and brittle island off the coast of Boston where an old Civil War fort has been converted into a prison for the criminally insane. The setting is first interpreted from the sea as a boat guilds its way through the dense fog of the gloomy sky. This provokes emotion for viewers and sets up the theme of the story.
Our story follows two U.S. marshals, Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his partner Chuck Aule (Mark Ruffalo), as they make way to investigate the disappearance of a child murderer Rachel Solando. Throughout the story we are given hints of the details of our supposed protaganist Teddy Daniels. In the beginning, we learn that something is not right about him. His seasickness and depressing memories of his lost wife tell us hes broken. Additionally, we are given longer memory flashbacks of his wife and his 2 children which appear at different times during the film when insight is needed. With everyone questioning Daniels and being "strange" around him, as an audience member, you develop intrigue for who this man is. As he obviously suffered from a devestating loss of his wife and children, he was also a WWII veteran, and had to witness many horrors when his unit liberated a Nazi concentration camp, which would play an affect on any man's mind.
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