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    Film review. Martin Scorsese knows something about surprise endings which twist meisters like M. Night Shyamalan seem to have forgotten. The twist doesn’t matter if you haven’t already told a good story. By the time Shutter Island gets to its twist‚ it has already told such a tale. You’re invested in these characters and no matter how it turns out you’re going to walk away happy. The twist‚ when it happens‚ only serves to make a deeper connection. It makes sense of the madness‚ brings order to

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    JUNE 23 SHUTTER ISLAND This movie was confusing from the beginning‚ Edward Teddy Daniels a previous World War II veteran whom suffers from Post-Traumatic Stress Syndrome and constantly has flashbacks. Shutter Island follows U.S. Marshall Daniels and his partners Chuck Aule while the investigate the disappearance mental patient from Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminal Insane. Teddy requested the assignment for personal reasons. But he wonders was he hasn’t been brought to the island and conspiracy

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    Lehane‚ Dennis. Shutter Island. New York: William Morrow‚ 2003. Print. Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane takes place on Shutter Island‚ an island with an experimental mental institute called Ashecliffe Hospital. On September 21st 1954‚ a female patient named Rachel Solando went missing from Ashecliffe. U.S. Marshal Edward Daniels and his new partner‚ Chuck Aule‚ are assigned to investigate the disappearance of Rachel Solando. When they arrive to the island‚ they meet Dr. John Cawley‚ the

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    Martin Scorsese uses a variety of film techniques in his ever changing film Shutter Island‚ to reveal the truth about the protagonist Teddy Daniels. Dialog‚ symbolism‚ characterisation‚ music and setting help express the truth about Teddy’s investigation on the Island which is an intricate role playing experiment designed by Dr. Cawley and Dr. Sheehan. This helps reveal the truth and trauma regarding Teddy’s murder of his wife and children. The scenes that best help reveal the truth are the first

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    film ‘Shutter Island’ there is a vast array of different techniques used by Martin Scorsese to give the movie a deeper meaning. Many have been introduced to keep the audience on the edge of their seat. Lighting techniques and sound were used during the movie to give it an atmosphere that would create confusion. The storyline is extremely manipulative of the audience and succeeds in surprising anybody who watches the film repeatedly with plot twists and false clues planted throughout the movie. Camera

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    sites of extreme control‚ such institutions become abject spaces‚ abjection manifesting within both the mise-en-scène and cinematography. In relation to the asylum‚ abjection further emerges in the nature of mental illness. Referring to Scorsese’s Shutter Island (2010)‚ I correlate abjection with the loss of identity that the film’s protagonist experiences‚ considering how abjection visually manifests in the physical spaces of the asylum‚ and propels the narrative trajectory forward. Julia Kristeva’s

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    The Law of 4: You Are the 67   If you have seen the movie Shutter Island‚ you will notice that topic is according to scrip in this film. Andrew Laeddis was a soldier who joined the World War Two and killed Germany prisoners of war in death camp. Then he became a U.S. Marshal in Boston‚ and became alcoholics and ignored his suicidal-wife. Her wife burned their apartment then drowning their three kids in the back yard. Andrew killed his wife to “set her free” and burned their house. According to

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    Psychological disorder: Grandiose and Persecutory Delusional Disorder Movie title: Shutter Island Movie rating: 3.5/5 Character name: Teddy Daniels (Aka. Andrew Laeddis) Actor’s name: Leonardo DiCaprio Andrew Laeddis’ wife went insane and drowned their children‚ so he murdered her. He feels guilty about neglecting to get his wife help‚ which could have saved their children‚ and guilty about killing her as well; the two of

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    To live as a monster‚ or to die as a good man? Filmography Title: Shutter Island Production Company: Phoenix Pictures Production Director: Martin Scorsese Screenplay Writer: Laeta Kalogridis Novel written by Dennis Lehane Principle cast: Leonardo DiCaprio (Edward Daniels/ Andrew Laeddis)‚ Mark Ruffalo‚ Ben Kingsley‚ Michelle Willliams (Dolores Chanal) How should people deal with the criminally insane? They are very dangerous figures‚ who had harmed people before. Some psychiatrists

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    A Shutter of Surprise Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio teamed up in 2006 to bring the world the organized crime masterpiece‚ The Departed. The film was a huge success and swept the major awards at the Oscars that year‚ bring home such prizes as best picture and best director. The win cemented Scorsese as the greatest living filmmaker and he finally got the respect he deserves from the Academy. DiCaprio is one of the best actors of his generation. Titanic‚ The Aviator‚ and The Departed areall

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