"Old guy" Uncle Martin once again used a high-quality film to show that he is still a "good guy" who is still young, just like "Variety Show" commented, " Martin Scorsese used "Closed Island" to explain to the audience that he can make movies so well outside of the gang theme."
The old Martin who was always playing gangsters in the past has been trying new genres in recent years. For an old man who has been making movies for 40 years, it is not easy and admirable. This time the old man has coordinated and controlled his rich imagination and excellent action ability, with a wide open momentum, a dark Gothic ghostly atmosphere, an ups and downs of suspense, the interlacing of light and shadow, and the appropriate combination of quotes. Mahler’s famous music and other soundtracks in the film create a weird and blurred, frantic and urgent, and finally sad and helpless dream.
Usually, in addition to the directing elements of a good thriller, whether the script structure is reasonable and whether the plot setting can withstand scrutiny is also the key. The script of the film is born out of the famous writer Dennis Lehan, who is known as the pinnacle of mystery novels. Lehan also has a well-known masterpiece of the novel of the same name, which is also adapted into a movie "Mystic River." The twists and turns, breathtaking, and shocking charm of the original "Shutter Island" have indulged countless book critics and readers, and this good novel has obviously given the film a good foundation.
The story of the film takes place in a mental hospital on an isolated island in the middle of the last century. It mainly shows the process of a man with painful memories in his heart, being forced to realize and face his dark side here. This painful and tangled process is full of the patchwork of memories and the puzzle of reality. The overall atmosphere is well grasped by the old Martin. The whole film has a tight rhythm, an urgent atmosphere and progressive suspense. Although some information is always revealed inadvertently, the audience occasionally also I can guess a few points in part of the plot, but on the whole it is still unfolding one by one in solving the old fans and welcoming the new fans.
In order to render the scene of the film, Martin did not fully adopt the Hollywood horror mode-unexpected and clichéd startling scenes. His technique is relatively literary and artistic, causing the character's environment and inner world to become a state of claustrophobia. The scenes of the film present a solemn, cold tone, and everything that the camera passes is dark and dark. The gloomy sea and the gloomy sky, the dark blue rocks and the gray lighthouse, people's weird expressions and eyes, the gloomy and cramped "ward", the dimly shaking lights, the unexpected storms...
However, there are exceptions. For example, the floral dress of the wife of "Ted Daniel" seems to imply Ted Daniel's nostalgia for the sweet life. For another example, the ashes of the wife in the arms of "Daniel" changes from bright to ashes in just a moment, just like "Daniel"'s inner world after he recognizes himself. In addition, in "Daniel"'s memory of World War II, the suicide officers in a pool of blood, bright red blood stains, twisted cheeks, and papers flying all over the house are all very impressive.
Seeing the name of another "old guy" Ben Kingsley, you know that the cast of the film is good. In the film, Kingsley's supporting role, Dr. Cowley, can always respond to the situation. And Uncle Martin has always liked to use the same actor in a row. Robert De Niro used to be Robert De Niro. Now Lao Luo is old. Martin uses Leonardo DiCaprio. It seems that Martin has regarded Lei as Lao Luo. Xiao Lai is also competent to succeed him, and his constant hard work in the film industry over the years has gradually transformed him from an idol group into a powerful one, and his acting skills can be described as completely reborn.
The "Ted Daniel" in the film is a character with complicated experience, emotions and heart. Xiao Lai gave the behavior and mentality required by this character in each paragraph, and this person was entangled in fate and abandoned by fate. The process of self-awakening is very detailed. In the end, the partner Chuck, Dr. Sheehan (played by Mark Ruflow) and the audience all recognized that he was at the moment in the words "live like a beast or die like a good man" by "Daniel" Who, but he still calmly chose the sad ending, perhaps this is not sadness for him, but relief.
Mahler's "Piano String Quartet in A Minor" was cited in the key scenes of the film as the background music to advance the plot. Because of this song, Daniel rejoined the memories of World War II and reality. The reason for choosing this song for the film is personally guessed mainly because the situation is suitable. Mahler's songs can always give rise to surging imaginations. But then I remembered Mahler's words again-in Austria I am a Bohemian, in the eyes of the Germans I am an Austrian, in this world I am inevitably regarded as a Jew, no matter where I am reluctant to accept But no place really welcomes me. I am a triple stateless person.
Perhaps the choice of this piano quartet still has a certain purpose. The "Daniel" in the film gradually has doubts about his identity, whether he is a former World War II hero, an angry killer, an infatuated husband, or an imaginary avenger. Is it the law enforcement officer investigating the suspected case, or is it just number 67? Perhaps, he has realized that there is no identity or place suitable for him, so he chooses to get rid of it.
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