Two days and counting until Martin Scorsese’s schizophrenic genre hybrid SHUTTER ISLAND opens, and to keep the flick even fresher in our minds than the cool behind-the-scenes vid Jared just dosed you with yesterday, Paramount has offered a hefty plate full of fresh production stills, set photos, and a rad new quad for the film. In other words, it’s f*ckin’ party time!
Basically picking up where we left off at the end of January, what we have here is hodgepodge of shots from the film itself, behind-the-scenes looks of Marty conversing with his actors, a few character images, etc. What I instantly noticed was the amount of Ben Kingsley photos, and how particularly menacing he looks in them. Also, the shot of Max von Sydow is the first I can recall seeing, and we’ve covered an ass load of pics from the flick over the last year or so.
Fusing the best of 1940s RKO horror with that of 50s paranoia flicks, SHUTTER ISLAND is a noir-ish tale of:
Up-and-coming U.S. marshal Teddy Daniels, as he is assigned to investigate the disappearance of a patient from Boston’s Shutter Island Ashecliffe Hospital. He’s been pushing for an assignment on the island for personal reasons, but before long he wonders whether he hasn’t been brought there as part of a twisted plot by hospital doctors whose radical treatments range from unethical to illegal to downright sinister. Teddy’s shrewd investigating skills soon provide a promising lead, but the hospital refuses him access to records he suspects would break the case wide open. As a hurricane cuts off communication with the mainland, more dangerous criminals “escape” in the confusion, and the puzzling, improbable clues multiply, Teddy begins to doubt everything – his memory, his partner, even his own sanity.
The flick is adapted from the Dennis Lehane novel by Laeta Kalogridis (BATTLE ANGEL, PATHFINDER), and co-stars Mark Rufalo, Michelle Williams, Emily Mortimer, Jackie Earle Haley, Elias Koteas, Ted Levine, John Carroll Lynch, Patricia Clarkson, and some chap named Leo.
Two days, yo…I cannot f*ckin’ wait!!!
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