An in-depth analysis of the psychological thriller Shutter Island. This is a movie that makes your head hurt after watching it; this is a movie that subverts the Hollywood model... This is the famous American director Martin Scorsese The psychological thriller "Shutter Island" is directed by Sri Lanka and stars Leonardo DiCaprio, the actor of "Titanic". Only people with IQs above 150 can watch the film in one sitting, while the rest will be overwhelmed by the puzzles and suspense throughout the film, and then watch it a second or third time, or even scratch the disc. . This is enough to explain that this obscure movie not only did not encounter Waterloo, but after its premiere at the end of February this year, it successively topped the box office in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, South Korea and other countries, and the global box office soared 200 million US dollars, because Many people regard understanding the film as a symbol of proving their intelligence. You need to cut your mind in half to get out of "Shutter Island". This is not watching a movie, but more like a brain-splitting game. The story of "Split Brain" is a movie with two clues. It is necessary for everyone to understand the background of the era in which "Shutter Island" is set. The film is set in the early days of the Cold War, an era of suspicion and paranoia. The clouds of World War II have just dissipated, and the crisis of nuclear war has enveloped the world. Detective Teddy, played by Leonardo, is assigned to the Shutter Island, where mental patients with criminal records are imprisoned and treated, to investigate a mysterious disappearance of a female patient. Before becoming a police detective, Teddy participated in the European battlefield of World War II. And participated in the liberation of the Nazi Dachau concentration camp, which paved the way for a series of nightmares he would encounter in the future. Let’s get back to the point, let’s talk about the source of disagreement among fans of “Shutter Island”. Many people said that the first obstacle to watching the movie was the plot. Netizens were basically divided into two groups, and they were at loggerheads. In fact, the brilliance of Martin Scorsese is that he told two completely different stories in the same movie. The first one is a detective story. Teddy and his partner went to the Gudao Mental Hospital to investigate the escape case of the female patient Rachel, but his real purpose was to take the opportunity to find the arsonist Leidis who burned his wife to death. During the investigation, they discovered that the mental hospital had performed a kind of torture on the patients. Brainwashed and drug controlled, so he decided to find out the truth. When he was almost done, he was almost brainwashed by the doctor. He can only pretend to accept the "facts" as a way to hide himself. Finally, he looked at the scalpel wrapped in the doctor's hand and said an intriguing sentence to the assistant: "Which is better, to become a walking zombie, or to die in an upright manner?" Then he walked into the lighthouse with everyone. The second is the story of the arsonist. Teddy is actually Ladis. Because his mentally ill wife drowned her three children, he shot his wife in a rage. Faced with the breakdown of the entire family, he went crazy, resulting in hallucinations and memories in his brain. A detective story version emerged, in which his police partner was actually his doctor. In the end, Teddy woke up but could not face the reality. He did not want to continue living like a monster, but would rather take on the responsibility of a normal person and choose to die, pretending that he was not awake. He walked towards the ending soberly and calmly, taking the initiative to complete this heroic tragedy. To a certain extent, the second story should be what the movie itself wants to express. Look, Leonardo lit a match in the poster. Doesn't this imply that he is an arsonist? Psychological Games: A Freudian Victory Many moviegoers who like to pursue alternative, dark, and suspenseful films have fallen into the hands of "Shutter Island". This film is by no means bad, on the contrary, it is very good. It takes a lot of brainpower to fully digest the cryptic message this film brings to you, which is even more taxing than previous movies about schizophrenia patients such as "Fight Club" or "Fight." Strictly speaking, the breakthrough of "Shutter Island" should be thanked to one person - Sigmund Freud, the founder of the school of psychoanalysis. This film is guided and influenced by Freud's psychosis theory from beginning to end. It can be called the movie version of his famous book "Introduction to Psychoanalysis". There is a supporting character in the movie who looks very much like Freud - Dr. Narren on Shutter Island. From the beginning, Teddy and him met like a patient and doctor, and Dr. Narren hinted that Teddy had a lot of problems. Strong "defense function", which is a key term in Freudian psychoanalysis, refers to the patient's subconscious resistance to admitting his truest thoughts. After that, Teddy kept having dreams, dreaming that his wife was burned to death and turned into ashes in his hands, but what the audience saw was an obvious gunshot wound on his wife's stomach, which once again confirmed Freud's "Dreams" "The Interpretation" explains the theories of anxiety, castration emotions, suppression and sublimation. Teddy's wife was shot to death by himself, not burned to death.

Shutter Island Film Review No matter what, Martin Scorsese is worthy of respect - although some Chinese movie fans are quite dissatisfied with the fact that he won an Oscar for his remake of the Hong Kong film "Infernal Affairs", it cannot be ignored that this veteran actor The veteran director for more than 40 years has been insisting on delivering good movies to the audience one after another, especially in the field of gangster movies. He can almost be said to be the best director besides Francis Ford Coppola. However, this time in early 2010, he brought a film that was completely different from the gangster movie style that he loved and was good at - "Shutter Island". Although the style of the film has completely changed, what remains unchanged is the starring role of Leonardo DiCaprio, who has become the "Queen Actor" of the old horse. The federal law enforcement officer he plays and his assistant come to a desert island that specializes in treating severely mentally ill patients to investigate the case of a female patient escaping. Who knows that as the investigation progresses, he discovers too many doubts, including... The case became complicated and confusing; however, what confused and surprised the audience even more was that the purpose of this federal law enforcement officer coming to this desert island was not as simple as solving the case. He actually also hid ulterior purposes and secrets... Judging from the content of the film, this is a typical suspense thriller. According to the routine of this type of film in the past, the audience will eventually get the truth. However, this film exceeded the audience's expectations: because the final truth It's still hard to find... Putting aside the disappointing spoilers, this film is Lao Ma's attempt to open up a new genre after shooting gangster movies for many years. Judging from the quality of the entire film, this attempt was very successful. Of course, in most thrillers, scene setting is an important part. This is certainly not a problem for Martin, as an experienced director. The film creates an atmosphere of suspense and horror very well, and completes the task well both in terms of picture processing and soundtrack. The film begins with the law enforcement officer Teddy, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, experiencing painful seasickness at sea. What is created from the beginning is an extremely unstable atmosphere. The subsequent scenes of the mental hospital on the desert island are both desolate and chaotic. The setting is still about showing the horror of mental patients after being tortured. Although there is not much ink, the rendering is enough. Later, driven by the plot, as the story unfolded thrillingly, the director chose more stormy weather and seaside cliff scenes to enhance the tension and horror of the film itself. For most of the film, The choice of gray tones also enhances the depressive and suspenseful effect of the film, coupled with the creation of a desperate mood in the dark cell and the weird eyes and dialogues where the identity of the characters in the play is difficult to determine, coupled with the timely and tense music. , the film always allows the audience to spend every minute in an atmosphere of tension and doubt, even until the last second of the film. As a suspense thriller, Martin successfully showed the world that his skills are definitely not limited to gangster movies. Of course, as a suspenseful film, the story is what attracts the audience the most. This film also accomplished the task very well in this aspect, and even said that there are many innovations. Originally, this film could have expanded into more profound topics in some details. For example, the protagonist Teddy was a deeply traumatized soldier who witnessed the death of many innocent civilians in World War II. He even played the role of a murderer who shot and killed surrendering German soldiers. , this is a good subject to accuse the trauma of war; another thing mentioned in the film is that one of Teddy's purposes in coming to this hospital is to explore the truth about the hospital's use of innocent patients for experiments, which is exactly the same as the "Cold War" after the war. "After the beginning of the rise of McCarthyism, it was related to the evil brought about by blindly eradicating "communists", and it also had a certain social criticism. But this time, Lao Ma was so determined to tell a wonderful story that he ignored everything else. The film slowly searches for the truth as law enforcement officer Teddy seemingly goes through a lot of hardships. Just when the audience thought he had found evidence of the hospital's "crime", things took a turn for the worse. Teddy himself was a mentally ill person on the island. A patient in the hospital! I originally thought that the film would have an ending at this point, but at the end of the film, Teddy said with a very clear mind, "Live like a beast, or die like a good man", causing the story to fall into an unknown ending again.

Is Teddy really a mental patient, severely schizophrenic and creating hallucinations because of the tragic death of his wife and son, or is there really an ulterior secret in the hospital on this desert island, and Teddy is afraid of exposing it and forcing him to admit it? Are you a psychopath? If you look further from the beginning of the film, these two possibilities actually exist! The film finally ends at a lighthouse, and this lighthouse is precisely the most critical place in the film, but its interior has never been truly shown, and to a certain extent, it also implies that the truth has not been revealed. In the vast sea, on an almost isolated desert island, the truth is concealed... Of course, movie viewing is highly subjective, and different viewers may be able to discover many things from the details of the film, and then Find the truth. However, for this kind of film with a very ambiguous ending, it would be short-sighted to simply accuse it of "no clear ending". What the film pursues is a kind of suspense in a tense and thrilling atmosphere. If the audience is really troubled by the truth, to a certain extent, it can be seen as a careful and deliberate move by the director, which further extends the suspense in the film to the outside world. , leaving the audience with endless aftertaste. If someone really thinks they have found the truth, it would be a reflection of a sense of accomplishment, but it also just means that the director's hard work has had its due effect. The Coen brothers' "No Country for Old Men", which won the Oscar for Best Picture a few years ago, also chose an ending that was not directly expressed. Whose hands is the bag of money that caused the development of the entire story? This kind of answer is actually no longer important, because what the director wants to express is a process and human nature in the process. As for Lao Ma's "Shutter Island", the truth may also serve the suspenseful and thrilling qualities of this film. Finally, I would like to praise Leonardo DiCaprio's performance. This is his fourth collaboration with Master Ma. This handsome boy in the past has completely shed his "idol" appearance and has become more mature in his acting skills. Especially for playing such a schizophrenic character, the requirements are extremely high. However, his performance is still extremely brilliant. An important reason why the film was recognized. It may be a pity for Leonardo DiCaprio that the film was released just after the Oscars, because it will be nearly a year until the next awards ceremony, and no one can guarantee that this impressive work will still be there a year later. Will be favored by those judges...