London, July 31 – Leonardo DiCaprio was close to mental meltdown while on the set of ‘Shutter Island’.
On-set consultant Dr James Gilligan, who worked with DiCaprio, 35, during the entire shoot, feared for the ‘Titanic’ star as he fought to get to grips with his character.
And we discovered that DiCaprio, who played Us Marshal Teddy Daniels, was not his usual cool self during the shooting of the film.
The film was shot at the eerie, abandoned mental hospital where the film was shot in Boston, Massachusetts.
The box-office hit shows his character investigating weird goings-on at the psychiatric.
On-set consultant Dr James Gilligan, who worked with DiCaprio, 35, during the entire shoot, feared for the ‘Titanic’ star as he fought to get to grips with his character.
And we discovered that DiCaprio, who played Us Marshal Teddy Daniels, was not his usual cool self during the shooting of the film.
The film was shot at the eerie, abandoned mental hospital where the film was shot in Boston, Massachusetts.
The box-office hit shows his character investigating weird goings-on at the psychiatric.
- 7/31/2010
- by realbollywood
- RealBollywood.com
Forget Inception; Leonardo DiCaprio's previous film, Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island, confused just as many cinemagoers. David Cox investigates the curious history behind one of the more troubling conclusions in recent cinema
Warning: beyond this point, spoilers reign
Shutter Island is no impenetrable art-house enigma: it's an old-fashioned noirish thriller that ends with a massive plot twist. As such, you might have thought it would have been easy to understand. In fact, since the film was released in March, the blogosphere's been awash with debate about what actually happens in the final scene.
Martin Scorsese's film is based on a best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane. The book's protagonist, Teddy Daniels, who's apparently a Us marshal, turns out to be Andrew Laeddis, a demented killer. He's a patient in a mental hospital who's been encouraged by his psychiatrist to act out his delusion in the hope that this will dispel it.
Warning: beyond this point, spoilers reign
Shutter Island is no impenetrable art-house enigma: it's an old-fashioned noirish thriller that ends with a massive plot twist. As such, you might have thought it would have been easy to understand. In fact, since the film was released in March, the blogosphere's been awash with debate about what actually happens in the final scene.
Martin Scorsese's film is based on a best-selling novel by Dennis Lehane. The book's protagonist, Teddy Daniels, who's apparently a Us marshal, turns out to be Andrew Laeddis, a demented killer. He's a patient in a mental hospital who's been encouraged by his psychiatrist to act out his delusion in the hope that this will dispel it.
- 7/29/2010
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
From Psycho to Shutter Island, why is the portrayal of mental illness in the movies stuck in the dark ages?
Cinema has long been bad news for the mentally ill, typically representing them as the likes of Psycho's Norman Bates – crazed, dangerous and in need of harsh restraint. Film-makers have treated them as conveniently dehumanised as useful monsters, inviting cinemagoers to assume they should be feared, shunned and confined.
So what, you may feel: people can tell the difference between fiction and fact. Unfortunately, such research as has been conducted suggests otherwise. It has shown the mass media shapes people's ideas about mental illness, and that entertainment plays a bigger role in this process than factual output. In focus groups, people with hostile attitudes have cited films like Psycho as influences on their outlook.
To be fair, in Hitchcock's day harsh attitudes to mental illness pervaded not just films but society as a whole.
Cinema has long been bad news for the mentally ill, typically representing them as the likes of Psycho's Norman Bates – crazed, dangerous and in need of harsh restraint. Film-makers have treated them as conveniently dehumanised as useful monsters, inviting cinemagoers to assume they should be feared, shunned and confined.
So what, you may feel: people can tell the difference between fiction and fact. Unfortunately, such research as has been conducted suggests otherwise. It has shown the mass media shapes people's ideas about mental illness, and that entertainment plays a bigger role in this process than factual output. In focus groups, people with hostile attitudes have cited films like Psycho as influences on their outlook.
To be fair, in Hitchcock's day harsh attitudes to mental illness pervaded not just films but society as a whole.
- 7/26/2010
- by David Cox
- The Guardian - Film News
Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island hits DVD, Blu-ray, and VOD next Tuesday, June 8th, and in honor of the occasion Paramount Home Entertainment has released two new Blu-ray bonus clips along with a Psychological Assessment Test.
Starring three-time Academy Award® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, the film features an outstanding ensemble cast including Mark Ruffalo, Oscar® winner Sir Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, and Emily Mortimer. Based on the best-selling novel by celebrated writer Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island (Blu-ray/DVD review here) was written for the screen by Laeta Kalogridis and tells the story of two U.S. marshals investigating the mysterious disappearance of an inmate from Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane. But as their investigation proceeds, they uncover an intricate web of deception where nothing may be as it seems.
Think you're sane enough to be released from Ashecliffe Hospital? Click here or on the below image to check...
Starring three-time Academy Award® nominee Leonardo DiCaprio, the film features an outstanding ensemble cast including Mark Ruffalo, Oscar® winner Sir Ben Kingsley, Max von Sydow, Michelle Williams, and Emily Mortimer. Based on the best-selling novel by celebrated writer Dennis Lehane, Shutter Island (Blu-ray/DVD review here) was written for the screen by Laeta Kalogridis and tells the story of two U.S. marshals investigating the mysterious disappearance of an inmate from Ashecliffe Hospital for the criminally insane. But as their investigation proceeds, they uncover an intricate web of deception where nothing may be as it seems.
Think you're sane enough to be released from Ashecliffe Hospital? Click here or on the below image to check...
- 6/4/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Next Tuesday, June 8th, sees the release of Martin Scorsese's top-notch thriller Shutter Island on both DVD and Blu-ray. If you liked the film as much as I did, you'll want to check out two behind-the-scenes clips -- one features Leonardo DiCaprio and Shutter Island author Dennis Lehane on creating the film's protagonist, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels, while the second has Scorsese, his production designer Dante Ferretti, and the film's psychiatric consultant, Dr. James Gilligan, discussing the design of Shutter Island's notorious asylum. Hit the jump to watch both clips now.
- 6/1/2010
- FEARnet
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