The movie, Shutter Island, is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane. The Merrick Library has two copies available for reserve. Here is a short NYT review.
“Shutter Island” takes place off the coast of Massachusetts in 1954.
I’m sorry, that should be OFF THE COAST OF MASSACHUSETTS! IN 1954!
since every detail and incident in the movie, however minor, is
subjected to frantic, almost demented (and not always unenjoyable)
amplification. The wail of strangled cellos accompanies shots of the
titular island, a sinister, rain-lashed outcropping that is home to a
mental hospital for the CRIMINALLY INSANE! The color scheme is lurid,
and the camera movements telegraph anxiety. Nothing is at it seems.
Something TERRIBLE is afoot. Sadly, that something turns out to be the
movie itself. — A. O. Scott, The New York Times
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