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"I just thought, I want Gothic, let's have fun. Let's do Gothic. " These are the words of author Dennis Lehan, talking about what inspired him to write "Blenda Island", his recognized novel that will eventually be adapted to the 2010 screen by Martin Scorsese, probably our biggest director of living. Lehan, talking about the feature of the film's release of Blu-ray, titled McCartism.

Inspired by classics such as "Manchurian candidate" and "Invasion of Bodydressers", he tried to write a story with a "completely unreliable narrator". Posted in 2003, the rights of the book quickly grabbed Colombia pictures before they fled and then sold to Phoenix pictures. Then Scorsese and his honor associate Leonardo DiCaprio were involved. Getting out of the success of the best picture of "The" Depared ", It proved to be a very wise decision, as the "Island Shootter" is still ranked as one of the biggest hits of the legendary director.

In the stories this week of the box office, we look back to the "Island Blent" 15 years later. We go beyond how the film appeared, how the big turnaround had the production of production, which happened when it reached the theaters, what happened after its publication and what lessons we can learn from it all these years later. Let's dig, right?

"The Island of Blent" focuses on Teddy Daniels (DiCaprio), an American Marshall who travels asylum for criminal mad on the island of Blenda. However, what begins as a routine investigation into the inexplicable disappearance of a patient in the facility, it takes a wicked twist as the story unfolds and the mystery deepens. On the way, Teddy and his partner Jacques (Mark Rufalo) reveal more and more bizarre truths about the island, culminating in the last shocking discovery of the film.

"I worked on some other projects, and they were not ready," Scorsese said, explaining how he got involved in the film in the feature "Behind the Blinds". "The script was sent to me. Of course, I knew the novelist Dennis Lehan (...), but I didn't know anything about the story. I started reading around 10:30 am. I had to go to sleep because I had to get up the next day for To do something early in the morning, but I discovered that I couldn't lower the script. "

Scorsese, at the time, had already cemented her heritage, finally securing the seriously deserved best picture and the best director Oscar. Although Scorsese has been spotted a fan of horror filmsHe did not split much with the genre during his glorious film career, except for probably "Cape Fear". To date, the "shutter island", although generally described as a psychological thriller, is by far the most sincere scores in the waters of horror. It was a departure, to be sure.

Scorsese and DiCaprio have already collaborated several times at this pointDating from 2002 "Newsorque Bundy". But if it's not broken, don't fix it. DiCaprio was at the height of his strength as a movie Starwar at the moment and he fully devoted himself to the role of Teddy Daniels.

"You're asking me questions that I don't even know the answers and created it," Lehan said, commenting on DiCaprio's deep DiCaprio research in the same game. "I really wanted to make my Teddy," DiCaprio said as he discussed his approach to the character.

"The Island Shooter" is a mystery box of film, and, for most of its time, the audience is guided to believe that DiCaprio's character is trying to reach the bottom of it. SpoilersBut in the end, we find that Teddy is a patient on the island and that all actions were a complex demolition to get him to reconcile with the terrible tragedy he suffered. Similar to M. Night Shyamalan's Smash Hit "Sixth Sense", Scorsese's film relied almost entirely on his turn.

"I discovered that the way the script was constructed, especially the end, which is something different from the book, I think, but especially the end made it worth me," Scorsese told the turnaround that ends in the same game. Laeta Calogridis ("Alexander") wrote the adaptation of Lehan's novel and, to Scorsese's eye, made a satisfactory conclusion.

Dr -Jamesesiyes Gilligan, a professor of psychiatrists, served as a film adviser. Speaking of Blu-Ray Featurette titled "In the Lighthouse", he shared that he appreciated the way the film showed what was happening with Teddy (unrealistic though it could be):

"It is true that the film is significantly moving away from the literal reality in terms of how I or any other psychiatrist would try to try to treat people who were violent and mentally ill. But I felt what Dennis did Lehan and Martin Scorsese are to find a way to express themselves, the kind of metaphorical, which was happening in the heads of the biggest characters. "

"We were really happy that we had Dr. Jamesejms Gilligan as our technical counselor," Scorsese added in the same game. "His book of violence is a classic. He was not just the authority of it, but he also understood the nature of storytelling. "

Paramount Pictures distributed the film and sold it to a great extent by focusing on the fact that it was a perverted exciting ride - one of the most beloved actors in the cinema in his center and collaborated (again) with a master's degree. The studio and various financiers needed the film to resonate, which has a huge budget of $ 80 million with the Island of Blent. Even to the standards in 2010, it's a lot of money for a non-franchise, an adult thriller, ranked with R. Fortunately, it played very well for the general audience.

"Island Shooter" reached the theaters on February 19, 2010. And too late and early for the prize campaign, Paramount considered this as more about popcorn fun, commercial play. Fortunately, he published the film at the perfect time because there was nothing in competition. Yes, JameSeims' "Avatar" was Cameron at the weekend 10 of its funny, record boxing patchesBut aside from that, Scorsese had a clear runway. His thriller broke his home charts with $ 41 million.

Just faced with a slight competition from Kevin Smith's "COP Out" and The Crazies' rim on his second weekend, Scorsese's film was able to hold first with $ 22.6 million in the second weekend. Of course his reign at the top ended next weekend when Tim Burton's hit of $ 1 billion "Alice in Wonderland" took a walk in the city. Until then, it was clear that the film was a success for Paramount.

All said, the Island Shooter ended its escape with $ 128 million home to leave with $ 171.4 million abroad for a total total of $ 299.4 million worldwide. It was even more than the "left" ($ 291 million), making Scorsese's biggest financial goal to that point. Then he will continue to turn that record a few years later with "Wolf of Wall Street" ($ 392 million), which remains his biggest film ever.

Scorsese had some of the greatest films of all time, from "Raging Bull" to "Goodfellas" and everything in between. Again, the man came from the best victory in the picture. However, the critics of the day were a little lukewarm on the "Island of the Shutter". Currently there are okay-but-larger rating for approval of 69% Rotten tomatoes. It is certainly not to be everything, to put an end to all metric, but it helps to paint a picture. At the time, many would probably call it the movie "Middling Scorsese".

Since the film did not earn a big LOVEBOOD of the awards, it had to calm down for being a pretty big manufacturer of money. There are worse things. But time has a funny way to change the perspective. In 2020, to mark the 10th anniversary of the film, /Filmos Spiegel wrote on the film a piece that declares a "shutter island" one of the "unwanted masterpieces" of Scorsese. It's a movie that was kind of time, perhaps because it's harder to get an adult movie made in cinema these days, in no small part because of the spread of streaming in the pandemic era.

As additional evidence that the film's profile increased above its initial reception, HBO once kicked plans to make TV series "Island", with Scorsese included. It never came true, but it talks about Thomas about how this was more than just some today, no tomorrow's horror triller. This was a damn beautiful image of Scorsese with a great lead performance and, depending on how you ask, a wild beverage-ulcer finally. What more can you ask for?

Looking back, "Blent Island" is a nice reminder that sometimes the film needs some time to really appreciate. The general audience certainly had fun of this at the time, which was confirmed by a healthy treasurer, but he did not feel like getting the pure respect for the DiCaprio/Scorsese wrist, maybe he should have received it, especially the one that was so successful. It's just the nature of the beer.

"The Island of the Shutter" is also a reminder that the horror is and really was almost always a confident friend for a crowd. Scorsese put his stamp on the genre in his own way and paid off comfortably. There's a reason he was Nominated for more the best Oscars director than any other livelie. It is noticeable that the whole thing started as a script he received while preparing other projects, encouraging him to say, "Yes, let's do it," and turn it into a big hit. Then it's a good scorsese.

Will Scorsese ever return to horror, or something horror-seed? Who knows. He doesn't get younger, and he just set his own Next collaboration with DiCaprio (the one who plays and Dwayne "Rock" NsonsonIncredibly enough). Whatever he does next and whoever he decides to do so, we should know to trust him by now. Perhaps nothing demonstrates this better than the film just as good and successful as "the island of shutter" in any way to be considered an effort in the middle level. Every other director would have so much luck. As for the rest of us? We're just happy to have Scorsese.