Review of the movie Island of the Damned. Woe from Wit
Two bailiffs arrive on the island to investigate the patient's escape from the clinic-prison located there for crazy maniacs and dangerous criminals. But the further the investigation goes, the more suspicious the clinic's management looks, and the investigators begin to feel that they themselves have fallen into a trap. The living classic Martin Skorosese, winner of the 2007 Oscars for The Departed, shot Isle of the Damned, a picture of incredible power with an original ending, which is better to see first and then read something about it. All you need to know about Isle of the Damned before watching is a great movie to watch; at the end they will give all the answers, and the outcome will be unexpected. The traditional for Skorosese's almost three-hour timekeeping is a little scary, but believe me: the mystery of the movie is worth it. In one of the dialogues in the picture, the patient of the clinic on the island says to the hero of DiCaprio: "You are very smart. It will hurt you." So, in general, it turns out. Before going to the cinema on "Isle of the Damned" it is better not to read a single review at all - the product of someone else's mind: in this case, the purity of perception can tarnish any inadvertently recognized opinion. It is better not to read this review before watching - however, I will try to avoid spoilers in it. The movie is based on the novel by Dennis Lehane (based on whose books "Goodbye, Baby, Goodbye" and "Mysterious River") - and that explains a lot. Lehane reflects with pinpoint accuracy in his novels the astonishing fragility of human evaluations. "Island of the Damned" continues this line and sounds almost like a tune from Vysotsky "... I do not believe fate, and myself - even less." The movie is amazingly colorful. Martin Skorosese has been great at handling color and staging before, but the colors and frames in "Isle of the Damned" look just magical and immerse you in the world of the island. The military memories of Bailiff Daniels and his dreams, the elusive surrealism of which is attractive and disturbing - as well as the brightness of the color in them, are especially engraved in the memory. The tension increases progressively during the first hour of the movie. From the powerful opening scene, when the bailiffs get off the ferry, follow the guards, enter the clinic gates, and the disturbing music breaks into a crescendo, the movie does not let go until the very middle. Then the dynamics of events weakened - Skorosese summed up his favorite timing. If "Isle of the Damned" were half an hour shorter, it would be a cult masterpiece. In its current form, the redundancy of insanity, unnecessary images makes the construction of the movie heavier, stretches the hero's path to the old lighthouse - and in this stretch, part of the power of the final revelation and the pleasure of the movie is ultimately lost.This main and only drawback of "Island of the Damned" (not counting the localization of the title of the movie in our box office) is almost completely redeemed by the acting. For a movie where everything is deceptive, Skorosese invited artists with deceptive images, in whose heroes you cannot immediately guess the true essence (or maybe you won’t guess until the very end). Ben Kingsley and Max von Sydow shine as doctors of psychiatry - "liberal" and supporter of traditional methods. Mark Ruffalo, who played the bailiff Chuck, once already distinguished himself with an ambiguous role in the little-known thriller "The Dark Side of Passion" (notable for Meg Ryan's nakedness).But the brightest star in "Isle of the Damned" is Leonardo DiCaprio. He drew this movie, one might say, on himself, and in the role of bailiff Daniels gave his best. You believe, sympathize, empathize with the hero of DiCaprio - and thanks to his inspired acting, the ending of "Isle of the Damned" acquires a double shade - different in terms of facts and sensations - which, apparently, was what Leahine wanted in the novel and Scorsese in the movie. p> Paradoxically, everything that is denounced as a lie at the end of the movie is perceived as true under the influence of DiCaprio's play, and the bailiff Daniels, performed by him, is a hero who follows the truth to the end. It is no coincidence that the liberal doctor at a key moment says the iconic phrase "I wash my hands" - because in the picture he symbolizes Pontius Pilate, forever associated with this phrase. We often scold the mind for endless analysis, for something that makes us doubt, tires us with internal dialogues. Everything in our body controls the brain - even pain: and sometimes we want to deceive it, for a while to break out of this control. But out there, out of the mind - isn't it more scary to be influenced, to make a wrong choice, and ultimately betray your own beliefs? After all, the mind, the values that it shares, are us, and our last defense mechanism, when everyone else has already fallen. The Topic of Article: Review of the movie Island of the Damned. Woe from Wit. |
