Martin Scorsese’s new film undergoes insane title change
January 25th, 2008 by Scott Marks
All that work on TCM’s Val Lewton documentary seems to have inspired Marty. Is this current title change a small tribute to Lewton, the legendary RKO producer of such low budget, exceedingly intelligent thrillers as Cat People, The Leopard Man and I Walked With a Zombie?
Marty’s new film is based on Dennis Lehan’s Shutter Island. Much of the action takes place in a 1950’s insane asylum named Ashecliffe, which is now the film’s new title. In a four-year period (1942-1946) Lewton produced nine highly personal horror noir including one called Bedlam that takes place in London’s legendary mental institution.
Ashecliffe, whichs stars Leonardo DiCaprio as a U.S. Marshall investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island, begins principal photography in Massachusetts this spring.
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Always wanted to ask your opinion on this, Scott, being a rabid Scorsese fan. What do you think of the Leo/ Marty connection? I think the number of films on which they have worked together is rapidly approaching the Bobby/ Marty connection. What do you think of this?
Marty knew to latch on to a hot, rising star and what really sweetens the deal is that Leo is a great actor. (We could have been looking at “Color of Money 2,” if you catch my drift.) The problem lurks in the quality of the material. In Bobby’s case, the projects became continually stronger. The same can’t be said of the Leo/Marty collaborations which have become progressively weaker. “Gangs of NY,” the best of the trilogy, is a delightful popcorn picture and “The Aviator” is also a lot of fun. We all know where I stand on “The Departed.” The biggest setback is Marty’s choice of scripts. The actor & Director work well together, but the quality of their projects has rapidly diminished. I do have high hopes for Marty filming in an insane asylum.
The thing about Leo with me is, he started out being a really good actor, but then with “Titanic”, he started believing his own hype and stopped caring about the craft. Now he’s a good actor again. Maybe Marty kicked his ass and said, “Stop being a pretty boy and act!”
That’s a very good observation about how the material gets weaker and weaker. That’s also due to the case that the 70s were the last Golden Age of American Filmmaking, and the films that were being made at that time were amazing. All of Marty’s films with Bobby, with the exception of “Cape Fear”, were all very good. (Yes, I am even throwing “New York, New York” in the mix.) But the scripts written now can not compare to the scripts written then because it’s become less personal and more monetary. Less risks are being taken because everybody needs to look at the bottom line, not so much an issue pre-”Star Wars”. I would love to see Marty do an indie film and take risks again, like Coppola did with “Youth Without Youth”. Like that film or not (and there were a lot of people that hated it), you gotta admit, it was ballsy. I wish Marty would go back to using his balls again.
He did go back to using his balls; he and Helen had a kid, he won the Oscar and for the past 4 or 5 years he’s been happy. I don’t like it when he’s happy. His art suffers.
Hahaha! You’re right; he is using his balls. I meant artistically. Give me the good ol’ days, when Marty was punching the walls of the editing room.