Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse - Production & Contact Info

Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse (2010)
Video | 21 min | Documentary, Short

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Shutter Island: Into the Lighthouse (2010)

Video | 21 min | Documentary, Short

This thoughtful, often fascinating featurette focuses on the film's psychiatric aspects and how consultant James Gilligan counseled the actors so they could better understand their reactions and motivations. We also learn about the ...See moreThis thoughtful, often fascinating featurette focuses on the film's psychiatric aspects and how consultant James Gilligan counseled the actors so they could better understand their reactions and motivations. We also learn about the controversial yet prevalent practice of lobotomizing violent mental patients, and how the more humane approach of pharma-psychology gradually replaced it around the time period in which the story takes place. The push-pull between the two methods is cogently examined, and once again, Scorsese, Lehane, and many cast members chime in with their impressions. See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Leonardo DiCaprio Self Self See fewer	Inception (2010)
Dante Ferretti Self Self See fewer	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)
James Gilligan Self (as Dr. James Gilligan) Self (as Dr. James Gilligan) See fewer	Shutter Island (2010)
Ben Kingsley Self Self See fewer	Sexy Beast (2000)
Dennis Lehane Self Self See fewer	The Drop (2014)
Mark Ruffalo Self Self See fewer	Spotlight (I) (2015)
Martin Scorsese Self Self See fewer	Killers of the Flower Moon (2023)