tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post1040248661785907777..comments2024-03-24T05:21:03.521-04:00Comments on Captain Critic: Review: "Shutter Island"Christopher Lloydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00912714677164687899noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post-27410047363545791362010-03-28T15:05:22.855-04:002010-03-28T15:05:22.855-04:00can someone tell me where I can find that Dum... D...can someone tell me where I can find that Dum... Dum sound ??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post-32892667845091356412010-02-19T10:28:39.995-05:002010-02-19T10:28:39.995-05:00Thanks for the kind words, Chris.
If this was dir...Thanks for the kind words, Chris.<br /><br />If this was directed by a hack, I would think he just let his music people run wild. Since it's a master like Scorsese, I have to think he was using the music as a device to do ... something. I just never could figure out what it was, and I don't think the audience will either, other than being aware of some very loud, very discordant music.<br /><br />With "Blood," Anderson used his screeching music during scenes without action -- i.e., the long shots of the oil derricks and the music itself was the center of what's going on. <br /><br />In "Shutter," these musical cues come during normal exposition scenes -- driving into the compound, etc. -- where music would usually be in the background. Rather than stirring the pot, the music plunges us into the pot.<br /><br />The effect, as I said, ends up being comical. It's almost like that "dramatic chipmunk" video on YouTube, accompanied by that those familiar, ridiculous chords: "Dum... dum... DAAAAAHHHHH!!"Christopher Lloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912714677164687899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2408139579944180262.post-9811508172253285042010-02-18T14:18:50.283-05:002010-02-18T14:18:50.283-05:00I haven't seen "Shutter Island", but...I haven't seen "Shutter Island", but your remarks about the soundtrack remind me of my thoughts while watching "There Will Be Blood" for the first time.<br /><br />The mix for the music was so high in volume, and so jarring compared to what accompanied on-screen, I worked under the assumption that Anderson was using it as somewhat of a Brectian construct to remind the audience, however subliminally, that they're watching a movie, a movie about specific themes that he *really* wants you to take note of (without actually beating you over the head with them).<br /><br />Again, might have just been the sound mix at Keystone at the time, but curious about whether you had a similar reaction, volume-of-soundtrack-wise to "Blood" as "Shutter."<br /><br />(btw: Absolutely love the work you've done post-Star)Chrishttp://chrisvannoy.comnoreply@blogger.com