3) “Shutter Island” — The Opening Act

Wherein we deconstruct the first quartile – Part 1 of the novel, Act I of the screenplay – of Dennis Lehane’s masterpiece of deception and psychological drama. The posts in this series are numbered sequentially for your clarity and amusement.  (RSS Feed readers will have received this twice… my bad, I apologize.  It’s a button […]

2) The Deconstruction of “Shutter Island” – A Primer

The first in a series of posts that deconstructs and analyzes Dennis Lehane’s Shutter Island – both the book and the movie. Welcome to Shutter Island.  A place – and a story – in which nothing is what it seems. If you haven’t recently seen the movie or read the novel – preferably both – […]

Coming Monday: The Deconstruction and Analysis of “Shutter Island” by Dennis Lehane

But then, you probably knew that already. If this is news to you, I suggest you review the last couple of posts here on Storyfix, and then come on down.  Love to have you join us. If you aren’t sure what a “deconstruction” is, it’s an analysis of the structure of a novel or a film […]