A huge challenge the filmmaker of Shutter Island would have is presenting Teddy Daniels as a completely sane, hard-working man with distinct intent on solving the mystery at hand. It would be very hard not to give away that Teddy Daniels himself is actually insane. He portrays his lack of connection to reality throughout the beginning and middle of the book in his dreams about his late wife, Dolores. He dreams about her constantly, she "communicates" with him through dreams, and he cannot seem to let her go.
Three Specific Scenes
Teddy Daniels, in the beginning of the book, is on a boat ride out to Shutter Island and begins to drift off into the depths of his own mind, thinking about his late wife. He reminisces with his partner, Chuck Aule, about the times they shared in war and the trauma it caused.
Later, when Chuck and Teddy are in their own beds, Teddy begins to have a dream involving his late wife, Dolores, and she helps him solve the riddle of what Rachel Solando, the escapee, wrote on paper and left for the men to find. Again, he drifts off into the depths of his mind, even while awake, and seems unreachable.
Teddy and Chuck explore the island in search of Rachel, only to find a large grassland of hills and vegetation. Teddy shoots down the theory that Rachel could've run off because of the vegetation. He explains that there is no way she could've made the run barefoot. With the theory that she ran off gone, there leaves only one: Rachel is still on the island.
Two Scenes to Cut Out
The scene where the Deputy Warden vigorously searches Teddy and Chuck before they're let on the island. It's unnecessary to describe in such detail a scene that could be made so minuscule and irrelevant. The scene doesn't help develop the plot at all.
Another scene to cut out would be the scene with Dr. Crawford, Teddy, Chuck, and a second doctor in Dr. Crawford's house. The scene, again, doesn't help plot progression at all. It simply adds another obnoxious element of deep mystery as to who the man might be, and what his purpose is on the island.
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