This is all so masterfully done that even watching the picture multiple times, it's amazing to pick up on the nuance that went into developing the story. The Warden (Ted Levine) is clearly speaking directly to Laeddis when he picks up Teddy after his night in the cave.
This was a way for the viewer to understand that in some small way, Teddy/Laeddis was conversing with himself, sometimes with clarity and other times delusionally. The vision of Rachel Solando in the cave was warning Teddy that he had no friends, and that there was no way off the island. George Noyce (Jackie Earle Haley) was speaking to Laeddis as he had no reason not to. Yet those references to Laeddis/Daniels' 'defense mechanisms' could have been offered and taken either way. We're able to understand that in Teddy's first meeting with Naehring (Max von Sydow), Naehring is actually speaking to Laeddis. What we now know to be true about Teddy Daniels becomes even more evident. What's unique and brilliant about the writing here is evident upon a second viewing. Cawley (Ben Kingsley) reveals the twist near the end of the story, at which point, one is left either totally disillusioned or utterly blown away. As we come to learn, all that changes when Dr. Every interaction he has with a character in the picture is one between himself, Detective Daniels, and that character.
Not your normal island, but one that's home to an institution for the criminally insane. He's a detective investigating a missing person case on an island. I say this because the first time around, there's no way to take the character of Teddy Daniels (Leonardo DiCaprio) other than at face value. "Shutter Island" might be the only picture that on subsequent viewings, becomes a DIFFERENT film from the one originally seen. There are a number of films I've seen more than once, and if they're good (the only reason really, to watch them again), they become a richer experience and one gains a greater appreciation of them.
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