Martin Scorsese's Cape Fear (1991) opens with a shot of water and
climaxes on a raging river. Despite, or perhaps because of, the
film's great commercial success, critical analysis of the film
typically does not delve beneath the surface of Scorsese's first
major box office hit. As it reaches its 30th anniversary, Cape Fear
is now ripe for a full appraisal. The remake of J. Lee Thompson's
1962 Cape Fear was originally conceived as a straightforward
thriller intended for Steven Spielberg. Author Rob Daniel
investigates the fascinating ways Scorsese's style and
preoccupations transform his version into a horror epic. The
director's love of fear cinema, his Catholicism and filmmaking
techniques shift Cape Fear into terrifying psychological and
psychosexual waters. The analysis also examines the influence of
Gothic literature and fairy tales, plus how academic approaches to
genre aid an understanding of the film.
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