The Lighthouse
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"Keeping secrets, are ye?"
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Overview
New England, the 1890s. Young lumberjack Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and grunting, grizzled lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe) arrive on a remote island, tasked with a month of back-breaking caretaking. Besieged by stormy weather, seagulls and bad omens aplenty – with no one around but each other – the pair begin a descent into salt-flecked hysteria in this horrifying, darkly funny slice of maritime lore from writer-director Robert Eggers (The Witch). Cue the violent hallucinations, ravenous squid, seductive apparitions, mermaids, chum buckets, copious flatulence and slowly imploding secrets.
Why See This Film
To quote director Robert Eggers: "Nothing good can happen when two men are trapped alone in a giant phallus.” Deservedly nominated for an Academy Award for Best Cinematography, The Lighthouse draws expertly moody inspiration from H.P. Lovecraft and the seafaring classics of Robert Louis Stevenson and Herman Melville. Shot in the freezing temperatures and intense winds of Cape Forchu in Nova Scotia, the film draws similarly uncompromising performances from its two cracking leads – with Willem Dafoe at times going for minutes without blinking during the shoot.
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