by pinback » Thu Aug 19, 2021 6:27 am
Filmed in black and white, and in virtually square format, you know from the first frame that this is something different. All darkness, foreboding and claustrophobia, The Lighthouse is essentially a two-man play, the story of two guys tasked with maintaining a lighthouse for four weeks.
As time goes on, their relationship develops in unexpected ways, while both seem to be experiencing some sort of mental breakdown/creeping insanity. Eventually there are hints that neither of them may be who they say they are, and even the lighthouse itself may not be what it seems.
This is a movie that it is impossible to spoil, because I don't think anyone knows what happens, or what it all means. It's obviously meant to be pure allegory, but allegorical to what is generally left to the viewer.
Willem DaFoe is outstanding/darkly hilarious as the crusty old seadog (who replaces "ye" for "you" and "lad" for whatever your name is, ye lad.) Robert Pattinson jerks off to a figurine of a mermaid.
I was captivated the whole time, mainly because I knew that I was watching something new. The Lighthouse reminded me of no other movie. And it's really well done. If you want to see something new, and aren't a stickler about, you know, understanding what a movie was about, then this is the movie for you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hyag7lR8CPA
Filmed in black and white, and in virtually square format, you know from the first frame that this is something [i]different[/i]. All darkness, foreboding and claustrophobia, The Lighthouse is essentially a two-man play, the story of two guys tasked with maintaining a lighthouse for four weeks.
As time goes on, their relationship develops in unexpected ways, while both seem to be experiencing some sort of mental breakdown/creeping insanity. Eventually there are hints that neither of them may be who they say they are, and even the lighthouse itself may not be what it seems.
This is a movie that it is impossible to spoil, because I don't think anyone knows what happens, or what it all means. It's obviously meant to be pure allegory, but allegorical to what is generally left to the viewer.
Willem DaFoe is outstanding/darkly hilarious as the crusty old seadog (who replaces "ye" for "you" and "lad" for whatever your name is, ye lad.) Robert Pattinson jerks off to a figurine of a mermaid.
I was captivated the whole time, mainly because I knew that I was watching something [i]new[/i]. The Lighthouse reminded me of no other movie. And it's really well done. If you want to see something [i]new[/i], and aren't a stickler about, you know, understanding what a movie was about, then this is the movie for you.