“The Lighthouse” started with two men, arriving at the lighthouse on the reef as if sitting at the end of the world.
Thomas (Willem Dafoe) has an older experience and is also the leader of this work.
There are two lighthousemen, one old and one young, but they are all weird.
The young Winslow’s eyes were timid but deeply gloomy. The older Thomas is violent and addicted to alcohol.
As the officer, Thomas was quite rude to his fellow follower.
Burning the boiler during the day and pouring the chamber pot at night, all the dirty work was given to Winslow.
Not only that, Thomas also issued a ban on Winslow: not allowed to board the lighthouse.
According to the relevant regulations, the two lighthouse officers should take turns ascending the tower.
But in the face of Thomas’s strength and stubbornness, Winslow can only succumb to the lewdness.
However, Winslow slowly discovered that there seemed to be a huge secret hidden behind the ban on climbing the tower.
Thomas’ fascination with the lighthouse has become an out-of-control possessiveness.
The shining beacon was like a beauty in his eyes, and this beauty was regarded by Thomas as a forbidden person, not allowing others to get involved.
Strong curiosity drove Winslow. In the evening he visited the lighthouse at night, and the scene before him subverted his worldview.
The naked Thomas was groaning loudly, trembling all over, as if he was having sex with a beauty.
However, there was no beauty in the lighthouse at this time. Instead, an octopus-like tentacle flashed past.
Seeing this, we can basically conclude that old Thomas may have fallen into the beastly love of “The Shape of Water”.
And the next morning, Winslow saw the real body of the Kraken on the beach. The upper body of the Kraken is a girl, but the lower body is a fishtail.
But this is by no means a pitiful mermaid. She laughed hysterically at Winslow, which directly scared the young man into paralysis.
The month of Morishima’s work is now coming to an end. Although Winslow is panicked, he doesn’t want to be out of the question.
However, because of the sea storm, the supply ship couldn’t get to the shore at all, and the day of Winslow’s outing of the island became a distant future.
The bewilderment isolated from the world, the sleepiness of working day and night, the trepidation of the sea monster,
These uneasy emotions completely dragged the young lighthouseman into the abyss of despair.
Winslow, who was originally non-drinking, began to drink wildly, even more fierce than Thomas.
Under the influence of alcohol, despair gradually turned into trance and madness.
Winslow couldn’t distinguish between fantasy and reality. Octopus and Kraken began to appear frequently in his nightmare.
Not only that, Thomas from time to time incarnate in his eyes as Aquaman and Warcraft.
In reality, the relationship between Winslow and Thomas has also taken a turn for the worse.
After drinking a drink, Winslow accidentally saw Thomas’ notepad, which was full of Thomas’ dissatisfaction with him.
If these negative comments fall into the ears of outsiders, Winslow’s career is likely to be ruined.
Winslow had a murderous intention on Thomas.
The contradiction between the two crazy men was intensified to the apex and broke out completely, and the hidden confrontation finally turned into bloody hand-to-hand combat.
Is it the old lighthouseman who guards the secrets of the siren?
Or was it the young lighthouseman who had the illusion of his own demon?
What will happen to the ending of the two?
It can only be said that this story is quite mysterious, and interested fans can watch the film by themselves to reveal the answer.
It is not an exaggeration to say that it is a very niche cult work.
Black and white tones, dim lens, depressive tonal frame.
This sense of sight of documentary films in the 1940s and 1950s first created an extremely uncomfortable viewing experience for the audience.
What’s more uncomfortable is actually the plot of the film.
The plot of the movie “The Lighthouse” is actually not afraid of spoilers! Most viewers will probably have countless questions after watching the film.
The core question is: Does the Kraken really exist?
If the Kraken really exists, then this movie is a science fiction horror movie.
If the siren was fantasised by Winslow, then this movie is a psychological thriller.
I prefer the latter.
The key to the plot of the whole movie is actually the role of Winslow.
There are too many detailed clues hidden under the director’s camera, indicating that Winslow is a psychopathic patient.
In the early days of landing on the island, Winslow was cautious and did not touch any alcohol.
At that time, however, he was often troubled by nightmares. The siren and a male figure will alternately appear in his dream.
Who is this man?
After a drink, the young lighthouse officer confided the truth: the man was his work partner, and he was murderous towards his partner because of the disharmony.
In the process of work, his companion stumbled and fell, and Winslow saw his death helplessly as his companion was smashed out of his brain by the falling giant tree.
More importantly, the male companion was named Winslow.
The young beacon in the film is actually an impostor who replaced the name and identity of his companion.
In this way, the murderous demons began to ferment in the hearts of the young lighthousemen.
The absurd and boring life on an isolated island accelerated the expansion of the young lighthouseman’s mind, making it impossible for him to distinguish reality from illusion.
Whether it is the octopus living in the lighthouse or the sea monster on the rocky beach, they are actually fantasies of the young lighthouseman’s mind.
However, it makes me really feel that the movie “The Lighthouse” has something against the sky.
It is another hypothesis: whether the island, the lighthouse, and the older Thomas really exist, or are also the illusions of the young lighthouseman, this is really unclear.
The young lighthouseman who once killed his companion, his real name is also “Thomas”.
In other words, the young and old lighthousemen have the same name and are called “Thomas”.
This is not a mere coincidence, but a hint from the director, implying that the old lighthouseman is actually the product of the schizophrenia of the male protagonist.
In the film, the old lighthouse officer even directly expressed this possibility.
If the whole movie shows that the young lighthouseman is a real person, all the characters in the scene, including the sea monsters and monsters, are imaginary illusions.
This setting really makes people feel that the hairs are standing upside down, and it is extremely scary to think about it.
On the whole, “The Lighthouse” is definitely a movie worthy of the audience to savor and chew.
A film that can enter the bi-weekly section of the Cannes Film Festival, I am afraid that no one will believe it if it has no connotation.
Pattinson, an idol star who uses Twilight as a girl’s love object, has recently become a performance artist with art films such as “Cosmopolis”.
“The Lighthouse” definitely surpassed his peak performance in the past. The actor forced such a strong performance energy from himself.
This was originally Dafoe’s rather typical performance mode (in fact, Dafoe has a wide range of dramas, and there are many wonderful and moving performances, but why our impression of him has been left on the face of this strange villain).
In a post-screening discussion, when director Egger invited Pattinson to perform with the script, Dafoe spoke with him.
Pattinson hesitated, and whispered to him that he was scared to see Dafoe, and Dafoe achieved this effect in the lighthouse.
Robert Eggers also admitted that shooting this movie is not just a test for the actors, even for him, this movie is also difficult to make.
In addition, the director added that when filming “The Lighthouse”, as a man, he almost cried.
In this regard, he said: In the movie setting, I feel that I must be a gentleman and keep my tears in the hotel.
I have to say that the directors and actors of “The Lighthouse”, including the behind-the-scenes members of the troupe, are great.
Although “The Lighthouse” is not an interesting movie, there are many things to appreciate in this movie.
In particular, the role of watching movies gradually loses control, and the cruel and lonely environment tends to bring the same feeling to the audience.
In short, Robert Pattinson wants to be a director in a movie theater.
After the filming is over, the director and Robert Pattinson sometimes talk in a simple state, but during the filming of this film, it is obviously difficult.
Of course, Robert Pattinson completed this movie very professionally, and his acting skills have been appreciated by many people.
Robert Eggers also directed the very good lighthouse.
