The Lighthouse
The Lighthouse
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Two “wickies” - one inexperienced (Robert Pattinson), the other a grizzled veteran (Willem Dafoe) - arrive on a remote New England island in the 1890s for a four-week stint maintaining the local lighthouse. But as isolation and personal differences take their toll, both men slowly succumb to their inner demons and to the strange, otherworldly allure of the lighthouse itself. Featuring virtuoso performances by its two leads, striking and period-authentic monochrome photography, and shot through with wickedly dark humour, The Lighthouse is an intense, claustrophobic experience like no other that cements Eggers’ status as one of the most exciting filmmakers of our time. (Arrow Films)
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Elokuva, joka perustana on kiinnostava retrokuvasto, meren keskellä sijaitsevan pikkuluodon ahdistavuus sekä kahden pääosanesittäjän näyttelijäntaidot – erityisesti mainittakoon aivan kuin Shakepearen näytelmästä tipahtanut Willem Dafoe. Yksi vahvimmista kohtauksista on tämän "kirous". Ei ole Eggers turhan päiten kirjoittanut henkilöhahmoaan Melvillen hengessä. Majakanvartijoista vanhempaa on vuosien yksinäisyys jo henkisesti romuttanut, ja hän pitää nuorempaa lähestulkoon orjanaan. Tämä taas koettaa ansaita rahaa maatilaa varten, ja mitä kauempana majakka mantereelta on, sitä paremmin siellä tienaa. Pakotietä ei ole. Suunnitellut neljä viikkoa venyvät ja katsojassa hiljalleen huolellisesti rakennettu ahdistuksen tunne, jota höyrylaivojen sireenien jatkuva ulvonta sekä härnäävien lokkien kirkuna lietsovat, kulminoituu lopuksi molempien hahmojen alkoholiromahduksessa. Tämä elokuva taitaa olla pakko nähdä uudestaan. [Rakkautta&Anarkiaa 2019]
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After The Witch, Robert Eggers directs another period and psychologically challenging piece, this time in black and white and square format, making it feel like it was made in 1910. that initially repulsed me, but eventually I found myself immersed in the plot and enjoying the nightmare driven to madness. Both Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson give great performances, the dialogue is impressive, the atmosphere thickens and there are a few disturbing scenes (a seagull being bludgeoned to death, a live burial, masturbation over a mermaid and the final scene is very raw). Here I can understand 10 stars and 0, so it depends on you, but I was not bored. 7/10.
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The Lighthouse is about nerdy form, great actors and the director’s fearlessness in experimentation and ambition to do something that had never been seen before. The sound track is astonishingly engaging and almost even scary with the deep droning of the lighthouse. The cool black-and-white 4:3 composition is reminiscent of horror movies from the early 20th century. The depressing confining atmosphere of the remote, foggy and windy exterior and the damp and stinking interior. And the conflict between two men that doesn’t take all of these circumstances into account. Their drunken talk isn’t very stimulating, but it serves well to characterise the men and the place at the time.
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In its reconstruction of 19th-century life and visual style of old films, The Lighthouse is an unprecedented curiosity made with great care and, in one view, makes perhaps as much sense (and is thus as carelessly blind) as a drunken sailor who has read Moby Dick and a few paragraphs of Greek mythology (particularly the story of Prometheus) and psychoanalysis (you reach the id only after pacification of the controlling superego). The plot stands on water, the relationship between the two men on alcohol. Instead of drama or any character development, there is only the building of an atmosphere which, in the end, leads to nowhere and serves no purpose; it is not legitimised by any unifying theme to which the film would adhere. It simply just is. The vagueness, eccentricity and signs of cognisance of the film’s pulpiness give the impression of being an intentional act on the part of the screenwriter, an attempt to sell a simple, self-regarding horror story to dramaturgs of A-list festivals. When everyone finds something in a film, that does not necessarily mean that there is actually something to be found in it. Due to the degree to which it depends on its two actors and sound effects, I would rather see The Lighthouse in the form of an absurdist stage play in which the riveting acting performances could overcome the terrible repetitiveness, predictableness and utter lack of flow. 55%
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Just like in his The Witch, the director relishes creating the right atmosphere, but his film is very inapproachable; he makes every effort to spoil your viewing experience. The actors in the leading roles (Dafoe and Pattison) deliver superb performances, moreover in black and white, in a spooky, morbid environment with a hidden evil like from Lovecraft. I like all of this, but the inapproachability of the film makes it hard to give it better than average rating. It is, however, definitely a unique experience.
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