The Lighthouse (2019 film)
The Lighthouse is a 2019 psychological thriller[9][10][11][12] film directed and produced by Robert Eggers, who co-wrote the screenplay with his brother Max Eggers. An international co-production of the United States and Canada, the film was shot in black-and-white with a nearly square 1.19:1 aspect ratio. It stars Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as two lighthouse keepers who start to lose their sanity when a storm strands them on the remote island where they are stationed.
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Directed by | Robert Eggers |
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Music by | Mark Korven |
Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke |
Edited by | Louise Ford |
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Running time | 109 minutes[3] |
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Language | English |
Budget | $4 million[6][7] |
Box office | $18.2 million[8][7] |
According to Eggers, although the final story bears little resemblance to Edgar Allan Poe's fragment "The Light-House", the film began as an attempt by his brother Max Eggers to create a contemporary take on the Poe story. When the project stalled, Eggers offered to work with his brother and the project evolved into a period thriller with the Poe elements largely removed. Dafoe and Pattinson were cast as the lead characters in February 2018. Principal photography began on April 9, 2018, and lasted a total of 34 days in Leif Erikson Park in Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia, Canada, and inside a hangar at Yarmouth Airport in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
The film had its world premiere at the 72nd Cannes Film Festival on May 19, and was theatrically released on October 18, 2019, by A24. The film was praised for its technical aspects (notably the cinematography and production design), Eggers' screenplay and direction, and the performances of the leads. It was nominated for Best Cinematography at the 92nd Academy Awards and 73rd British Academy Film Awards.
Plot
In the late 19th century, Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) serves a contract job as a wickie for a month on an isolated island off the coast of New England, under the supervision of an irritable elderly man named Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe). In his quarters, Winslow discovers a small scrimshaw of a mermaid and keeps it in his jacket. Wake immediately proves to be very demanding, assigning Winslow increasingly taxing jobs such as emptying their chamber pots, painting the lighthouse, and carrying heavy kerosene containers up the stairs, all the while forbidding him access to the lantern room; Winslow observes that every evening, Wake secretly ascends the lighthouse and disrobes before the light. During his stay on the island, Winslow begins to hallucinate sea monsters and logs floating in the sea, and masturbates to the mermaid on the scrimshaw. He also continues to observe Wake's strange ritual and is bothered by a one-eyed gull that Wake tells him not to kill, as he is superstitious that gulls are reincarnated sailors. One evening while dining, Wake reveals to Winslow that his previous wickie died after losing his sanity, while Winslow reveals that he is a former timberman from Canada seeking a new trade.
The day before his scheduled departure, Winslow discovers a dead gull inside the cistern, bloodying its water. Winslow is again attacked by the one-eyed gull and he brutally kills it in anger. The wind drastically changes direction and a violent storm hits the island. Winslow and Wake spend the night getting drunk, and the storm rages through the next morning, preventing the relief ferry from arriving. As Winslow empties the chamber pots, he notices a body washed up on the shore and discovers that it is a mermaid, which awakens and howls at him. He flees back to the cottage, where Wake informs him that the storm has spoiled their rations, and that new ones will not arrive for weeks. The pair unearth a crate at the lighthouse's base that supposedly contains reserve rations, but they only find more alcohol. In the following days, while the storm shows no sign of calming, Winslow and Wake continue to drink, alternating between moments of intimacy and hostility. One night, Winslow tries unsuccessfully to steal the lantern room keys from Wake as he sleeps. He later hallucinates a lobster trap containing the one-eyed head of Wake's previous wickie. Winslow confesses to Wake that his real name is Thomas Howard and that he assumed the identity of Ephraim Winslow, his foreman who died in an accident Howard neglected to stop. Wake chases Howard down, accusing him of "spilling his beans" and destroying their only dory with an axe; once incapacitated, however, Wake claims that it was Howard who chased him and destroyed the dory.
With no alcohol left, the two begin drinking a concoction of turpentine and honey, while the storm worsens and starts flooding the cottage. The next morning, Howard finds Wake's logbook, in which Wake has written a critical report of Howard's performance and recommended he be sacked without pay. Upon Howard's confrontation, Wake berates Howard, and Howard attacks Wake while hallucinating the mermaid, the real Winslow and Wake as a Proteus-like figure. Howard beats Wake into submission and takes him to the hole at the base of the lighthouse to bury him alive. Wake curses Howard as he is buried, wishing him a "Promethean fate." Howard takes the keys to the lantern room, but Wake frees himself and strikes Howard with the axe. Howard disarms Wake and kills him before ascending the lighthouse. In the lantern room, the Fresnel lens opens to Howard, who reaches in and violently screams in distortion before slipping and falling down the lighthouse steps. Some time later, a barely-living Howard lies naked on the rocks with a damaged eye as a flock of gulls peck at his exposed bowels.
Cast
- Robert Pattinson as Ephraim Winslow/Thomas Howard
- Willem Dafoe as Thomas Wake
- Valeriia Karamän as the Mermaid
- Logan Hawkes as Ephraim Winslow
Production
Development
The Lighthouse began as an attempt by Max Eggers to adapt "The Light-House," an unfinished short story by Edgar Allan Poe. Robert Eggers became aware of his brother's effort while trying to pitch his debut feature, The Witch, to studios. Max's project stalled, after which Robert offered to work on it based on his own vision. The final story, co-written by Robert and Max, bears no resemblance to the Poe work apart from the title.[13]
The literature of Maine-based writer Sarah Orne Jewett served as a significant point of reference for the dialects used in The Lighthouse. Maritime and surrealistic elements from the works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Herman Melville and Robert Louis Stevenson also informed the writing of the film. According to Eggers, a 19th-century incident at Smalls Lighthouse in Wales involving two lighthouse keepers (both named Thomas, as in the film) was an additional source of inspiration - the story was made into the 2016 British film of the same name.[13]
Casting
In February 2018, it was announced Willem Dafoe had been cast in the film.[14] Dafoe had previously contacted Robert Eggers via email, expressing his admiration for The Witch and offering to work with the director in the future. When The Lighthouse was greenlit, Eggers offered Dafoe one of the leads.[13] Later in February 2018, Robert Pattinson joined the cast.[15]
Filming
From the beginning, Eggers wanted to shoot the film in black and white and a "narrow, vintage" aspect ratio.[13] Consequently, The Lighthouse was shot on black and white 35mm film, with an orthochromatic aesthetic that evokes 19th-century photography, as well as a nearly square 1.19:1 aspect ratio that corresponds to narrow sets and seeks to withhold information from the audience. Jarin Blaschke, who had previously collaborated with Eggers on The Witch and served as the film's director of photography,[16][17] stated that "The idea of widescreen only came about in the 1950s—we wanted to take people back further than that." Blaschke and Eggers achieved the aesthetic of The Lighthouse by using a combination of film tools. The entire film was shot on Panavision Millennium XL2[18] cameras that were equipped with a vintage 1930s Baltar lens, and black-and-white Eastman Double-X 5222 film was used with a custom short pass filter. Blaschke almost exclusively set his aperture to T2.8, setting only the characters as the focus of shots.
Due to the low sensitivity of the film used on set, 8k and 9k HMI lights were used through the entirety of filming, as natural light could not suffice. HMI light was bounced off muslin cloths for daytime scenes. Low voltage bulbs and china lights were used to light nighttime and closeup scenes.
Principal photography began on April 9, 2018,[19][20] and lasted a total of 34 days.[21] Filming took place in Leif Erikson Park in Cape Forchu, Nova Scotia, Canada, and inside a hangar at Yarmouth Airport in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.[22][23] The shoot was noted for the difficulties the cast and crew encountered, as a result of the remote location, the unfavourable weather and the complexity of the shots Eggers and Blaschke had devised.[6][13]
A 70-foot (20-meter) working lighthouse was constructed specifically for the film, which according to Eggers could shine for 16 miles (25 kilometers).[6]
Themes
Psychoanalysis
Eggers admitted that he was heavily influenced by the work of Carl Jung,[24] and hoped that "it’s a movie where both Jung and Freud would be furiously eating their popcorn".[25] According to Pattinson the phallic imagery of the lighthouse is explicit, as Eggers described it as an erect penis in the script.[25] The film was meant to include “a very juvenile shot of a lighthouse moving like an erect penis and a match-cut to [Pattinson's] actual erect penis”, although this cut was removed upon request by financiers.[26] Winslow displays an Oedipal fixation on his boss Thomas, given his simultaneous fear and admiration of him. Pattinson commented on the father/son dynamic in the film, stating "I was pretty conscious of how I wanted the relationship to come across. In a lot of ways, he sort of wants a daddy".[25] As the film progresses, Winslow is increasingly "looking for Willem [Dafoe]'s validation" both as a boss and as a father figure.[27]
Mythology
Eggers was inspired by sailors' myths and classical mythology. After finally obtaining the light, and the knowledge of what is in the light, Howard falls to his death down the stairs of the lighthouse and his organs are plucked out by seagulls, invoking the myth of Prometheus. Wake was modeled on Proteus, a "prophecy-telling ocean god who serves Poseidon". Not only is he later shown with tentacles and sea creatures stuck to his body, but "he also makes that uncannily accurate prediction for how Ephraim will die at the end of the movie".[24] Albrecht Dürer's engraving The Sea Monster inspired Wake's appearance: Eggers said "The Proteus figure that is more clearly nautical is somewhat based on a sea monster by Dürer, who carries a tortoise shell shield."[28]
Eggers explains his mythological inspiration for the film: it's "partially because [Herman] Melville goes there and partially because I'm sure our unhealthy Jungian leanings you get into classical mythology in this movie".[29]
Alcoholism
The Lighthouse deals explicitly with alcoholism. Robert Pattinson described Winslow as being early in his sobriety at the start of the film.[27] Although Winslow denies the liquor that Wake serves him on his first night, he soon realizes that the water on the island is undrinkable due to the contamination of the water system. He quickly turns to alcohol to cope with the immense labor and his aggressive relationship with Wake. Manohla Dargis of The New York Times notes that "the men's sloppy, alcohol-saturated time together produces intimacy but also menace. They laugh, descending into riotous drunkenness and finding connection that both they and Eggers skitter around."[30]
Homoeroticism
For Michaela Barton of Flipscreened, "this film is so clearly gay that an analysis of its homoerotic subtext would be like arguing the sky is blue".[31] Robert Eggers has refused to concretely state whether the characters are gay or straight, stating: "Am I saying these characters are gay? No. I’m not saying they’re not either. Forget about complexities of human sexuality or their particular inclinations. I’m more about questions than answers in this movie".[25]
Wake frequently compliments Winslow's physical appearance, calling him "pretty as a picture" and describing his eyes as “bright as a lady”. Barton interprets Howard's name change to his previous, deceased boss as indicative of a more intimate relationship: "Considering the act of Tommy taking his name, this behavior suggests a tender and affectionate attitude, almost like the tradition of taking your partner's name after marriage".[31] When asked about the scene in which Winslow criticizes Wake's cooking, Wake's desperate need for validation of his lobster is a euphemism for his penis.[25]
Sexual fantasy and masturbation are recurring themes in the film. Winslow frequently masturbates to the mermaid figurine throughout the film. He fantasizes of a mermaid washed up on the shore. When he sees her enlarged vagina (based on shark genitalia)[26] he runs screaming. Barton interprets his reaction, stating that it "is fairly obvious – the mermaid was never Tommy’s siren. His true siren is revealed a little later."[31]
For Dafoe, the homoeroticism in the film is blatant, but it is also used to explore what it means to be a man: "Toxic masculinity! They’re pushing each other’s buttons out of fear and out of threat of who they are. And they’re both guilty. They have a sense of guilt, of wrong. There’s no moral judgment in this story. It’s just to watch these two guys struggling to find a way to survive themselves, really... It’s a simple story, but it’s got existential roots and identity things and things about masculinity and domination and submission. And for better and for worse. Then you see it flip-flop and it’s kind of cool."[25] After beating Wake into submission, Howard assumes a dominant role, calling Wake "dog" and dragging him on a leash. Commenting on this scene, Pattinson stated that, "there’s definitely a take where we were literally trying to pull each other’s pants down. It literally almost looked like foreplay”.[32]
The film's mythological and artistic influences underscore its homoeroticism. Eggers acknowledged the visual influence of symbolist artists Sascha Schneider and Jean Delville, whose "mythic paintings in a homoerotic style", he said, "[became] perfect candidates as imagery that's going to work itself into the script".[33] The composition of a shot in the film was consciously adapted from Schneider's Hypnosis.[28][34]
Release
The Lighthouse had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in the Directors' Fortnight section on May 19, 2019.[35] It was also screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, and the Atlantic Film Festival in September 2019.[36] The film was distributed by A24 in North America and by Focus Features internationally.[37] It was released on October 18, 2019.[38]
Reception
Box office
The Lighthouse grossed $10.9 million in the United States and $7.1 million in other territories for a worldwide total of $18.2 million.[7][8]
In its limited opening weekend on October 18, the film grossed $419,764 from eight theaters, for an average of $52,471 per venue.[39] In its second weekend the film expanded to 586 theaters, grossing $3 million and finishing eighth at the box office.[40] The following weekend, the film expanded to 978 theaters, falling 34.7% to $2 million and finishing 13th.[41]
Critical response
On review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 90% based on 359 reviews, with an average rating of 8.06/10. The site's critics' consensus reads, "A gripping story brilliantly filmed and led by a pair of powerhouse performances, The Lighthouse further establishes Robert Eggers as a filmmaker of exceptional talent."[42] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 83 out of 100, based on 51 critics, indicating "universal acclaim."[43]
Owen Gleiberman of Variety called the film "darkly exciting" and "made with extraordinary skill," commenting that "the movie, building on The Witch, proves that Robert Eggers possesses something more than impeccable genre skill. He has the ability to lock you into the fever of what's happening onscreen."[1] Robbie Collin of The Daily Telegraph gave the film a perfect score, calling Dafoe's performance "astounding" and comparing Pattinson's to that of Daniel Day-Lewis in There Will Be Blood, commenting, "that's no comparison to make lightly, but everything about The Lighthouse lands with a crash. It's cinema to make your head and soul ring."[44]
Accolades
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
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Academy Awards[45] | February 9, 2020 | Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominated |
Austin Film Critics Association | January 6, 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated |
Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominated | ||
British Academy Film Awards | February 2, 2020 | Best Cinematography | Nominated | |
Cannes Film Festival[46] | May 25, 2019 | FIPRESCI Prize – Directors' Fortnight/Critics' Week | Robert Eggers | Won |
Chicago Film Critics Association[47] | December 14, 2019 | Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominated |
Critics' Choice Movie Awards[48] | January 12, 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated |
Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominated | ||
Detroit Film Critics Society[49] | December 9, 2019 | Best Actor | Robert Pattinson | Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated | ||
Best Screenplay | Robert Eggers & Max Eggers | Nominated | ||
Georgia Film Critics Association[50] | January 10, 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated |
Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominated | ||
Best Production Design | Craig Lathrop, Matt Likely | Nominated | ||
Gotham Awards[51] | December 2, 2019 | Best Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated |
Hollywood Critics Association Awards[52] | January 9, 2020 | Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominated |
Houston Film Critics Society[53] | January 2, 2020 | Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated |
Independent Spirit Awards[54] | February 8, 2020 | Best Director | Robert Eggers | Nominated |
Best Male Lead | Robert Pattinson | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Male | Willem Dafoe | Won | ||
Best Editing | Louise Ford | Nominated | ||
Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Won | ||
London Film Critics' Circle Awards[55] | January 30, 2020 | British / Irish Actor of the Year | Robert Pattinson | Won |
San Diego Film Critics Society[56][57] | December 9, 2019 | Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated |
Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Won | ||
San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | December 16, 2019 | Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Nominated |
Satellite Awards[58] | December 19, 2019 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | The Lighthouse | Nominated |
Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Won | ||
Seattle Film Critics Society[59] | December 16, 2019 | Best Picture | The Lighthouse | Nominated |
Best Director | Robert Eggers | Nominated | ||
Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | Won | ||
Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | Nominated | ||
St. Louis Film Critics Association[60] | December 15, 2019 | Best Horror Film | The Lighthouse | Nominated |
Best Cinematography | Jarin Blaschke | runner-up | ||
Toronto Film Critics Association | December 8, 2019 | Best Supporting Actor | Willem Dafoe | runner-up |
Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association[61] | December 8, 2019 | Best Cinematography | Nominated |
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