← Back to Reviews
in
Absolutely extraordinary.
Eggers sure knows how to create an atmosphere of dread and doom. The script is absolutely terrific with 1890s style old English and sea shanties galore. It's bleak but there are moments of comedy throughout.
Based on a true account of two lighthouse keepers, it's hows descent into madness and also seems to borrow alot from Greek mythology. The two performances from Pattinson and Dafoe are out of this world. Dafoe especially contorts his face and gurns and snarls as if possessed. The sound design is also remarkable - with waves crashing, wind howling and a droning murmur that captures isolation and hell. It's a horror film in the sense that what we see unfold is horrifying but it's not as creepy as Eggers' last film The VVitch. What we see here has more drama to it and requires a little more of the viewer..
This film is one of the best films of the year and perhaps one of the best films of the decade. It cements Robert Eggers' Director status as a force to be reckoned with.
'The Lighthouse' (2019)
Directed by Robert Eggers
Directed by Robert Eggers
Absolutely extraordinary.
Eggers sure knows how to create an atmosphere of dread and doom. The script is absolutely terrific with 1890s style old English and sea shanties galore. It's bleak but there are moments of comedy throughout.
Based on a true account of two lighthouse keepers, it's hows descent into madness and also seems to borrow alot from Greek mythology. The two performances from Pattinson and Dafoe are out of this world. Dafoe especially contorts his face and gurns and snarls as if possessed. The sound design is also remarkable - with waves crashing, wind howling and a droning murmur that captures isolation and hell. It's a horror film in the sense that what we see unfold is horrifying but it's not as creepy as Eggers' last film The VVitch. What we see here has more drama to it and requires a little more of the viewer..
This film is one of the best films of the year and perhaps one of the best films of the decade. It cements Robert Eggers' Director status as a force to be reckoned with.