The Lighthouse
— Two men are dropped on an island to work on a lighthouse, initially for four weeks. A storm hits, and they have to stay longer, much longer. Or do they? As one of them battles with the weather, loneliness and his counterpart, reality becomes increasingly distorted.
The Lighthouse is the kind of movie you watch fully engaged, beginning to end. You really want to like it because this isn’t your average Hollywood blockbuster. It’s shot in black and white at an odd aspect ratio. There’s no music score, only the distant, haunting sound of a fog horn. Willem Defoe’s and Robert Pattison’s acting is superb. But when the film ends, you walk away thinking, “what was all this about?”
The Lighthouse (2019). Director: Robert Eggers. Cast: Willem Defoe, Robert Pattison.