The Lighthouse

Titolo originale: The Lighthouse
Regia: Robert Eggers |
Anno: 2019
Origine: Brazil | United States of America |
Generi: Dramma Fantasy Thriller
Tag: island | nightmare | isolation | mermaid | hallucination | lighthouse | lighthouse keeper | black and white | storm | male masturbation | new england | madness | drunkenness | 19th century | isolated island | lovecraftian | foreboding |
Cast: Robert Pattinson | Willem Dafoe | Valeriia Karaman | Logan Hawkes | Kyla Nicolle | Shaun Clarke | Pierre Richard | Preston Hudson | Jeff Cruts | Sully Seagull |

Sul finire dell’Ottocento, su una remota isola al largo della costa del New England, due guardiani del faro rimangono intrappolati e isolati a causa di una tempesta apparentemente senza fine. Finiscono così con l’ingaggiare una battaglia contro la propria volontà, mentre aumentano le tensioni a causa delle forze eccessive e misteriose (reali o meno) che li circondano…

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Since the film is set in 1890, it was shot on 35mm black and white Double-X 5222 film, all while aug [...] D
The mermaid carving used by Robert Pattinson was auctioned by A24 to benefit the NYC Food Bank durin [...] D
Director Robert Eggers stated that the scene where Robert Pattinson's character gets excrement in hi [...] D
In 2012, Robert Eggers' brother, Max Eggers, first had the idea for a contemporary ghost story set i [...] D
Character introductions and world building are done using visuals only. Words aren't spoken until th [...] D
The book that Howard is intently flipping through (at 1hr 26 mins.) is filled with photos and memora [...] D
Before filming began, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson rehearsed with Robert Eggers for a week in a [...] D
Most of the film was shot with a custom cyan filter to replicate orthochromatic film (as stated abov [...] D
That's Hershey's chocolate syrup coming out of the water pump at (39 mins.) D
Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson stated that they barely spoke a word to each other on set and were [...] D
When asked to describe the movie, director/writer Robert Eggers always used the same choice of words [...] D
The residents from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (where the lighthouse set was built) liked it so much that [...] D
The script didn't explain what Wake and Winslow's characters were seeing when they are staring into [...] D
The design of the mermaid's genitals was based on shark labia and was constructed entirely out of si [...] D
The departing wickies at the beginning of the movie were played by crew members. D
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe both reached out to Robert Eggers to work with him because they ha [...] D
Central to the sound design is a bellowing foghorn, so sound designer Damian Volpe turned to J.J. Ja [...] D
Principal photography lasted 35 days and took place in April and May 2018 in Cape Forchu (Yarmouth) [...] D
Robert Pattinson's accent is based on a very specific area of Maine farming dialect, while Willem Da [...] D
The camera equipment broke down frequently due to the level of moisture on location. Also, three dif [...] D
"USLHE" is marked and tagged over most of the things at the lighthouse to discourage theft, and it s [...] D
That's a seagull puppet swooping up at Pattinson at (17 min.) and "now that I say that it will alway [...] D
The Fresnel lighthouse lens fabricated for the movie was a functioning and historically accurate rep [...] D
Wake mentions that it's bad luck to kill a seagull because of a superstition stating that seagulls c [...] D
According to Robert Eggers, the two lead characters represent figures in Greek mythology: Wake repre [...] D
During shooting, director Robert Eggers was afraid that the film was going to be "too funny" because [...] D
The cast and crew filmed under extreme weather conditions: freezing temperatures, cold Atlantic wate [...] D
The scene where Willem Dafoe's character gives the sea curse to Robert Pattinson's character because [...] D
The final shot of seagulls swarming over Winslow's body and pecking at his insides as he lies helple [...] D
Robert Eggers: [ominous-looking animals that haunt the main characters] The seagulls constantly haun [...] D
The word "wickie" used by Wake is the 19th Century slang term for a lighthouse keeper and is based o [...] D
They shot the burial scene on the second day of filming. D
The story is very loosely based on a real-life tragedy from 1801 (called "The Smalls Lighthouse Trag [...] D
While writing the screenplay, Robert Eggers was listening to hours of YouTube videos of subwoofer ru [...] D
The crew looked at different ways in which people used tools to help them carry heavy loads, and Rob [...] D
The film has an aspect ratio of 1.19:1, an almost-square frame that was used in the early sound year [...] D
The opening shot on the boat was filmed with a Petzval lens which was designed around 1840. D
The dream sequence where Wake stands naked, beaming light from his eyes onto Winslow, is a reference [...] D
Willem Dafoe didn't want to wear a hat for the first dinner scene, but Robert Eggers wanted his char [...] D
Robert Pattinson: [Pattinson's character is sexually frustrated to the point where it leads to mastu [...] D
The film had its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 2019 Cannes Film Festival [...] D
The production company wondered if a more traditional score would be better for The Lighthouse, so E [...] D
Learning how to roll cigarettes was a problem for Robert Pattinson, but he eventually figured it out [...] D
The film was shot on Double-X stock black and white, which requires much more light to get exposure, [...] D
Robert Pattinson had an unusual approach to psych himself up before emotionally extreme scenes. Dire [...] D
Included among the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die", edited by Steven Schneider. D
The audio of Willem Dafoe's farts was added in post-production. They didn't originate in a sound lib [...] D
Robert Pattinson's and Willem Dafoe's facial hair was all real. However, Pattinson had to dye his mu [...] D
Composer Mark Korven centered the film's score on brass instruments with some orchestral production [...] D
Every building appearing on screen was made for the film. The lighthouse complex was actually two se [...] D
There were versions of the script that were "too clear". Director Robert Eggers's goal was to make t [...] D
"This is the shot where Robert Pattinson said he wanted to punch me in the face," Robert Eggers says [...] D
Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe took dancing lessons as preparation for their roles. D
Part of the sound design behind the water pump noise is a donkey's "hee-haw." D
Director Robert Eggers' second feature film. D
Robert Eggers on the film's music: "I was looking for an aleatoric score with nods to ancient Greek [...] D
Willem Dafoe is afraid of heights and was no fan of going atop the lighthouse, but he's a profession [...] D
For dialogue inspiration, the Eggers brothers read the works of Herman Melville, Robert Louis Steven [...] D
Robert Eggers' preparation for this film began with the creation of a look book, detailing and disti [...] D
The opening title treatment is from the treatise of a 19th century book called The Lighthouse. Rober [...] D
According to director Robert Eggers, the original script included "a very juvenile shot of a lightho [...] D
Willem Dafoe learned how to knit for his role. D
Robert Eggers knew from the start that the film had to be in black and white, even if that meant it [...] D
Valeriia Karaman's debut. D
No seagulls were harmed while filming this movie. The seagull scenes were filmed with a puppet, whic [...] D
In the original script, Thomas Wake had a glass eye, a peg leg, and three missing fingers. This was [...] D
10 days before filming was due to start, production company New Regency tried to convince director R [...] D
Robert Eggers on the fart jokes: "After making The Witch so miserable and self-serious I thought if [...] D

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