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The Lighthouse

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The Lighthouse	comment	The Lighthouse is a 2019 American film directed and co-produced by Robert Eggers (The VVitch) and starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson. The film's genre is hard to describe, so for brevity's sake we'll call it a period psychological thriller.In the 1890s, a young drifter named Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) comes to an isolated island off the coast of New England to serve as an assistant to the crusty old lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake (Dafoe). It doesn't take long for Winslow to grow frustrated with Wake's lack of respect for him, and the isolation of the lighthouse only fuels their animosity.Just as the two men begin to grow accustomed to each other, a fierce storm arrives and prevents relief from coming, leaving them stranded together. Soon after, events begin to unfold that may be the result of the men's fraying sanity, or a curse from the sea itself.Eggers co-wrote the film's script along with his brother Max, whose attempts at creating a contemporary version of Edgar Allan Poe's unfinished story "The Light-House" served as the origins of the film (although following Eggers' entry into the project, the Poe elements were largely removed). The film was produced by Regency Enterprises and A24, debuting at Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2019 before receiving a wide release on October 18, 2019.Previews: Trailer 1, Trailer 2.
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The Lighthouse / int_11ad560b	type	Control Freak
The Lighthouse / int_11ad560b	comment	Control Freak: Wake absolutely refuses to tolerate any insubordination or backtalk from Winslow, and won't let him get anywhere near the light.
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The Lighthouse / int_141a6acb	type	Madness Mantra
The Lighthouse / int_141a6acb	comment	Madness Mantra: "Why'd you spill your beans?" is repeated ominously by Wake after Winslow/Howard confesses to murdering the original Ephraim Winslow. At one point, Wake and Winslow repeat the word "what?" at each other, increasing in speed and intensity until they're screaming in each other's faces.
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The Lighthouse / int_146f8df0	type	Situational Sexuality
The Lighthouse / int_146f8df0	comment	Situational Sexuality: Due to being trapped in an isolated lighthouse during a storm, both Thomas Wake and Ephraim Winslow almost kiss one night after becoming intoxicated. Although it is heavily implied that Howard harbored secret homosexual feelings toward the real Winslow that he couldn't cope with.
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The Lighthouse / int_1c21e3fb	type	The Place
The Lighthouse / int_1c21e3fb	comment	The Place: It's called The Lighthouse.
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The Lighthouse / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
The Lighthouse / int_222dc873	comment	Averted with Winslow killing the one-eyed gull. We get to see most every detail of him slamming the bird against the cistern over, and over, and over, and over, to the extent that the brutality grows morbidly amusing, almost as if Winslow's thrashing around a pillow.
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The Lighthouse / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
The Lighthouse / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: For the first two weeks of their tenure on the island, Wake only refers to his new assistant as "lad" and only ceases after Winslow adamantly insists. While Winslow is walking Wake with a makeshift leash to the hole outside of the lighthouse, the younger man mocks the old sailor by further stating, "There's my good lad." Winslow mockingly repeats the toast Wake insists on giving before every meal after he kills him.
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The Lighthouse / int_24321e44	type	Only Sane Man
The Lighthouse / int_24321e44	comment	Winslow suffers a full descent into murderous insanity, but it's left more ambiguous with Wake — it's possible to interpret Wake as being the Only Sane Man watching Winslow gradually lose his mind, but it's also possible that it could just be him gaslighting Winslow.
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The Lighthouse / int_24668f2e	type	Ocean Madness
The Lighthouse / int_24668f2e	comment	Ocean Madness: The madness that overwhelms both characters is characterized by oceanic themes and imagery.
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The Lighthouse / int_25524784	type	No-Holds-Barred Beatdown
The Lighthouse / int_25524784	comment	At the climax, Winslow snaps after Wake calls him a dog and gives him a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. After he's subdued Wake, he forces him to crawl around on all fours and bark like a dog, before attempting to bury him alive.
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The Lighthouse / int_25b05c04	type	Hitler Cam
The Lighthouse / int_25b05c04	comment	Hitler Cam: Wake's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Winslow is shot this way.
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The Lighthouse / int_26f68115	type	Art Imitates Art
The Lighthouse / int_26f68115	comment	Art Imitates Art: The dream sequence where Wake stands naked, beaming light from his eyes onto Winslow, is a reference to the painting "Hypnosis" by German artist Sascha Schneider from 1904.
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The Lighthouse / int_27be0280	type	Porn Stache
The Lighthouse / int_27be0280	comment	Porn Stache: Winslow's mustache, his most distinctive physical characteristic, which also serves as a symbol for his vanity. His facial hair also stays the same length for the whole film.
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The Lighthouse / int_28a5213a	type	Small Name, Big Ego
The Lighthouse / int_28a5213a	comment	Small Name, Big Ego: Hinted with Winslow. He let his previous boss die so that he could take his name, is enraged by having to perform menial tasks, becomes furious whenever criticized, hates taking orders and ultimately flies into a murderous rage when Wake calls him "a filthy dog." Lampshaded by Wake who calls him "a painted whore bawling in the footlights over the silver spoon what should have been yours."
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The Lighthouse / int_2a7e7af1	type	Limited Wardrobe
The Lighthouse / int_2a7e7af1	comment	Limited Wardrobe: Understandable given the circumstances. Throughout the film, both characters are seen in a number of slight variations on their costumes. Wake opts to wear his Lighthouse keeper cap and vest in scenes where he exerts his authority over the junior man to give himself more height. The vest even makes Wake appear as a disembodied head when he curses Winslow to be struck down by Neptune.
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The Lighthouse / int_2d4fa515	type	Ax-Crazy
The Lighthouse / int_2d4fa515	comment	Ax-Crazy: Both our protagonists violently lose their minds, but Winslow in particular becomes this by the end of the movie.
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The Lighthouse / int_2d6e2e78	type	Clifftop Caterwauling
The Lighthouse / int_2d6e2e78	comment	Clifftop Caterwauling: Winslow seems to be a big fan of this (as they are on a seacliff island, after all), such as when his wheelbarrow full of coal tips over or when the wind blows the contents of the chamberpots back into his face. Wake comments on the futility of such a habit.
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The Lighthouse / int_35b241c0	type	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
The Lighthouse / int_35b241c0	comment	Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Pattinson affects a decent 19th-century New England accent that remains consistent except for brief patches during his screaming rants where his native British accent manages to slip in.
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The Lighthouse / int_38b9969	type	The MÃ¼nchausen
The Lighthouse / int_38b9969	comment	The Münchausen: Wake regales Winslow with tall tales from his life as a sailor. However, it's left ambiguous how often Wake's telling the truth, or if he was ever a sailor in the first place. Winslow catches him contradicting himself with two separate stories on how he injured his leg. Given his own altered mental state, it's not known whether Winslow indeed heard Wake correctly.
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The Lighthouse / int_3cb1d38d	type	Bad Boss
The Lighthouse / int_3cb1d38d	comment	Bad Boss: Wake has Winslow see to the bulk of the lighthouse's extensive upkeep — which includes shoveling coal, refueling the lantern, scouring the floors and emptying the chamber pots — while he does little more than cook and drink. Even after Winslow becomes a harder worker, Wake writes him up for poor service in his log and recommends that the man not be paid.
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The Lighthouse / int_3cb68bd3	type	Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon
The Lighthouse / int_3cb68bd3	comment	Cut His Heart Out with a Spoon: Wake's cursing speech to Winslow:
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The Lighthouse / int_3fba7250	type	Father Neptune
The Lighthouse / int_3fba7250	comment	Father Neptune: Wake used to be a sailor (according to him, anyway), and he fits this trope perfectly. Winslow even tells him that he "talks like a goddamn parody." Winslow even imagines Wake as Proteus as he beats the crap out of the lighthouse keeper; adorned with barnacles, tentacles, and a coral horn. It's unclear if this is entirely true however - Winslow accuses him of being a complete fraud who was never a sailor, and Wake doesn't confirm or deny his suspicions.
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The Lighthouse / int_421ae215	type	Mysterious Past
The Lighthouse / int_421ae215	comment	Mysterious Past: Winslow used to be a logger, but inexplicably left that life behind and decided to become a lighthouse keeper. Wake surmises from this that he's running from something in his past. Wake turns out to be correct: Winslow later reveals that his name is actually Thomas Howard, and he murdered the real Ephraim Winslow and stole his identity.
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The Lighthouse / int_47d56aac	type	Fish People
The Lighthouse / int_47d56aac	comment	Fish People: Wake's description of Neptune has overt elements of one, with "slithering, tentacled tail" and "fell, be-finned arm." He's later perceived (possibly) as such a being himself by Winslow, as he seemingly becomes Proteus during Winslow's No-Holds-Barred Beatdown.
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The Lighthouse / int_47d6d372	type	FishPerson
The Lighthouse / int_47d6d372	comment	In another mythological allusion, Wake is depicted as a figure strongly reminiscent of Proteus AKA the Old Man Of The Sea: at various points, Winslow perceives him as a Fish Person complete with tentacles, and in the climax, he even appears to shapeshift. For good measure, Wake refuses to share any of his secrets until Winslow beats him within an inch of his life, just as heroes in Greek mythology needed to wrestle Proteus into submission before he would share his knowledge. Also, in keeping with Proteus' reputation as a prophet, Wake correctly foretells Winslow's divine punishment before he's buried alive.
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The Lighthouse / int_4864031b	type	Informed Attractiveness
The Lighthouse / int_4864031b	comment	Informed Attractiveness: Wake calls Winslow "pretty as a picture" and later comments again on his looks when he demeans Winslow late in the film, saying that his "eyes flash like a lady's." The script for the film describes Winslow's mustache as an indicator of his vanity. Granted it is Robert Pattinson, albeit made up to look a lot more grimy and disheveled than usual.
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The Lighthouse / int_493ff3c0	type	Cabin Fever
The Lighthouse / int_493ff3c0	comment	Cabin Fever: Overlapping with Ocean Madness due to the surroundings. The two characters are trapped on a tiny island where they gradually descend into insanity.
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The Lighthouse / int_49d59be9	type	Scenery Porn
The Lighthouse / int_49d59be9	comment	Scenery Porn: Bleak as it looks, the film features some absolutely gorgeous shots of the island and the sea.
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The Lighthouse / int_49f20c6a	type	Gory Discretion Shot
The Lighthouse / int_49f20c6a	comment	Gory Discretion Shot: Averted with Winslow killing the one-eyed gull. We get to see most every detail of him slamming the bird against the cistern over, and over, and over, and over, to the extent that the brutality grows morbidly amusing, almost as if Winslow's thrashing around a pillow. Zigzagged with Wake's death; we don't see him getting an axe buried in his head, but we definitely hear it. The shot then pans down, but the body itself is still out of focus.
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The Lighthouse / int_4ae690ca	type	Laughing Mad
The Lighthouse / int_4ae690ca	comment	Laughing Mad: When Winslow reveals the broken mermaid figurine to Wake, proclaiming that he's "free from [Wake's] designs," he spontaneously begins clapping and doing a breathless, hyperventilating laugh that sounds more like it should be coming from a dog than a human.
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The Lighthouse / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
The Lighthouse / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Winslow kills Wake and dies alone after finally seeing the light and losing what remained of his sanity.
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The Lighthouse / int_4ef92d0b	type	The Atoner
The Lighthouse / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: One possible reason for Winslow going to work as a lighthouse keeper.
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The Lighthouse / int_4f3c14ca	type	Go Mad from the Isolation
The Lighthouse / int_4f3c14ca	comment	Go Mad from the Isolation: Left alone on a bare, storm-ravaged rock for weeks or months with no company but each other, Thomas Wake and Ephraim Winslow gradually begin to go completely insane.
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The Lighthouse / int_4ff6f484	type	Trash the Set
The Lighthouse / int_4ff6f484	comment	Trash the Set: Near the end, a huge storm lashes the island and wrecks most of the house, flooding it up to the men's ankles in seawater.
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The Lighthouse / int_5037b961	type	Et Tu, Brute?
The Lighthouse / int_5037b961	comment	Et Tu, Brute?: After a very rough patch settling into the routine, not helped by Wake's alcoholism and implied decreasing reliability in doing work, by the end of their stay it seems as though Wake and Winslow have found mutual respect, Wake going so far as to tell Winslow he'll make a good "wickie." Then, later, Winslow finds that Wake has been writing damning reports on his competence the whole time, going so far as to recommend severance without pay.
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The Lighthouse / int_54adb6a3	type	Staircase Tumble
The Lighthouse / int_54adb6a3	comment	Staircase Tumble: After being driven mad by the light, Winslow falls down the steps of the lighthouse and breaks a presumable assortment of bones.
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The Lighthouse / int_55cd4012	type	"Everybody Dies" Ending
The Lighthouse / int_55cd4012	comment	"Everybody Dies" Ending: Both characters are dead by the end.
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The Lighthouse / int_5a22609e	type	Creator Thumbprint
The Lighthouse / int_5a22609e	comment	Creator Thumbprint: Just like The VVitch, it's a highly researched period piece with antiquated dialogue, a small cast in an isolated setting, and an emphasis on Nothing Is Scarier. It also concludes with a Downer Ending where the (ambiguously) supernatural forces win.
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The Lighthouse / int_5a3b8032	type	The Un-Reveal
The Lighthouse / int_5a3b8032	comment	The Unreveal: We never find out what's inside the lighthouse's lantern, only that it's enough to drive Winslow completely insane.
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The Lighthouse / int_5d5cc3fd	type	Through the Eyes of Madness
The Lighthouse / int_5d5cc3fd	comment	Through the Eyes of Madness: The narrative is told mainly through what Winslow sees and experiences, so when his grip on reality starts to loosen, a lot of questions about what's actually happening and what's a delusion start piling up. Winslow at one point says it's only been a day since they missed the tender, only for Wake to tell him that it's actually been weeks and they have to start rationing food. Later, Wake even asks him if he's even on the island and not back in the Canadian wilderness dying of hypothermia.
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The Lighthouse / int_61a503a7	type	Hell Is That Noise
The Lighthouse / int_61a503a7	comment	Hell Is That Noise: The blaring of the lighthouse's own foghorn is an oppressive motif that runs throughout the film. The mermaid lets out an unnerving, seagull-like scream that deeply disturbs Winslow. When Winslow sees the light at the end of the film, he lets out a series of screams that we hear as loud, hellish bursts of static.
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The Lighthouse / int_62434fe2	type	Sanity Slippage
The Lighthouse / int_62434fe2	comment	Sanity Slippage: Both of the film's characters go through this. Winslow suffers a full descent into murderous insanity, but it's left more ambiguous with Wake — it's possible to interpret Wake as being the Only Sane Man watching Winslow gradually lose his mind, but it's also possible that it could just be him gaslighting Winslow.
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The Lighthouse / int_637b6123	type	Sickening "Crunch!"
The Lighthouse / int_637b6123	comment	Sickening "Crunch!": The sound of Winslow striking Wake in the head with an axe, after Wake strikes him with the same axe in the shoulder.
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The Lighthouse / int_652bf890	type	Drone of Dread
The Lighthouse / int_652bf890	comment	Drone of Dread: The sound design is based around this. The ever-present wind and waves, as well as creaking wood in the old house and the constant blasts of the foghorn, all create an effectively oppressive soundscape. The score uses quite a bit of this as well.
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The Lighthouse / int_657f77e4	type	Caught with Your Pants Down
The Lighthouse / int_657f77e4	comment	Caught with Your Pants Down: Winslow catches Wake apparently masturbating multiple times to the light during his watch.
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The Lighthouse / int_67edaf78	type	Gargle Blaster
The Lighthouse / int_67edaf78	comment	Gargle Blaster: After the alcohol runs dry, Wake and Winslow prepare thieves' oil, a drink consisting of turpentine mixed with honey.
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The Lighthouse / int_68068108	type	Evil Laugh
The Lighthouse / int_68068108	comment	Evil Laugh: The mermaid half-screams and half-laughs at Winslow when he finds her washed up on the beach, as if rebuffing his desires. Wake lets out an almighty one in his fight with Winslow towards the end when Winslow envisions him as a Proteus-like figure.
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The Lighthouse / int_698d7dad	type	Lovecraft Country
The Lighthouse / int_698d7dad	comment	Lovecraft Country: The lighthouse is some miles off the coast of New England, and the whole movie is steeped in the same kind of oceanic dread that Lovecraft was channeling in stories like The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Over Innsmouth.
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The Lighthouse / int_6b35bdff	type	Serious Business
The Lighthouse / int_6b35bdff	comment	Serious Business: Wake takes his cooking very seriously, and after Winslow gives him a drunken "Reason You Suck" Speech, the part that most wounds him is Winslow criticizing his lobster.
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The Lighthouse / int_6c87dbef	type	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration
The Lighthouse / int_6c87dbef	comment	Masturbation Means Sexual Frustration: Winslow frequently does this to a figurine of a mermaid throughout the story. Later, he does it while fantasizing about having sex with a mermaid he found stranded on land.
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The Lighthouse / int_6d7cd3e	type	Dead Person Impersonation
The Lighthouse / int_6d7cd3e	comment	Dead Person Impersonation: Ephraim Winslow is dead to begin with; Thomas Howard let him die and then stole his identity.
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The Lighthouse / int_727a65e0	type	Gaslighting
The Lighthouse / int_727a65e0	comment	Gaslighting: Wake contradicts Winslow's perceptions of previous events several times. Winslow accuses him of doing so to drive him crazy, but it's never revealed whether this is true. Wake tells him in such a matter-of-fact manner that at some point, Winslow just stops trying to argue otherwise.
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The Lighthouse / int_75e2bf23	type	Chiaroscuro
The Lighthouse / int_75e2bf23	comment	Chiaroscuro: The film shows some strong contrasts between light and dark, appropriately for the setting.
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The Lighthouse / int_775a1af6	type	Married to the Job
The Lighthouse / int_775a1af6	comment	Married to the Job: Wake explains how his past as a sailor led to his solitude.
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The Lighthouse / int_7bb1296b	type	"Rashomon"-Style
The Lighthouse / int_7bb1296b	comment	"Rashomon"-Style: The film follows Winslow's life on the island from a third-party perspective, but cuts between reality and nightmarish delirium so much that it's not quite clear whether events he took part in actually happened, or happened the way he perceived those to happen.
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The Lighthouse / int_7d36715f	type	Gasshole
The Lighthouse / int_7d36715f	comment	Gasshole: Wake farts frequently, one of several character traits that make him an irritating companion.
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The Lighthouse / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
The Lighthouse / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: The two leads trade these as their relationship deteriorates. While Wake's are eloquent and damning, Winslow's are full of clumsy, profane rage and Wake snarks that he has a "way with words."
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The Lighthouse / int_7e5f2db2	type	Talk Like a Pirate
The Lighthouse / int_7e5f2db2	comment	Talk Like a Pirate: Wake's affect is so old-timey-maritime that Winslow chides him for sounding like a parody. When Wake questions his own existence as a figment of Winslow's imagination, it's not a leap of faith to think that the old man has a point; the old fart's like a living cartoon.
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The Lighthouse / int_7eb73553	type	Bullying a Dragon
The Lighthouse / int_7eb73553	comment	Bullying a Dragon: Sure, Wake, just keep denigrating and insulting the guy who's already killed one boss for mistreating him; what could possibly go wrong? Justified in that both men have definitely gone around the bend by the time things reach this point.
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The Lighthouse / int_7eebe99c	type	The Alcoholic
The Lighthouse / int_7eebe99c	comment	The Alcoholic: Wake is a very heavy drinker who insists on having liquor every night, and he's taken aback when Winslow refuses a drink the first night. This hints that Winslow was one. However, he stumbles from sobriety as the period of constant work and isolation takes its toll on him. When the two run out of rum, Winslow whips up a batch of thieves' oil (turpentine mixed with honey) which he and Wake thoroughly enjoy.
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The Lighthouse / int_7f152e56	type	Our Mermaids Are Different
The Lighthouse / int_7f152e56	comment	Our Mermaids Are Different: Mermaid vagina on full display.
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The Lighthouse / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Lighthouse / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Both actors give it everything they've got, but Willem Dafoe in particular relishes every single line.
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The Lighthouse / int_853a0e84	type	Transformation Discretion Shot
The Lighthouse / int_853a0e84	comment	Transformation Discretion Shot: During the climactic fistfight, Winslow is knocked flat against a piece of furniture and left staring in shock at Wake; a cut reveals that Wake has apparently transformed into the mysterious blond man from his dreams AKA the real Ephraim Winslow. After some more struggling, we cut to a shot from Wake's POV as two very female hands slide into view and begin caressing Winslow's face - and a cut to Winslow's POV reveals that Wake has now become the mermaid that's been haunting him for most of the film. Finally, Winslow leans in for a kiss... only for a cut to reveal that the mermaid is now Wake, here manifested as a Proteus-like sea god, trying to throttle Winslow with his tentacles. It's left deliberately ambiguous as to whether the younger of the two lighthouse keepers has finally lost his grip on reality or if there really is something supernatural afoot.
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The Lighthouse / int_898ff050	type	Villain Protagonist
The Lighthouse / int_898ff050	comment	Villain Protagonist: Winslow is ultimately revealed to be a murderer (at least by inaction), and kills Wake after losing his mind at the end.
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The Lighthouse / int_89b8822f	type	Go Mad from the Revelation
The Lighthouse / int_89b8822f	comment	Go Mad from the Revelation: Upon discovering what actually is inside the light, Winslow can only scream.
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The Lighthouse / int_8b6394c	type	These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know
The Lighthouse / int_8b6394c	comment	Note that there is at least one strong hint towards something going on that is actually supernatural. When Thomas climbs to the top of the lighthouse, right before he sees whatever the hell it is he sees inside the light, the door to the lens swings open on its own without him touching it.
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The Lighthouse / int_8e3b5b4d	type	Minimalist Cast
The Lighthouse / int_8e3b5b4d	comment	Minimalist Cast: Winslow and Wake are the only characters of any significance in the film. Several more characters appear only briefly and without dialogue.
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The Lighthouse / int_90d44f44	type	Karmic Death
The Lighthouse / int_90d44f44	comment	Karmic Death: After murdering Wake to gain access to the lens, Winslow stares straight into the light and is mentally destroyed by what he sees, causing him to fall all the way down the stairs to his death.
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The Lighthouse / int_916c72b3	type	Rule of Symbolism
The Lighthouse / int_916c72b3	comment	Rule of Symbolism: The siren possibly represents Winslow's coping mechanism against the homosexual desires he harbors towards the late real Winslow and towards Wake. In the absence of a female figure, Winslow concocts a "female," but one that is unreal in the practical sense, as sirens don't exist. As such, during his masturbatory fantasy, images of both the real Winslow and Wake come into his mind in between the sexual throes with the siren, and this is perhaps why he screams painfully when he ejaculates.
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The Lighthouse / int_91bac88	type	VoiceOfReason
The Lighthouse / int_91bac88	comment	Voice of Reason: Played with. Wake is possibly one, as he provides a differing perspective from what Winslow perceives... but it's left ambiguous whether he's truthful or not.
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The Lighthouse / int_91cab736	type	Major Injury Underreaction
The Lighthouse / int_91cab736	comment	Major Injury Underreaction: Wake buries his axe full-force into Winslow's shoulder after escaping from his shallow grave. Winslow calmly ponders his gushing wound for a few moments before grabbing a coffee pot and smacking Wake over the head with it.
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The Lighthouse / int_92dfffae	type	Retraux
The Lighthouse / int_92dfffae	comment	Retraux: Besides the black-and-white cinematography, the film is deliberately shot on 35mm film and presented in the intentionally cramped 1.19:1 aspect ratio, as was common for films shot in the 1920s and 30s. To enhance the image and make it resemble early photography, a custom cyan filter emulated the look and feel of orthochromatic film from the late 19th century. Also, the audio is deliberately mixed to sound like mono.
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The Lighthouse / int_94d0eb61	type	Lighthouse Point
The Lighthouse / int_94d0eb61	comment	Lighthouse Point: If the movie title hasn't clued you in, the eponymous setting is an isolated lighthouse on a tiny rocky island in the sea, with no other land in sight.
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The Lighthouse / int_94e4b975	type	Vomit Indiscretion Shot
The Lighthouse / int_94e4b975	comment	Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Towards the end of the movie, Winslow vomits; we see it splatter into the water, but the camera angle makes it so we don't see it leave his mouth.
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The Lighthouse / int_96a33f11	type	Riddle for the Ages
The Lighthouse / int_96a33f11	comment	Riddle for the Ages: The film offers many. Was there really a mermaid? What happened to Wake's old partner? Did Winslow really murder his old foreman, or just watch him die in an accident? Did they miss the relief ship, or did it never come to begin with? Was Wake ever really a sailor? And just what did Winslow see in the light?
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The Lighthouse / int_96d2ce42	type	In Vino Veritas
The Lighthouse / int_96d2ce42	comment	In Vino Veritas: Winslow confesses to his past after getting properly sloshed.
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The Lighthouse / int_98a150f3	type	Excrement Statement
The Lighthouse / int_98a150f3	comment	Excrement Statement: In the very last scene, one of the seagulls feasting on Winslow's body takes a shit on him as well.
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The Lighthouse / int_9bee1a7f	type	Eldritch Location
The Lighthouse / int_9bee1a7f	comment	Eldritch Location: Possibly the lighthouse itself. When Winslow looks into the light, he can only scream.
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The Lighthouse / int_9c88cfb	type	Mermaid Problem
The Lighthouse / int_9c88cfb	comment	Mermaid Problem: Explicitly, squickily averted. The mermaid has fins in the shape of an enlarged human labia on the fish part of her body, which Winslow makes use of for that purpose.
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The Lighthouse / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
The Lighthouse / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: Ephraim Winslow seems startled to learn that Wake's first name is Thomas. As it happens, it's his first name, too. The man we know as Ephraim Winslow is actually Thomas Howard. After Wake drops Winslow as he's whitewashing the side of the lighthouse, Winslow awakens on the ground weakened, covered in paint, and with a seagull nipping at his clothes. His ultimate fate is a more gruesome version of this image. Winslow's mental state is called into question as early as his first night at the island, where he sees a mermaid after going into the sea water. His memory and time perception are also called into question when the storm is upon them, as Wake tells him that he repeatedly reminded him to ration the food, much to his surprise. When Wake criticizes Winslow's work performance and accuses him of being a "lyin' dog," the young man is clearly holding back a lot of anger. After the two get find the buried rum rations, the film cuts to Winslow drunkenly telling Wake a story about his unpleasant experience as a logger and how Foreman Winslow was always calling him a "dog" much like how Wake does, which catches the old sailor's attention briefly. After Winslow beats Wake to a bloody pulp in their brief fight, he orders the old man to bark like a dog and proceeds to walk him with a makeshift leash into a shallow grave.
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The Lighthouse / int_9e0d0926	type	Sex Is Violence
The Lighthouse / int_9e0d0926	comment	Sex Is Violence: In their analysis of the film, Wisecrack points out how the brawls between the two men could almost be mistaken for a couple making love, including the Almost Kiss moment dissolving in a fistfight and Winslow smoking a cigarette after finishing off Wake.
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The Lighthouse / int_9f970427	type	Secret-Keeper
The Lighthouse / int_9f970427	comment	Secret-Keeper: Wake holds whatever is in the light as his personal little secret, which helps to exacerbate the issues with him and Winslow.
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The Lighthouse / int_a0db7803	type	It's Personal
The Lighthouse / int_a0db7803	comment	It's Personal: Wake does not take kindly that Winslow states that he dislikes his cooking, so much that he curses him up a storm. Winslow just gives up and just obliges the old man.
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The Lighthouse / int_a1a1491e	type	Homage
The Lighthouse / int_a1a1491e	comment	Homage: Winslow's brief visions of the real Ephraim Winslow near the end are similar, both in context and composition, to the flashback scene in Hour of the Wolf where Max von Sydow's character drowns a young boy.
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The Lighthouse / int_a3cdf764	type	Drinking on Duty
The Lighthouse / int_a3cdf764	comment	Drinking on Duty: Wake drinks straight booze with his dinner, before starting his watch. He acknowledges that this may be against regulations, but doesn't particularly care. After relief doesn't come and both men are stranded on the island, Winslow starts to engage in this as well, despite expressing trepidation at first. This causes Wake to write him up and recommend he not be paid for any of the work he's done, despite Wake spending several nights getting absolutely hammered with Winslow before and during his shift.
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The Lighthouse / int_a4c37cbe	type	Mood Whiplash
The Lighthouse / int_a4c37cbe	comment	Mood Whiplash: Since the two men at the center of the movie are so volatile, a given scene can turn from funny to somber to horrifying in moments. The scene containing Wake's monologue starts out tense but curiously funny, with the two men shouting "What?!" in each other's faces, escalates quickly into a furious argument, and then Winslow insults Wake's cooking, whereupon Wake fixes him with the mother of all Kubrick Stares and damns him to hell with an increasingly nightmarish curse that vividly describes Winslow's body and soul being torn apart by Neptune and all his aquatic legions... to which a stunned Winslow can only say "All right, have it your way. I like your cooking." A drunken night of revelry leads to Wake and Winslow slowly dancing, arms around each other. It's sweet and even a little romantic... until they nearly kiss, and Winslow throws a punch. Winslow's furious "The Reason You Suck" Speech to Wake ends with him lamenting how much Wake farts. At the end of the movie, Winslow is driven mad by what he sees in the light, his face grotesquely twisted, letting out truly horrifying screams... only for him to suddenly fall backwards. The music cuts out, and we watch a long, slapstick-y sequence of Winslow tumbling down the spiral stairs of the lighthouse, thumping and grunting all the while. The scene then immediately transitions to Winslow's nude, bloody and still-living body being consumed by seagulls in front of the lighthouse. Said ending then cuts right to the credits, accompanied by a lively rendition of "Doodle Let Me Go."
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The Lighthouse / int_a6c69bd	type	MacGuffin
The Lighthouse / int_a6c69bd	comment	MacGuffin: The lighthouse's light room is the film's object of desire.
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The Lighthouse / int_a8a04f6f	type	And I Must Scream
The Lighthouse / int_a8a04f6f	comment	And I Must Scream: Winslow's ultimate fate: having his mangled body sprawled over a seashore to be slowly eaten by birds as he's alive and conscious but too weak to do anything. Given the Promethean parallels, it's implied this will continue for eternity.
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The Lighthouse / int_ae0b7462	type	Ghost Butler
The Lighthouse / int_ae0b7462	comment	Ghost Butler: Inverted. When Winslow climbs to the top of the lighthouse to see what's inside the light, the door to the lens opens without him touching it, almost as if it's actively inviting him to look into the light. After the pair spend the night getting sloshed off of thieves' oil, Winslow goes to take a piss. Wake's mysterious logbook and its contents revealing that Wake has been keeping track of the young man's every action, conveniently floats by right in front of him. Wake's recommendation that Winslow be fired by the lighthouse establishment without pay is the final straw in their uneasy relationship.
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The Lighthouse / int_b41acf08	type	AxeCrazy
The Lighthouse / int_b41acf08	comment	The visual of Wake chasing Winslow across the island while brandishing an axe over his head is lifted almost shot-for-shot from The Shining.
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The Lighthouse / int_b42e16fb	type	Feathered Fiend
The Lighthouse / int_b42e16fb	comment	Feathered Fiend: A one-eyed gull torments Winslow as he works. Him snapping and killing the bird mid-way also kickstarts the storm that worsens the situation for both him and Wake.
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The Lighthouse / int_b51b5d	type	Deteriorates Into Gibberish
The Lighthouse / int_b51b5d	comment	Deteriorates Into Gibberish: During one night of extremely heavy drinking, the two begin singing and dancing in a sea shanty. Wake manages to pull off his verse successfully, but when Winslow attempts it, his words soon deteriorate into sounding like a rabid dog.
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The Lighthouse / int_b7d773ab	type	Smash Cut
The Lighthouse / int_b7d773ab	comment	Smash Cut: The film utilizes them sparingly, but effectively. Winslow's first vision of the screeching mermaid abruptly cuts into him waking up the next morning. When Winslow gets dropped while whitewashing the lighthouse, the film briefly cuts to black upon his impact. When Winslow tries disposing of the feces in the chamber pots by throwing them off a cliff, only for the wind to blow them back in his face, he begins to let out a disgusted scream that's cut off by the next shot. A particularly amusing example: a very sloshed Winslow and Wake boisterously singing and dancing hard cuts into them slow-dancing tenderly as Wake sings, after which they nearly kiss and begin scrappily fighting, which itself hard cuts into them resting on the floor together.
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The Lighthouse / int_b85c06f2	type	Glowing Eyes of Doom
The Lighthouse / int_b85c06f2	comment	Glowing Eyes of Doom: After Winslow confesses the event that made him leave his life as a logger, the movie shows Winslow at the top of the lighthouse discovering what seems to be another version of himself. Wake suddenly appears nude behind him with bright lights shining out of his eyes.note The scene was heavily influenced by the 1904 painting "Hypnose◊" (NSFW) by Sascha Schneider.
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The Lighthouse / int_bc74ef27	type	Berserk Button
The Lighthouse / int_bc74ef27	comment	The scene containing Wake's monologue starts out tense but curiously funny, with the two men shouting "What?!" in each other's faces, escalates quickly into a furious argument, and then Winslow insults Wake's cooking, whereupon Wake fixes him with the mother of all Kubrick Stares and damns him to hell with an increasingly nightmarish curse that vividly describes Winslow's body and soul being torn apart by Neptune and all his aquatic legions... to which a stunned Winslow can only say "All right, have it your way. I like your cooking."
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The Lighthouse / int_bce728ca	type	Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal
The Lighthouse / int_bce728ca	comment	Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Winslow is forced to do backbreaking labor with little to no help from Wake, for weeks on end, which he is unhappy with but able to live through. However, being repeatedly called a dog after finding out Wake suggested he not be paid causes him to snap.
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The Lighthouse / int_bd0230fb	type	Ambiguously Bi
The Lighthouse / int_bd0230fb	comment	Ambiguously Bi: Though they both speak of marriage and attraction towards women, Wake and Winslow nearly kiss each other after a night of drunken revelry. Situational Sexuality may be at play. Winslow's hallucinated encounters with the mermaid are intercut with images of Wake and memories of the real Winslow, suggesting that he had repressed sexual attraction towards both of them. It's further implied that Winslow's actions may be driven by his inability to cope with these feelings, plus the added guilt he carries from letting the real Winslow die.
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The Lighthouse / int_bef696dd	comment	Mind Screw: The entire film is seen through the eyes of two men collapsing into insanity. Several surreal events occur without a reference for time and even their circumstances are questionable. Was it just two men driven mad by their isolation and mistrust of each other? Perhaps the lighthouse is a malevolent Genius Loci that drove the men mad, or maybe a mermaid or sea monster's influence did it to them? Is it even about two men on a lonely island, is the whole story a Dying Dream for Thomas Howard perishing far away?
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The Lighthouse / int_bfdf0edb	comment	Screaming at Squick: Winslow lets out an absolute howl of disgust when he tries to empty the chamber pots off a cliff and the wind blows human waste back all over him.
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The Lighthouse / int_c04b1231	comment	Jump Scare: The seemingly cowed Wake suddenly appearing behind Winslow, brandishing an axe and screaming his head off.
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The Lighthouse / int_c2d6fc5e	type	Murder by Inaction
The Lighthouse / int_c2d6fc5e	comment	Murder by Inaction: Winslow claims that he let the real Ephraim Winslow die in a logging accident in order to steal his identity, but Wake accuses him of deliberately murdering him.
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The Lighthouse / int_c3743565	type	Time Dissonance
The Lighthouse / int_c3743565	comment	Time Dissonance: It's not quite known how much time Winslow and Wake spend on the island, but one thing's certain: they get quite loopy. They're originally slated to be picked up by the tender after four weeks, until the storm hit the island. After the pair spend the night getting sloshed, Wake claims that the two of them have been stranded for weeks without Winslow noticing. Wake himself admits that he doesn't know how much time has passed, though it is implied Wake is trying to gaslight Winslow into further insanity. The fact that they wet their whistles so much certainly doesn't help.
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The Lighthouse / int_c39dd4d	type	Fade to White
The Lighthouse / int_c39dd4d	comment	Fade to White: The Staircase Tumble scene at the end fades to white, likely symbolizing Winslow's death.
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The Lighthouse / int_c3c18143	type	Hope Spot
The Lighthouse / int_c3c18143	comment	Hope Spot: The day the pair are supposed to get picked up by the tender, a storm hits and they're unable to be taken back.
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The Lighthouse / int_c660bc15	type	Fan Disservice
The Lighthouse / int_c660bc15	comment	Fan Disservice: The mermaid is a beautiful topless woman, but if the sound of her screaming doesn't put you off, there's the close-up of her fins in the vague shape of a human labia, which Winslow has sex with. There's also a lengthy scene of Robert Pattinson having a mental breakdown while furiously masturbating. He also appears naked while being devoured and shat upon by seagulls.
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The Lighthouse / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Lighthouse / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: The scene where Winslow tries to dump buckets of feces only for the wind to blow it back in his face is one to The Big Lebowski. The visual of Wake chasing Winslow across the island while brandishing an axe over his head is lifted almost shot-for-shot from The Shining. The living hell that the island is for Winslow calls to mind several Greek myths about punishment in the Underworld. The "duty" assigned by Wake that Winslow is seen performing the most is carting a wheelbarrow full of coal across the island, similar to Sisyphus pushing a boulder up a hill making no progress. The seemingly constant tainted water and rotted rations is similar to the myth of Tantalus who was constantly on the brink of starvation and dehydration but sustenance being out of reach. Both of these factors are a large part of Winslow's descent into madness. The dream sequence in which a naked Wake casts a strong light from his eyes and into Winslow's is a reference to Sascha Schneider's 1904 painting Hypnosis◊. Winslow tells Wake, "I'm tired of your damned-fool yarns and your Captain Ahab horseshit." The final shot of seagulls swarming over Winslow's body and pecking at his insides as he lies helpless on the rocks resembles the fate of Prometheus in Classical Mythology: as divine punishment from for stealing back the fire that the Gods had taken away from humanity as punishment, he is helplessly chained to a rock where each day an eagle is sent to eat his liver, which would then grow back overnight to be eaten again the next day, forever. In another mythological allusion, Wake is depicted as a figure strongly reminiscent of Proteus AKA the Old Man Of The Sea: at various points, Winslow perceives him as a Fish Person complete with tentacles, and in the climax, he even appears to shapeshift. For good measure, Wake refuses to share any of his secrets until Winslow beats him within an inch of his life, just as heroes in Greek mythology needed to wrestle Proteus into submission before he would share his knowledge. Also, in keeping with Proteus' reputation as a prophet, Wake correctly foretells Winslow's divine punishment before he's buried alive. The killing of the seabird and the ensuing divine retribution are reminiscent of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, though in Coleridge's poem it's not known what led the Mariner to kill the albatross, and while in the poem the albatross is said to be a bird of good omen, in this film the seagulls are said to carry the souls of dead sailors. In both instances, the killing of a seabird carries bad luck.
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The Lighthouse / int_c819533b	type	Rage Breaking Point
The Lighthouse / int_c819533b	comment	Rage-Breaking Point: After several days of being harassed by the same seagull, Winslow snaps and violently beats it to death against the cistern. This implicitly invokes the curse Wake warned him about. At the climax, Winslow snaps after Wake calls him a dog and gives him a No-Holds-Barred Beatdown. After he's subdued Wake, he forces him to crawl around on all fours and bark like a dog, before attempting to bury him alive.
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The Lighthouse / int_c8ba12ee	type	Interplay of Sex and Violence
The Lighthouse / int_c8ba12ee	comment	Interplay of Sex and Violence: A recurring motif in the film. Winslow's depraved and drunken fantasies of having sex with the mermaid he previously encountered ends with him being helplessly pulled underwater after finishing. His masturbatory session is also intercut with flashbacks of the possible murder of the real Ephraim Winslow, suggesting that his violent impulses are the result of confused sexual attraction toward his superiors.
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The Lighthouse / int_c8ce7b2d	type	Smash to Black
The Lighthouse / int_c8ce7b2d	comment	When Winslow gets dropped while whitewashing the lighthouse, the film briefly cuts to black upon his impact.
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The Lighthouse / int_cb70651c	type	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane
The Lighthouse / int_cb70651c	comment	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane: Exactly what's going on, and how much, if any, of it is supernatural is deliberately vague. The men's misfortunes may be the result of a curse, either invoked by Winslow when he kills the sea bird or placed upon him by Wake... or they could just be marooned because of a random misfortune and losing their minds as a result. In fact, the genius of the film is that the entire premise changes depending on where you stand on the scale. Is the film a realistic Period Piece about two lighthouse keepers who lose their minds from the isolation and suffer hallucinations after being stranded in a freak storm? Or is the film a Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror Story about two lighthouse keepers who are cursed by the sea gods for breaking maritime tradition? What if the lighthouse itself is the one behind their onset madness? Or maybe the film is an allegory for purgatory, or it could be the last guilt-induced Dying Dream of Thomas Howard as he succumbs to frostbite in the Canadian wilderness, as Wake suggests near the end. Note that there is at least one strong hint towards something going on that is actually supernatural. When Thomas climbs to the top of the lighthouse, right before he sees whatever the hell it is he sees inside the light, the door to the lens swings open on its own without him touching it. Whatever happened, tainted water supply + liberal alcohol consumption + kerosene with honey + constantly blowing foghorn certainly didn't help.
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The Lighthouse / int_cdfe12c3	type	Nothing Is Scarier
The Lighthouse / int_cdfe12c3	comment	Nothing Is Scarier: For the entire movie, Thomas hoards the light at the top of the lighthouse, never letting Winslow even get close to it. At the end, Winslow opens the lighthouse's lantern and looks in. We never see what's inside, but it does cause him to scream — repeatedly — and fall down the stairs to his doom.
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The Lighthouse / int_cf48c17	type	Nightmare Face
The Lighthouse / int_cf48c17	comment	Nightmare Face: When Wake curses Winslow, his face is in shadow, with candlelight reflecting off his eyes, to ominous effect. And when Winslow finally sees the light, his face is caked in blood, and the lighting makes his features look heavily distorted, to the point where it looks like his eyes aren't there, and his lips resemble teeth. Even his movements are almost puppet-like.
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The Lighthouse / int_d028ca10	type	Deliberately Monochrome
The Lighthouse / int_d028ca10	comment	Deliberately Monochrome: The film is in black and white, giving it something of a retraux look.
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The Lighthouse / int_d1a0b1be	comment	Sea Dog Beard: Wake has a gnarly one, being the salty old veteran wickie and a claimed old sailor. Winslow sports only a mustache, by contrast, as he is a greenhorn to the sea.
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The Lighthouse / int_d2102da0	comment	Bad People Abuse Animals: Thomas tells Ephraim that killing seagulls is bad luck. As Ephraim's frustrations mount, he kills a half-blind gull in a fit of rage. It's implied that this is what started their bad turn of fortune.
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The Lighthouse / int_d41a6617	comment	Wandering Walk of Madness: Referenced; after a long period of Sanity Slippage suffered by both keepers, Wake remarks that he and the entire lighthouse might just be a figment of Winslow's imagination, even suggesting that Winslow is still in Canada, wandering aimlessly through the forest and talking to himself.
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The Lighthouse / int_d442f9d1	comment	Toilet Humor: Wake's farting and a scene where Winslow gets the contents of chamber pots blown back into his face are both played for dark humor.
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The Lighthouse / int_d52d28b6	comment	Hypocrite: Wake argues to dock Winslow's whole pay by remarking on his log every slight and infraction Winslow made for the duration of his stay at the island, including heavily drinking and masturbating on the job... which is all Wake does on his post. Sure, Winslow indeed did those deeds, but he actually worked, unlike Wake.
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The Lighthouse / int_d5a9c98e	type	Madness Shared by Two
The Lighthouse / int_d5a9c98e	comment	Madness Shared by Two: Zigzagged to Hell and back. Ephraim Winslow arrives at a secluded island to work as a "wickie" for older lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake. Soon the job spirals into a kaleidoscope of insanity, as the two men go mad from isolation together... Or maybe Wake gaslights Winslow into thinking he's crazy... Or maybe a supernatural curse involving a mermaid causes it... Or maybe Winslow is hallucinating the whole thing... Or maybe...
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The Lighthouse / int_d68c925d	type	Creator Provincialism
The Lighthouse / int_d68c925d	comment	Creator Provincialism: Like The VVitch, this movie takes place in New England, where Robert Eggers grew up.
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The Lighthouse / int_d8e1b5a3	type	Soul Jar
The Lighthouse / int_d8e1b5a3	comment	Soul Jar: The reason why it's bad luck to kill a gull, according to Wake: they hold the spirits of dead sailors within them. The half-blinded gull that Ephraim killed is implied to hold the soul of Thomas's former assistant; when Ephraim finds his severed head in the lobster trap, his eye is missing, same as the gull.
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The Lighthouse / int_d8fea106	type	Naked Nutter
The Lighthouse / int_d8fea106	comment	Naked Nutter: Wake is quickly established as being obsessed with the Light to the point of not allowing Winslow anywhere near it; as it later becomes clear, he spends several evenings in the lantern room, staring directly into the Light while completely naked and likely masturbating.
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The Lighthouse / int_dc2912f	comment	Armoured Closet Gay: Played with. This is implied to be one of the possible reasons why Thomas Howard let the real Ephraim Winslow die, as he was unable to cope with the sexual attraction he had for the late man.
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The Lighthouse / int_dea5fe1	type	Kubrick Stare
The Lighthouse / int_dea5fe1	comment	Kubrick Stare: Winslow begins developing this at various parts in the film as his overworked and overstressed brain slowly descends into madness.
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The Lighthouse / int_e1721fd1	type	Antiquated Linguistics
The Lighthouse / int_e1721fd1	comment	Antiquated Linguistics: Much like the director's previous film, the characters speak in period-accurate English, with Wake in particular using lots of old-timey sailor slang (such as "wickie," an archaic term for a lighthouse keeper). The writers extensively studied period sources, including writings from a real lighthouse keeper and the works of Herman Melville, to get a feel for the dialogue.
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The Lighthouse / int_e2a6ebc1	comment	Closed Circle: The lighthouse is isolated and lonesome, even before a storm makes it impossible for any ship to take Wake or Winslow back to civilization.
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The Lighthouse / int_e2ccee25	type	Animal Motifs
The Lighthouse / int_e2ccee25	comment	Animal Motifs: Seagulls for Winslow. He's constantly being harassed by them throughout the movie, particularly an individual missing an eye. Winslow and Wake briefly act reminiscent to seagulls squawking while repeating "What?" to each other with rising frustration. In the final act, Winslow's knife breaks in the shape of a gull's beak as he unsuccessfully tries to break into the Light. The ending of the film sees him being eaten alive by them, too. Cephalopods for Wake, when Winslow goes to retrieve his tobacco pouch and catches Wake masturbating to the light, he apparently transforms (offscreen) into a tentacled monster after climaxing. Near the end of the film, Winslow witnesses Wake transform into the real Winslow; then the mermaid; and a Proteus-like version of Wake, adorned with a coral horn, barnacles and slithering tentacles.
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The Lighthouse / int_e303d198	type	Whole-Plot Reference
The Lighthouse / int_e303d198	comment	Whole-Plot Reference: To The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, as the curse is (probably) triggered by Winslow killing a seagull, similar to how the mariner is cursed after shooting an albatross.
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The Lighthouse / int_e431c24c	type	Not Quite Dead
The Lighthouse / int_e431c24c	comment	Not Quite Dead: Wake, dead or dying when Winslow buries him alive, manages to later surprise Winslow and charge at him with an axe.
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The Lighthouse / int_e4b69188	type	Very Loosely Based on a True Story
The Lighthouse / int_e4b69188	comment	Very Loosely Based on a True Story: The film was inspired by, but not a direct retelling of, the Smalls Lighthouse incident, but only so far as reflecting the madness and horrors of near-isolation experienced by two men, one older and one younger, named Thomas. The incident had a true retelling in 2016's The Lighthouse.
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The Lighthouse / int_e543a655	type	Light Is Not Good
The Lighthouse / int_e543a655	comment	Light Is Not Good: The light is an object of obsession for both men, with Wake jealously hoarding it and Winslow constantly trying to gain access to it. At the end of the film Winslow finally looks into it, and whatever he sees in there is horrific enough to basically kill him. Judging by the fact that the door to the lens opens by itself, the light itself may be alive and actively driving the men insane.
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The Lighthouse / int_ea85d6ea	type	All Just a Dream
The Lighthouse / int_ea85d6ea	comment	All Just a Dream: Wake suggests this might be the case near the end, when he asks Winslow if he's sure he's actually on the island and not wandering around the Canadian wilderness, delirious from frostbite and talking to himself. Whether he's serious or just trying to gaslight Winslow into standing down is ambiguous.
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The Lighthouse / int_eab212a8	type	Period Piece
The Lighthouse / int_eab212a8	comment	In fact, the genius of the film is that the entire premise changes depending on where you stand on the scale. Is the film a realistic Period Piece about two lighthouse keepers who lose their minds from the isolation and suffer hallucinations after being stranded in a freak storm? Or is the film a Lovecraftian Cosmic Horror Story about two lighthouse keepers who are cursed by the sea gods for breaking maritime tradition? What if the lighthouse itself is the one behind their onset madness? Or maybe the film is an allegory for purgatory, or it could be the last guilt-induced Dying Dream of Thomas Howard as he succumbs to frostbite in the Canadian wilderness, as Wake suggests near the end.
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The Lighthouse / int_eb24d076	type	Freud Was Right
The Lighthouse / int_eb24d076	comment	Freud Was Right: Eggers has made no bones about how thoroughly he invoked this with the lighthouse, even filming it at select angles to look more... erect. As per his summary of the film, "Nothing good can happen when two men are trapped alone in a giant phallus."
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The Lighthouse / int_ee7a60e9	type	One-Steve Limit
The Lighthouse / int_ee7a60e9	comment	One-Steve Limit: Subverted. We're initially led to believe that the main characters are named Thomas Wake and Ephraim Winslow. However, we later discover that the man we knew as Winslow actually murdered the real Winslow in his time as a logger. His true identity is Thomas Howard.
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The Lighthouse / int_f3f6d99c	type	Scary Symbolic Shapeshifting
The Lighthouse / int_f3f6d99c	comment	Scary Symbolic Shapeshifting: As tensions between the two lighthouse keepers continue to rise, Winslow begins to occasionally perceive Wake as a monster. Among other things, Wake appears to sport tentacles during one of his private rituals before the Light; in a nightmare, he is seen with Glowing Eyes of Doom; lastly, during the final argument, Wake seemingly shapeshifts into one of Winslow's old friends, then the mermaid, before becoming a Proteus-like demigod and trying to throttle Winslow with his tentacles. It's left deliberately ambiguous as to whether any of this is actually happening, or if Winslow is just hallucinating.
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The Lighthouse / int_f765e2d3	comment	Dying Alone: After killing Wake and looking directly into the light, Winslow falls down the lighthouse steps. The epilogue shows a possibly metaphorical scene of his naked body lying on the beach, with seagulls feasting on his intestines.
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The Lighthouse / int_f8f71b5f	comment	Buried Alive: Winslow halfheartedly tries to do this to Wake after dominating him in a fight, but gets distracted after taking the keys to the top of the lighthouse and wanders off.
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The Lighthouse / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: The gratuitous amounts of farts in the film (which Dafoe had scripted!).
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The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Gayngst / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Go Mad from the Isolation / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Impersonation-Exclusive Character / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Lighthouse Point / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Lovecraft Country / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Madness Shared by Two / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Minimalist Cast / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Ocean Madness / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Psychological Horror / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Psychological Thriller / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Retraux / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Scary Symbolic Shapeshifting / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Seadog Beard / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Sirens Are Mermaids / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Smash to Black / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Surreal Horror / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Transformation Discretion Shot / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Undiscriminating Addict / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Wandering Walk of Madness / int_d269ede1
The Lighthouse	hasFeature	Word-Salad Horror / int_d269ede1

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