The Lighthouse (2019 film) | Light House
2019horrorfilmdirectedbyRobertEggersTheLighthouseisa2019psychologicalthriller[9][10][11][12]filmdirectedandproducedbyRobertEggers,whoco-wrotethescreenplaywithhisbrotherMaxEggers.Aninternationalco-productionoftheUnitedStatesandCanada,thefilmwasshotinblack-and-whitewithanearlysquare1.19:1aspectratio.ItstarsWillemDafoeandRobertPattinsonastwolighthousekeeperswhostarttolosetheirsanitywhenastormstrandsthemontheremoteislandwheretheyarestationed.AccordingtoEggers,althoughthefinalstorybearslittlerese...
2019 horror film directed by Robert Eggers
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.
According to Eggers, although the final story bears little resemblance to Edgar Allan Poes 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 pho...