The Lighthouse

Nautical warning structure

A 2019 psychological horror film directed by Robert Eggers, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as two lighthouse keepers descending into madness on a remote New England island.

Shot in black-and-white with a claustrophobic 1.19:1 aspect ratio, the film draws on maritime folklore and features deliberately archaic dialogue: What made your eyes so bright?

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rocky shore · shipwreck · ghost ship · fog signal · coast · cliff · lantern · sailor · warning · navigation · isolation · waves · seagulls · spiral · stairs · lens · Fresnel · harbor

Opposites
cinematic tone/atmosphere

The LighthouseLa La Land

State of blissful unawareness

My Neighbor Totoro · Barbie · Moana · Enchanted · The Grand Budapest Hotel

setting/spatial experience

The LighthouseGrand Central

Major Manhattan rail station

Times Square · Love Actually · Babel · Nashville · Woodstock

visual style

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Deity in earthly form

Moulin Rouge! · Speed Racer · Barbie · technicolor · widescreen

Family

light, house, lights, lighted, lighting, lighter, lightest, lighten, lightness

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated R