Some time ago, Hollywood director Nolan's "Creed" was released.
Let an actor suddenly become popular.
"Robert Pattinson"
He played Neil, the second male number in "Creed", which has properly circled a lot of fans.
Whoever sees the last scene of the movie does not cry or say nothing!
And he is the new Batman selected by DC, and his resources are against the sky.
Recalling when I first met him, he was the beautiful and flawless Edward the vampire in "Twilight."
For Robert, the work of "Twilight" is both love and hate.
Although it has brought him super-high visibility and popularity, it also "buried" his acting skills because of the nature of the idol film. (After all, he is the man who has been nominated for the Worst Actor Award)
Therefore, Robert himself is the biggest black fan of the "Twilight" series, and he often diss the film himself . It can be said that he uses his life to make complaints.
In order to break the shackles of the vase of "Twilight Man", he no longer played similar roles in the later period. Instead, he chose many literary and independent films to polish his acting skills and break through himself.
And among all his movies, if there is one that can be called his "career best acting" ,
That must be this one--
lighthouse
The Lighthouse
The film premiered at the Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 2019.
Once it was broadcast, it received rave reviews and won the Fabici Award from the international film critic. It was also nominated for the 92nd Oscar for Best Photography.
Rotten tomatoes still maintain 90% freshness.
The Wall Street Journal said,
""The Lighthouse" is the light of hope that illuminates the dark age of movies."
No one would have thought that such a movie would be just the second work of director Robert Eggers.
Robert Eggers can be said to be one of the most outstanding new directors in Hollywood.
His debut work "The Witch" surprised four people in 2015 and won the Sundance Film Festival Director Award in one fell swoop.
The retro and minimalist audiovisual aesthetics, the unspeakable atmosphere of horror, and the obscure and strange religious metaphors make the development of the story very mysterious and unpredictable.
This has also led to a very polarized evaluation of the movie, like those who like it very much, and those who don't like it especially not.
But he seems to have no intention of letting the movie entertain the public and stick to his own style, which adds to the sense of tune and lack of tune in his movies.
The "Lighthouse" further magnifies and upgrades his unique personal aesthetics.
The special aspect ratio of 1.19:1 , the extremely retro black and white tone, the texture of the old film, coupled with the Cthulhu-style repressive plot make the movie quirky and full of charm.
Two male main Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson are in this film devoted himself almost insane wonderful acting.
The story takes place on a mysterious New England island in the 19th century. It revolves around a lighthouse with two lighthouse keepers.
The young Winslow (Robert Pattinson) has just been hired as the lighthouse keeper, and he will do it for four weeks with the elderly keeper Thomas Vick (William Dafoe)Lighthouse maintenance work.
Since Thomas is an old sailor and has a wealth of work experience, he is responsible for assigning work to Little White Winslow.
But at the beginning, the old sailor did not act according to the regulations.
All the dirty work on the island belongs to Winslow.
In order to maintain the normal operation of the lighthouse, he has to transport coal, shovel coal, add coal, and replenish lamp oil every day.
In order to maintain the normal life of the two, he has to catch fish and shrimp every day, clean the house, the water tank, and even pour the chamber pot.
On this island, it seems that he has the lowest status, and even seagulls can laugh at him unscrupulously.
And in this heavy task, there is only one most important thing that has nothing to do with him, and that is "keeping the lighthouse."
The work manual clearly stipulates that the two people take turns to guard the tower at night, but Thomas forbids Winslow to approach the lighthouse.
As soon as Winslow talked about the lighthouse, his face changed suddenly and furiously.
He seemed to have an almost crazy obsession with the lighthouse. In his eyes, the lighthouse was like a beauty who belonged to him alone, and he would never allow others to get involved.
What is in the lighthouse?
This question began to take root secretly in Winslow's heart.
In the beginning, Winslow could tolerate this trivial job and Thomas' verbal abuse for wages.
After all, although the old sailor has a bad personality, he can still communicate normally at dinner every day.
But gradually, as time passed by, things started to get wrong.
Winslow once got into the lighthouse secretly one night because of curiosity.
That time, he saw an incomprehensible evil scene.
The naked Thomas groaned strangely, and with the indescribable liquid flowing down, a huge tentacle swept past his eyes.
Soon after, he saw a beautiful mermaid on the beach.
He stepped forward to touch her, but he didn't expect the mermaid to make a harsh scream at him, frightening Winslow to flee frantically.
Fortunately, the four weeks passed immediately, the supply ship was coming, and the hellish days would be over.
On the eve of leaving the island, Winslow, who has never drunk, accepted Thomas' invitation, and the two became drunk.
But I didn't expect the wind direction to change suddenly the next day.
The supply ship didn't come, but the storm came.
From then on, the story began to gradually collapse, falling into the trap of virtual and real.
Winslow wanted to go to sea in a small boat for help.
But then Thomas told him that they had missed the supply ship for several weeks.
The food was damp, the houses were damaged, and they were completely trapped on the island.
Winslow started to drink heavily , and he no longer worked as hard as he did when he first came.
Even, he was still thinking about the inaccessible lighthouse. What is in the lighthouse?
So he began to rebel against Thomas, stealing the key to the lighthouse, and told him that he had been using a pseudonym all the time.
His name is not Winslow, he is also called Thomas.
So, what exactly did Thomas have in his unknown past? What is there on the lighthouse?
All of these need to be searched in the movie.
The story of this film is adapted from a case involving the mysterious disappearance of a lighthouse keeper in 1900 .
There are three lighthouse keepers on Irenemore Island in the Flannan Islands in the United Kingdom.
The supply ship was originally scheduled to deliver supplies to the Flannan Islands on December 20, but due to bad weather, they had to postpone their departure until December 26.
After arriving, everyone found that the island was extremely silent and empty.
Not only did the lighthouse not light up, but the clock stopped moving.
And they also found obvious traces of life in the lighthouse. It seems that these guards just walked away temporarily, but never came back.
Everyone has a lot of speculation about this incident. Some people believe in "The Sea-Monster Theory," some people believe in the "Cross-through Theory," and some believe in the "Spy Theory."
But some people speculate that maybe nothing happened on the island, but the fear brought by despair and loneliness destroyed them.
This case was also adapted into a movie in 2016, but compared to the previous one, the "Lighthouse" in 19 years is more stylized.
In addition to the story itself, the director also uses a lot of mythical image metaphors in the film.
The most obvious is to see Winslow "Mermaid" , she is Greek mythology Sirens representatives, beautiful and sexy avatar.
Legend has it that she would use her natural singing voice to entice sailors to sink the ship on the rocks.
The "Thomas" incarnation of octopus is Neptune Proteus , Proteus name of "original" meaning.
In psychology, there is also a phenomenon called the "Proteus effect."
It means that people in reality will be affected by the self-role constructed in the virtual world, and it seems to imply that he is Winslow's fantasy.
But in this film, he is more often an irresistible incarnation of power.
"Winslow" is stealing fire of Prometheus .
The "lighthouse" is his fire and his desire.
Winslow, who finally succeeded in seeing the lighthouse, was punished like Prometheus, lying naked on the beach, his internal organs being pecked by seagulls.
Power, sex, desire, they all seem to represent something, but they don't seem to represent anything.
If you must ask the final truth, no one may know.
Because "The Lighthouse" was originally a chaotic and ambiguous story.
You can understand that all of this is actually Winslow's fantasy, Thomas is him, and Winslow is also him.
The lighthouse is the guide for his future life, something he has been pursuing all his life.
Of course, it can also be understood that all of this happened in reality.
The two guards rushed in desperate situations unable to wait for rescue. One went to death and the other went crazy.
"There is a thousand Hamlet in the eyes of a thousand people."
This story is also true, no matter what kind of statement it can work.
The director eventually led all panic to the wasteland in the depths of people's spirits.
In a closed and small environment, the dark side of human nature is exposed.
As the audience, we are looking for the truth in the story just like the protagonist Winslow.
And what is the truth? I believe that after watching the movie, you already have the answer in your mind.
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