The Lighthouse
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denkeisa Watching 'The LIGHTHOUSE' I was asking myself what am I actually witnessing. This film is unlike any other in resent memory. Yes, not that long ago there were movies made in black and white as 'IDA. COLD WAR' and 'ROMA. All of them were highly stylised, but non of them can compere to what director Robert Eggers who had already success with brilliant period horror 'THE WITCH' delivered with 'THE LIGHTHOUSE' a surreal, hypnotic and hallucinatory tale of two lighthouse keepers on a remote and mysterious New England island in the 1890s.
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denkeisa From 1.19:1 very square aspect ratio, to an old fashioned Mono sound mix. There are elements of film noir as well as German impressionism which 'The Lighthouse' borrows heavily from. This is a very strange movie indeed. Alfred Hichcock once famously said; If it's a good movie, the sound could go off, and audience would have perfectly clear idea of what was going on"
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denkeisa Now, in 'The Lighthouse' the actual sound design is superb and I strongly believe that it might get the nomination for an Oscar early this year. Though 19 people are listed on IMDb in sound department, so it might be difficult to single one person out and reward them for this very immersive sound design. It's the sound which creates the horror atmosphere that caries the viewers till the film climax. The cinematography is heavily stylised looks amazingly believable to the 1890's period full of shadows and textures which being back German Impressionists and film Noir masters from the past to mind. The production design and costumes are brilliantly historically accurate, helping with selling the overall atmosphere of the movie.