Lets talk through it: After spending an unknown amount of time together in the same lighthouse, the patience of Robert Pattinson's Ephraim with Willem Dafoes Thomas begins to slip away. It all leads to a spiral of madness that even Eggers won't confirm the meaning of, but to put it simply, it ends with Pattinson getting his insides eaten by birds. (Editor's note: 2019, y'all.) All in all, what the mythological and literary illusions all add up to is the theme of man's eternal battle with forces of nature much more powerful than them. Eggers wrote The Lighthouse screenplay with his brother, Max Eggers, and a sex scene between Pattinsons character and a mermaid (Valeriia Karaman) forced the two to do their research on mermaid vaginas. Even if that means killing your only companion with an ax for the privilege of looking at a light. [Editors note: The following post contains minor spoilers for The Lighthouse.]. But I was like, OK, cool, I didnt get told to stop, so Ill keep going in that direction. Theyre pushing each others buttons out of fear and out of threat of who they are. The movie starts out with Ephraim and Thomas arriving on the island. These women are also musicians, using their lyrics to influence change. They have a sense of guilt, of wrong. Thank you for signing up to CinemaBlend. Ephraim literally is the only figure in The Lighthouse to come from the outside world and want to go back into it. Thomas is a salty old-timer with a false leg, Ephraim a. By submitting your email, you agree to our Terms and Privacy Policy and to receive email correspondence from us. Has anyone made it through to the credits of the 2019 horror comedy without more questions than answers? The Mermaid is a siren who was summoned when Winslow found and took the scrimshaw of her. The one-eyed seagull then flies over, sits on top of the cistern, and starts squawking at Ephraim in a mocking manner. "But they are sort of splayed out" when revealed to a horny-for-mermaids Ephraim in the movie, he adds. When the mermaid wakes, she lets out a scream cracked through with laughter. Pattinson told Interview magazinein 2018 that making The Lighthouse was a kind of torture, and one scene in which he was getting sprayed in the face with water got so extreme he nearly punched Eggers in the face. There's more booze to drink than water, and the farting, grating character played by Willem Dafoe will make your most entitled Baby Boomer uncle seem like your best friend. We're not straying from spoilers in here. Justin Kirkland is a Brooklyn-based writer who covers culture, food, and the South. How Anastasia Beverly Hillss Founder Gets Her Skin So Good. These seafaring men also had their own specific sea-related sexual fantasies. For one, her, uh, sexual organ is plainly visible and extremely large. 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Jordans Style Evolution. What? The Lighthouse is riddled with allusions to Greek mythology. Brought to you by Lighthouse Immersive (who you might know from other themed exhibits like Van Gogh), the Disney Animation: Immersive Experience opened on Tuesday, February 28 at the Lighthouse . The weather soon turns nasty. The script said the lighthouse looked like an erect penis," Pattinson said in a HuffPost interview(Opens in a new tab). I like to make art and write fiction in my free time. I was planning to get this and have it be something funny in my home The mermaid is something thats iconic; it looks like a piece of scrimshaw, its authentic to the period she told me over the phone last week. Pattinson, for his part, says: "The vagina was really funny." Dafoe . The first is that Ephraim lost his mind waiting out the big storm, so most of what takes place after the night the ship doesn't come is happening inside his head. The Lighthouse is supposed to be challenging. It's also just as likely that both Thomas and Ephraim are having a shared delusion. Body positivity was my salvation from an anti-fat world. It was a 180 from everything wed done in rehearsal, and I could see Robert [Eggers] a little in shock afterward. Robert Eggers'The Lighthouseis a strange and amazing tale about two men fighting alcoholism and insanity, while stranded together on a lighthouse in the late 1800s. A filmmaker herself, she was drawn to it out of an appreciation for Eggerss work, and says that The Lighthouse is one of her favorite movies. She frequently appears throughout the film after Ephraim Winslow discovers and keeps a scrimshaw of her. Sign up for our Email Newsletters here. However, when Winslow masturbates to the scrimshaw he fantasizes whilst having a detailed but brief vision of himself having sex with the mermaid before abruptly stopping. This is in no small part due to Robert Pattinson's violent treatment of his penis. Yes, one of the most shocking parts of The Lighthouse involves a big mermaid vagina. When the audience finally gets a good look at a fantastical creature in The Lighthouse, director Robert Eggers has already been playing mind tricks to the point where it's impossible to tell whether the figure is a hallucinatory product of delusion or truly involves mystical forces messing with the minds of wickies Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and Thomas Wake (Willem Dafoe). Stick with me. Its always nice to do something massive for your opening shot, and I wentreallymassive on the first take, he said. She is a Brazilian-Swiss American immigrant with a love for all things weird and magical. The tentacled creatures and sirens we see throughout indicate that the island could be home to the Deep Ones, ancient Lovecraftian sea gods who mate with humans to create entire hybrid species. This couldn't be a Disney's Ariel or Splash mermaid. Mashable is a registered trademark of Ziff Davis and may not be used by third parties without express written permission. Watch the Trailer Here! But I was like, Ok, cool, I didnt get told to stop, so Ill keep going in that direction. As soon as Id done that, it was like the road started getting paved.. Ephraim sees her cold and breathless, washed up on the seafront's jagged rocks. Very quickly, it becomes obvious that this isn't a job for everyone. Then you see it flip-flop and its kind of cool.". As revealed in the film, they are both named Thomas. Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. In The Lighthouses case, Willem Dafoes character would be the god and Pattinson holds the role of Prometheus. In the long run, a lighthouse cannot save you from the unforgiving sea though. I was pretty conscious of how I wanted the relationship to come across. In the blackness he sees her: fishtail weaving through the riptides, skin pearl white from a life without sunlight, hair thick and black, a noose. Sure, there's wacky stuff before then too. All her writing should be read in Sarah Connors Terminator 2 voice over. The image is unmistakable: Theory #2: Thomas And Ephraim Are The Same Person, Delving further in the concepts of The Lighthouse, another theory is the two main characters in the film are supposed to represent two different sides of the same mind at odds with one another. Password must be at least 8 characters and contain: As part of your account, youll receive occasional updates and offers from New York, which you can opt out of anytime. It's bizarre. "It was pretty explicit in the script. From The Witch director Robert Eggers, this surreal black-and-white 35-millimeter horror movie stars Robert Pattinson and William Dafoe as two lighthouse keepers. 2023 IndieWire Media, LLC. Surrounded by salt water and birds. Previously associate editor at Kill Screen, you can also find her words on Vice, The Atlantic, Rolling Stone, Vox, and others. Eggers explained, "What appears to be extremely large outer labia are actually pelvic fins that many fish have, but they are sort of splayed out [when horny].". Without mythology and psychoanalysis at play, the A24 movie is still an intriguing image of mans complex desires and how giving into them out of anger or boredom does not end happily. Or is she a personification of the sea, luring him to his demise? Two lighthouse keepers, Ephraim (Pattinson) and Thomas ( Willem Dafoe) arrive on a windy, isolated rock for a four-week maintenance shift. Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe play lightkeepers bunking on a remote island off the coast of Maine in the 1890s, where they spend four weeks doing tiresome physical labor and safeguarding the titular edifice. To fulfill the fantasy, Pattinson had to (SPOILER ALERT)have sex with a mermaid. She would continue to haunt Winslow until his final confrontation and beatdown with Thomas Wakewhere she briefly appears and catches him off-guard during his fight with Wake. By Annie Lord. Thomas as Proteus makes a lot of sense, too, since Proteus is an old, prophecy-telling ocean god who serves Poseidon, and who Homer called the "Old Man of the Sea." Robert Eggers's black and white film about two lighthouse keepers in the late 19th century terrorizes the senses for nearly two hours. The Lighthouse | Official Trailer 2 HD | A24 Watch on Go To Homepage Before You Go Ron Dicker General Assignment Reporter, HuffPost Meanwhile, Thomas gets exclusive, in a way, with the phallic symbol of the lighthouse. Back to his bed: the MERMAID CARVING is waiting for him. But most of it can be chalked up to Ephraim dreaming or fantasizing or being paranoid. Pronto, before you pay the consequences. The final scene shows Thomas Howard with his innards spilling out as hes pecked to death by seagulls. 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