Robert Eggers re-imagines/remakes Chris Crow's 2016 film of same name, so also loosely based on the Small's Lighthouse Incident.
Robert Pattinson - Winslow
Willem Dafoe - Wake
Summary
In 1890, a storm leaves two wickies stranded on a remote island off the coast of New England.
Insanity looms large.
Class in a black and white glass
The Witch was great, but goddamn, I never expected second project to be even better.
Shot in 1:99:1, psychological horror brims with tension, suspense, atmosphere and palpable menace.
Sporting a fabulous beard, Dafoe is awesome as irritable neanderthal, while Pattinson gives a career best performance.
Shit hits the fan when Winslow grabs one-eyed gull and viciously batters feathered friend to death against nearby cistern.
Big mistake.
Freaky imagery (including mermaids, tentacles and corpses) is made more effective by Mark Korven's haunting, and quite brilliant score.
Ambiguity is sporadically prevalent and after axing Wake, gulls eating Winslow alive is a harrowing conclusion to masterful epic.
Prometheus like yes?
The dialogue was inspired and drawn from various period sources from Herman Melville to real life lightkeepers' journals, and especially, the work of Sarah Orne Jewett.
Robert Pattinson - Winslow
Willem Dafoe - Wake
Summary
In 1890, a storm leaves two wickies stranded on a remote island off the coast of New England.
Insanity looms large.
Class in a black and white glass
The Witch was great, but goddamn, I never expected second project to be even better.
Shot in 1:99:1, psychological horror brims with tension, suspense, atmosphere and palpable menace.
Sporting a fabulous beard, Dafoe is awesome as irritable neanderthal, while Pattinson gives a career best performance.
Shit hits the fan when Winslow grabs one-eyed gull and viciously batters feathered friend to death against nearby cistern.
Big mistake.
Freaky imagery (including mermaids, tentacles and corpses) is made more effective by Mark Korven's haunting, and quite brilliant score.
Ambiguity is sporadically prevalent and after axing Wake, gulls eating Winslow alive is a harrowing conclusion to masterful epic.
Prometheus like yes?
The dialogue was inspired and drawn from various period sources from Herman Melville to real life lightkeepers' journals, and especially, the work of Sarah Orne Jewett.
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