There's something rapturous about Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson's performances in A24's "The Lighthouse".
The audience is transported to a lighthouse in the middle of a rocky crag somewhere in the sea where their senses are continuously challenged, swayed to believe in the fantastical, and swayed once again to believe in the reality of the life of lighthouse keepers.
The rhythm of the film itself feels like the rhythms of the sea, ever shifting and constantly moving between feelings of claustrophobia and loneliness to feelings of expansiveness and companionship.
This undulation between ideas is what strikes me as brilliant in captivating the audience and leading us into a story that feels like it isn't linear, nor having a specific beginning, middle or end, but instead has the rhythm and feeling of a sea shanty; much like one of the sea shanties that Willem Dafoe speaks every night.
Rating: A
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