{"id":68763,"date":"2020-09-15T13:58:56","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T10:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/30-things-we-learned-from-the-lighthouse-commentary-2\/"},"modified":"2020-09-15T13:58:56","modified_gmt":"2020-09-15T10:58:56","slug":"30-things-we-learned-from-the-lighthouse-commentary-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/30-things-we-learned-from-the-lighthouse-commentary-2\/","title":{"rendered":"#30 Things We Learned from &#8216;The Lighthouse&#8217; Commentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a245d569a414\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a245d569a414\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/30-things-we-learned-from-the-lighthouse-commentary-2\/#The_Lighthouse_2019\" >The Lighthouse (2019)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/30-things-we-learned-from-the-lighthouse-commentary-2\/#Best_in_Context-Free_Commentary\" >Best in Context-Free Commentary<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/30-things-we-learned-from-the-lighthouse-commentary-2\/#Final_Thoughts\" >Final Thoughts<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#30 Things We Learned from &#8216;The Lighthouse&#8217; Commentary<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.7--><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Welcome to\u00a0<\/i><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Commentary Commentary,<\/i><\/b><i data-stringify-type=\"italic\"> where we sit and listen to filmmakers talk about their work, then share the most interesting parts. In this edition, Rob Hunter settles in for black &amp; white weirdness with Robert Eggers\u2019 commentary for The Lighthouse!<\/i><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><em>The Witch<\/em> (2015) was something of a stunner crafted with the kind of exquisite care typically absent from genre fare. The question as to what director Robert Eggers would do next was answered with another period piece, but while the former film aims for terror the latter aims for a more tonally fluid sense of weirdness. The precision is still on display, though, with its story of two men crumbling mentally on a remote rock island. Keep reading to see what I heard on the Eggers\u2019 commentary track for <strong><em>The Lighthouse<\/em><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_Lighthouse_2019\"><\/span>The Lighthouse (2019)<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">Commentator: Robert Eggers (director, co-writer, producer)<\/p>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\"><strong>1.<\/strong> The opening title treatment is from the treatise of a 19th century book called <em>The Lighthouse<\/em> \u201cthat has nothing to do with the plot or story of this movie.\u201d He found it to be an attractive typeface that \u201csuited the atmosphere of this movie.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>2.<\/strong> The opening shot was filmed with a Petzval lens which was designed around 1840. \u201cThere\u2019s obviously a lot of weird lens characteristics which helps transport us back into time and make for a mysterious shot. hopefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>3.<\/strong> It was filmed in part on the southern tip of Nova Scotia in a small fishing village called Cape Forchu.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.<\/strong> They built all of the buildings including the 70-foot working lighthouse tower.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5.<\/strong> \u201cThe sound design is very delicate here,\u201d he says, roughly fifty seconds before the first fart is heard.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6.<\/strong> Around the 4:22 mark we see Thomas Howard (Robert Pattinson) trying to get into Thomas Wake\u2019s (Willem Dafoe) desk. \u201cDon\u2019t know if it reads, but that\u2019s the intention there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>7.<\/strong> \u201cAfter making <em>The Witch<\/em> so miserable and self-serious I thought if I was gonna explore misery again I would wanna be able to laugh at it. So. The fart jokes.\u201d In case you were wondering.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8.<\/strong> Part of the sound design behind the water pump noise is a donkey\u2019s \u201chee-haw.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>9.<\/strong> Dafoe didn\u2019t want to wear a hat for the first dinner scene, but Eggers wanted his character to look authoritative and in charge. It\u2019s historically inaccurate as it was considered bad luck to wear hats in the kitchen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10.<\/strong> USLHE is marked and tagged over most of the things at the lighthouse to discourage theft, and it stands for United States Lighthouse Establishment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>11.<\/strong> They looked at different ways in which people used tools to help them carry heavy loads, and Pattinson chose the head strap visible at 14:48 because he thought they were cool.<\/p>\n<p><strong>12.<\/strong> There were at least eight Robs on-set which caused only minor confusion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>13.<\/strong> The main seagull was played by three seagulls from the UK named Lady, Tramp, and Johnny. They\u2019re rescue birds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>14.<\/strong> That\u2019s a bird puppet swooping up at Pattinson at 17:20, and \u201cnow that I say that it will always look like a puppet for everyone, so maybe I shouldn\u2019t have said anything.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>15.<\/strong> The top interior of the lighthouse \u201cis one of the places where my insistence on historical accuracy maybe wasn\u2019t the best thing for the movie.\u201d It\u2019s too cramped, and he\u2019s still not sure if he likes any of the scenes filmed up there.<\/p>\n<p><strong>16.<\/strong> The screenplay refers to Wake and Howard and Old and Young, respectively, as their names aren\u2019t even mentioned until halfway through the film.<\/p>\n<p><strong>17.<\/strong> Dafoe is afraid of heights and was no fan of going atop the lighthouse, but he\u2019s a professional and did so without squawking once action was called.<\/p>\n<p><strong>18.<\/strong> \u201cLearning how to roll cigarettes was a problem\u201d for Pattinson, but he eventually figured it out.<\/p>\n<p><strong>19.<\/strong> They shot in 1.19:1 which is \u201ca rare aspect ration from early sound cinema\u201d because they felt it captured the cramped quarters and vertical objects well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>20.<\/strong> Dafoe learned to knit for the film, but they only found a single scene in which to have him doing it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>21.<\/strong> That\u2019s Hershey\u2019s chocolate syrup coming out of the water pump at 39:35.<\/p>\n<p><strong>22.<\/strong> The seagull murder scene has more impact when watched in color.<\/p>\n<p><strong>23.<\/strong> He was somewhat surprised by the success of and reaction to <em>The Witch<\/em>. \u201cI didn\u2019t think it was a bad movie, I thought it was good enough to get some kind of distribution, and I hoped that it would get enough good reviews that maybe someone would let me make another movie.\u201d Dafoe\u2019s management team emailed on his behalf saying the actor wanted to meet with him. \u201cI wanna do whatever you\u2019re doing next,\u201d said Dafoe, and they made it h<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>en.<\/p>\n<p><strong>24.<\/strong> Eggers had offered Pattinson a role in something more traditional that he was working on, but the actor passed as \u201che was only interested in doing challenging and strange stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>25.<\/strong> The production company (ie the suits) wondered if a more traditional score would be better for <em>The Lighthouse<\/em>, so Eggers tried it for several scenes before realizing that it just didn\u2019t work. They eventually decided to have composer Mark Korven add a smidgen of Bernard Herrmann into this score.<\/p>\n<p><strong>26.<\/strong> Why yes, the mermaid\u2019s labia is based on shark genitals.<\/p>\n<p><strong>27.<\/strong> Pattinson would stick his fingers down his throat and \u201cgag himself a little bit\u201d whenever he was drunk. Eggers shares this only because Pattinson himself had been mentioning it in interviews.<\/p>\n<p><strong>28.<\/strong> \u201cThis is the shot where Robert Pattinson said he wanted to punch me in the face,\u201d he says at the scene with Pattinson running in close-up in the rain at 1:17:59.<\/p>\n<p><strong>29.<\/strong> The book that Howard is intently flipping through at 1:26:20 is filled with photos and memorabilia of Wake\u2019s family. Early audiences were apparently confused by the images thinking it was a plot point of some kind, so Eggers removed the cuts and instead stayed on Howard\u2019s face.<\/p>\n<p><strong>30.<\/strong> They shot the burial scene on day two of filming.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Best_in_Context-Free_Commentary\"><\/span>Best in Context-Free Commentary<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p graf--startsWithDoubleQuote\">\u201cThat steamship that is so far away that it could be CG, is real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you look beyond Dafoe\u2019s urine stream there\u2019s a Sears &amp; Roebuck catalog on a piece of rope.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first of many farts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell we couldn\u2019t have shot that in a more obvious way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is the <em>Full Metal Jacket<\/em> meets Miss Hannigan in <em>Little Orphan Annie<\/em> scene.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got a lot of tentacle juice on him when we photographed that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis masturbation scene was the first thing we shot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHope everyone sees the gull pooping on Rob, it\u2019s very important to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"graf graf--h3\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Final_Thoughts\"><\/span>Final Thoughts<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"graf graf--p\">The meticulous nature of Robert Eggers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> might make some think he\u2019d be a dry speaker, but he\u2019s actually far more laid back than that \u2014 at least on <em>The Lighthouse<\/em> commentary track. He shows a playful sense of humor alongside a true appreciation for the craft and the talent that goes into filmmaking, and his commentary offers a strong blend of observations and technical detail. 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