film · 2019 · 14 min read
The Lighthouse
Prometheus on a Rock
Directed by Robert Eggers
Winslow wants to see the light — forbidden knowledge, the thing the old man guards. It's Prometheus punished before the theft. The seagulls are his liver. The aspect ratio is the claustrophobia of obsession. He sees the light. It destroys him.
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