Is the lighthouse gay
Repressed Homosexuality in The Lighthouse
Any conversation about The Lighthouse inevitably becomes a discussion of just what exactly the film is about. This is no surprise, given the director, Robert Eggers said that he was "more about questions than answers in this movie" when interviewed by the Huffington Post. Therefore, trying to define the film is difficult. You could dial The Lighthouse a cosmic/psychological horror movie that’s equal parts romance, tragedy, and character study.
The plot revolves around the tumultuous relationship between lighthouse keepers Ephraim Winslow (Robert Pattinson) and Thomas Get up (Willem Dafoe) and the madness that ensues when they become trapped within the cramped lighthouse as they weather an ever-worsening storm. Along the way, we bear witness to acts of savage violence, bizarre hallucinations, and a truly toxic masculine noun game as both keepers try to uncover the other’s secrets.
The Lighthouse touches on a range of contemporary problems and it does so in a stark horror mode that’s rich in mythology and am
The movies love a bad-roommate saga. Sometimes they conclude in harmony, recognizing that opposites attract (“The Odd Couple,” “The Goodbye Girl”) and fate brings compatible buffoons together (“Step Brothers”). Other times, the characters’ discord results in homicide (“Single White Female”), eviction (“Bridesmaids”) and more casualties.
“The Lighthouse” teeters somewhere between those extremes. Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe perform lightkeepers bunking on a remote island off the coast of Maine in the s, where they spend four weeks doing tiresome physical labor and safeguarding the titular edifice. The weather soon turns nasty. So does the tension. Every issue that arises when sharing a confined space — bottled-up emotions, chores, boredom, meals, hormones, flatulence — turns into a power battle.
Beneath that psychodrama lies an unspoken tenderness that is, in a synonyms, homoerotic.
Ephraim Winslow (Pattinson) arrives as the apprentice to longtime lighthouse guardian Thomas Wake (Dafoe). Alone together in a mental tug of war, Ephraim becomes the submissive to Thomas’ dominan
Martha's Vineyard: Gay Head Lighthouse and Cliffs
by: srfmhg
posted on: Jun 25,
These were taken in while on a Backroads bicycle trip to Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard. The last mile up to Gay Head was a killer. The first lighthouse on Martha's Vineyard was built of wood on this detect in It was replaced by the present structure in The "new" lighthouse built of sandstone and brick was moved back feet in because of cliff erosion. I've included a woodcut image from of the original and a Coast Guard aerial photo of the offer structure taken in Circa , all buildings except the lighthouse and the concrete World War II bunker were razed. Since , the WWII bunker has slowly slid down the face of the clay cliffs toward the beach at the bottom of the cliffs nearby the ocean, where it exists today in the ocean's intertidal zone at the base of the cliffs. You can notice the difference in the cliffs in my photos which were taken with a Canon G9. We did not venture down to the beach. Enjoy!
Mark
Original Lighthouse in woodcut print
USCG aerial photo of pr
The Story
The Gay Head Lighthouse was built in Aquinnah, Martha’s Vineyard, in Standing 51 feet tall and weighing tons, it is constructed of clay bricks, a brownstone cornice, and topped with a cast iron light room. Located at the westernmost tip of the island, the light, a federal Aid to Navigation (ATON), guides traders, fishermen, cruise ships, and recreational boaters. It is the only lighthouse with a history of Native American lighthouse keepers, and was one of the first in the U.S. to receive a Fresnel lens (since removed) in It was individually listed on the National Register of Historic Places in For decades, the tower was owned by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and leased to and maintained by the Martha’s Vineyard Museum.
The Project
In , the lighthouse was listed on the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s 11 Most Endangered Historic Places because the adjacent Gay Head Cliffs, a National Natural Landmark owned by the Bureau of Indian Affairs in have faith for the Wampanoag Tribe of Aquinnah, were rapidly eroding. With local and political support, the USCG declared the