The Lighthouse (?)
Figures
Locations
- Winslow's hallucinations of the mermaid and sea tentacles
Form & technique
- The drunken dance and fight scene
- The near-kiss/fight scene initiated by Wake → Homosocial Desire
Tropes
- The lighthouse tower and its forbidden lantern
- The division of labor between Wake and Winslow → The Soul-Crushing Shift
- Winslow's final ascent to the lantern
- The 1.19:1 "Movietone" aspect ratio
- The one-eyed seagull that torments Winslow
- The abstract, formless light within the Fresnel lens → The Unspeakable Void
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