MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN, in which Dafoe has a pivotal supporting role, you’ll spot Courtesy of Warner Brothers Pictures.įor those piecing together the mystery at the core of Tells you where to avoid.” Edward Norton and Willem Dafoe in MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN. That question and, you know what, it’s a very important question. Openly as the odor, in fact, helped to augment their performances. It was a very stinky set.”ĭafoe continued, grateful to be able to discuss such unpleasantries Salt cod that stayed with us what seems like the whole film. Water, mustiness, wet wool, food floating around in water. Horrible, because we’re sort of isolated. The beans on the set’s specific fragrance. He became giddy when I asked him to spill Interview closer to that film’s release). The recent press day for MOTHERLESS BROOKLYN (which I’ll have more from that Luckily, I got the answer when I spoke with co-star Dafoe at So with all that going on – and on a male-dominated set in Nova Scotia – it begs the question, “What did the set smell like?” Williem Dafoe in THE LIGHTHOUSE. And throughout the picture, storms arise and serve to weather the lighthouse. I don’t know, maybeīefore Dafoe’s grizzled character, experienced lighthouse keeper Thomas Wake, even utters a word of dialogue, the audience hears him urinate and fart. Reported that co-star Pattinson “licked puddles of mud,” was “pissing” himself andĭrank lots of booze to stay in character – so much so, he blacked out. And by the end, it’s clear that this finely-tuned feature demanded that the cast (and quite possibly the crew as well) put their blood, sweat, tears, farts and other bodily fluids into crafting this fully cinematic experience.
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Part unsettling horror, part pitch black absurd comedy, part psychological character study, the period piece is about two lighthouse keepers (played by Robert Pattinson and Willem Dafoe) that get stranded on a remote New England island and subsequently descend into madness. The intermittent blast of the lighthouse’s foghorn throughout is just enough to immerse you in the mental anguish plaguing the characters without giving it to you too.Director Robert Eggers’ THE LIGHTHOUSE has yet to be officially released, but tales about what’s in the film and what happened on set have been circulating online for a few months now since its auspicious Cannes debut early this year.
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Dafoe, meanwhile, plays the more measured, but arguably just as damaged, Wake with ferocity and unpredictability.ĭirector Eggers creates a world that is both beautiful and unsettling with the stark imagery of crashing waves and looming rocks interspersed with violent flashes of tentacles and blood. Pattinson exercises an impressive range of emotion in his portrayal of the fragile Winslow, from fanatic anguish to tortured ecstasy, including a masturbation scene that might possibly be the most intense in cinematic history.
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Indeed, also spurred by the alcohol, there are glimpses of almost tender moments between the pair, who sink deeper into their fates that now seem intertwined with that of the island. In stressful situations like these, people secrete more oxytocin – a hormone involved in social bonding – which could lead to the development of more friendly relationships for support and protection, says Robinson. Read more: What is it like to live in isolation for months on end?