This is prime real estate for Apple to splash cash on bombastic CGI to bring more viewers over to the platform, but it also promises some food for thought as well.
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“Foundation” looks to classic sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov for its inspiration, adapting his book series about a band of exiles who must fight against an inter-planetary empire after a genius prophet predicts the future destruction of the galaxy. It’s not literally a galactic “Game of Thrones” spin-off, although in this era of remaking popular things I almost wouldn’t be surprised if it was, but it is certainly another attempt to fill the gap still left by the fantasy phenomenon after its ending two years ago.
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Over on Apple TV Plus this month, they’re sending “Game of Thrones” into space with its epic “Foundation” series. Season one probed into the OJ Simpson murder case, season two examined the assassination of Gianni Versace and now season three anchors the perspective in that of the multiple women involved in the Clinton political scandal, which lead to his impeachment. This is another anthology show, meaning each season has covered a different topic and can be watched by themselves should viewers only be interested in a certain story. That’s just the start of what’s hot in the streaming world right now.Ĭloser to reality, Binge is pushing season three of “American Crime Story”, a dramatisation of the affair between former US president Bill Clinton and White House intern Monica Lewinsky. Many will love it and many will hate it, but either way, it’s almost guaranteed that willing viewers will never have seen anything like “The Lighthouse” before and its credit to Netflix for throwing something so bafflingly unique in the mix. Indeed, the story’s influences are as wide as an ocean, including that of Edgar Allan Poe’s final, unfinished story and a real life mystery about three lighthouse keepers who went missing in 1900. Others may spot the heavy mythological influence, or take it as a psychological deep dive.
“The Lighthouse” is about as indie as it gets when it comes to filmmaking, but its success lies in the fact that people can take as little or as much as they want from it.įor some, this may just be a tale of two men going crazy on an island together. It’s also shot entirely in an eerie black and white, giving the experience a strange feeling of existing in some kind of limbo. The only cast members of this surreal experience include Willem Dafoe, an irate, “Captain Ahabesque” lighthouse keeper who commands a shady young employee played by Robert Pattinson.īoth actors put on some of the most impressive performances of their careers, especially Dafoe in his deliverance of crazed, folkloric monologues as the situation on the island breaks down.
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The film is a curious, intense and at times disgusting descent into total madness, far off the beaten path of mainstream movie making hence its addition to the world’s most popular streaming platform coming as a surprise.īut its uncanny sensibilities seemed to have captured the intrigue of audiences and in turn the attention of Netflix. QUIETLY having washed up on the shores of Netflix this month is “The Lighthouse”, a beguiling black-and-white tale of two lighthouse keepers both named Thomas stranded on an isle off the coast of New England.
“The Lighthouse”, says streaming columnist NICK OVERALL, is about as indie as it gets when it comes to filmmaking, but its success lies in the fact that people can take as little or as much as they want from it. Willem Dafoe in “The Lighthouse” (Netflix).
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