Episode 70: The Lighthouse (with Maggie Mae Fish)

Beyond the Screenplay

Michael Tucker

Tv & Film

4.7 • 626 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2021

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

The LFTS team welcomes YouTube creator Maggie Mae Fish to discuss The Lighthouse's dense mythic symbolism, both leads' committed performances, and how the film's incredible attention to detail makes up its haunting atmosphere.

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Maggie Mae Fish's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/MaggieMaeFish/

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Michael and welcome to Beyond the Screenplay, the podcast where each week we do a conversational deep dive analysis into a film.
0:13.5	Today we are talking about The Lighthouse, the 2019 film directed by Robert Eggers, written by Robert Eggers and Max Eggers.
0:20.5	I'm joined today by part of the
0:22.2	Beyond the Screenplay team, Trisha Arvan. Hello, everybody. And Brian Bittner. Oh, hi, hoi. And our guest today
0:28.2	is a fellow YouTube video essayist. Her website in Twitter bio describes her as an actor, writer,
0:33.4	and court jester. Maggie Mayfish, thank you for joining us today. Hello, thank you so much for having me.
0:39.3	What a wonderful film to sit down and chat about today.
0:42.7	Yes, very excited about it.
0:44.7	Before we dive in, quick shout out for everyone listening on Spotify.
0:48.2	Our Q&A question for you today is, what is your favorite black and white film?
0:53.2	I really want to know I love black and white films.
0:55.5	There should be more of them.
0:56.5	And I want to know what all of your favorite ones are.
0:58.7	So let us know.
0:59.7	And it can be old-timey.
1:01.2	Like it had to be black and white or it can be new
1:03.9	where it didn't have to be black and white,
1:05.5	where it's more of a choice.
1:06.9	Indeed.
1:07.5	It could be Casablanca, and that's a great answer to it. And that's okay.
1:13.1	Awesome.
1:13.7	So, yeah, so we're here to talk about the lighthouse.
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