The Lighthouse is a surreal journey into insanity and isolation, but it was inspired by a very real-world event despite its ambiguous plot. Despite the surreal, otherwordly style of Eggers grew up in Lee, New Hampshire. His parents are Kelly (née Houston) and Walter Eggers, and he has two brothers, Max and Sam. He moved to New York City in 2001 to attend an acting conservatory.
Is the lighthouse based on a book?
Is it based on a true story? According to Eggers, the plot of the film is very loosely based on an old Welsh story about a pair of lighthouse keepers. ... The Welsh tale featured two keepers called Thomas, the same as the characters in the film.
Is to the lighthouse a good book?
This novel hasn't a single character one is likely to care about. Normally this would be the death knell for a piece of fiction. But somehow To the Lighthouse won immediate acclaim upon publication in 1925 and has ever since been acknowledged as a classic of modern literature. It certainly is influential at any rate.
