It was more of a dusty, crusty, rusty, musty black and white.” It’s been no secret that the making of “The Lighthouse” was a strenuous undertaking for cast and crew alike.

Atmosphere infuses the ‘particularly photographic’ black-and-white ‘Lighthouse’ Cinematographer Jarin Blaschke filmed “The Lighthouse” with director Robert Eggers.

How ‘The Lighthouse’ Cinematographer Shot a “Transportive” Black-and-White Film. To capture the claustrophobic dread of Robert Eggers’ thriller, DP Jarin Blaschke turned to rare film ...

So we shot on black-and-white negative because there’s a way in which the blacks just bottom out in a way you can’t quite get by shooting color and doing it in the DI. Blaschke: Film is our ...

It looks like The Lighthouse's black and white film was rather essential to crafting the movie's signature tone. Because without it, the remote existence of the two protagonists wouldn't be the same.

It's being shot on 35mm as well. “It’s set in 1890, and we’re shooting on 35mm black and white stock, virtually unheard of nowadays,” she says. “Most black and white movies are shot in ...

Black-and-white stock complicated a tough shoot, but was essential to "The Lighthouse's" aesthetic.