Director David Lynch ups the weird ante with this "psychological fugue." Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is a jazz saxophonist who is married to the beautiful Renee (a brown-haired Patricia Arquette). After receiving menacing videotapes taken from inside their home, the couple begin to worry. Fred's fear is compounded when he meets .. Read more
| Starring | Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Genres | Drama |
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Director David Lynch ups the weird ante with this "psychological fugue." Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is a jazz saxophonist who is married to the beautiful Renee (a brown-haired Patricia Arquette). After receiving menacing videotapes taken from inside their home, the couple begin to worry. Fred's fear is compounded when he meets a mysterious man (Robert Blake) at a flamboyant party. Fred wakes up to discover that Renee has been murdered, and Fred is convicted of the crime. Trouble is, he doesn't remember anything from that night. Sitting in a jail cell, he undergoes a miraculous transformation, waking up as Pete Dayton (Balthazar Getty), a young mechanic. When Pete meets a dangerous client's sexy girlfriend, Alice Wakefield (a blonde Arquette), a passionate affair blossoms that threatens to expose Pete.
In typical Lynch fashion, he makes no effort whatsoever to explain his film or justify its bizarre occurrences, resulting in an enigmatic thriller that feels like the viewer has unknowingly walked into another person's dream. The screenplay adheres to many universal film noir conventions, but Lynch and co-screenwriter Barry Gifford's psychological angle gives them a freedom to do anything that they so desire (a concept they giddily embrace). For fans of surreal, visually arresting cinema, Lynch delivers once again.
| Starring | Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Robert Loggia, Richard Pryor, Gary Busey, Lucy Butler |
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| Director | David Lynch |
| Studio | CINEMA CLUB |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 8 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: None |
| Released | Production year: 1997 To Rent: DVD: not available |
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An exploration of four characters in search of each other that leaves them, and the audience, too often stranded in limbo.
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Dark and impenetrable
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Sweet Perfection!
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Lost Highway
Very weird film, didn't enjoy it, couldn't understand it, don't recommend it! I'll wait for the updated version and see if that's any ... read more »
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Not for those who dislike loose ends...
The other reviews will give you a flavour of what actually happens in this film so I won't bother, but it is worth pointing out that the soundtrack was put ... read more »
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