Lost Highway 1997

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 135 min

genre: horror

theme: surreal

director: David Lynch

Score: 7 / 10

Lost Highway is a 1997 surrealist neo-noir horror film directed by David Lynch, who co-wrote the screenplay with Barry Gifford. It stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and Balthazar Getty. The film also features Robert Blake, Jack Nance, and Richard Pryor in their final film performances. The narrative follows a musician (Pullman) who begins receiving unmarked videotapes of his home before he is abruptly convicted of murdering his wife (Arquette). While imprisoned, he mysteriously disappears and is replaced by a young mechanic (Getty) leading a different life.

Plot

Saxophonist Fred Madison receives a cryptic message on his intercom in the Hollywood Hills: "Dick Laurent is dead." Moments later, he hears tires screeching and sirens racing past his house. The next morning, his wife Renee finds a VHS tape on their porch showing eerie footage of their house. That night, Fred struggles during intimacy with Renee and confesses he dreamed of her being attacked. As he looks at her, he briefly sees the face of a pale, old man.

Cast

More details

author	Barry Gifford David Lynch
contentLocation	Los Angeles
director	David Lynch
editor	Mary Sweeney
genre	crime horror mystery thriller
keywords	arrest attack burn death row dismembered body disturb fall flash of light hollywood hills morning mystery man nosebleed old man stolen goods tailgate van nuys vhs vhs tape video camera wander
musicBy	Angelo Badalamenti
producer	Mary Sweeney
productionCompany	Ciby 2000
publisher	Ciby 2000 October Films
recordedAt	California Los Angeles North Carolina
theme	avant-garde and experimental independent mystery thriller narrative neo-noir race rape surreal