Lost Highway
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
- Amanda Anka
- Balthazar Getty
- Bill Pullman
- David Lynch
- Dru Berrymore
- F. William Parker
- Gary Busey
- Giovanni Ribisi
- Greg Travis
- Guy Siner
- Heather Stephens
- Henry Rollins
- Jack Kehler
- Jack Nance
- Jennifer Syme
- Jeordie White
- John Roselius
- Leslie Bega
- Lisa Boyle
- Marilyn Manson
- Michael Massee
- Michael Shamus Wiles
- Mink Stole
- Natasha Gregson Wagner
- Patricia Arquette
- Richard Pryor
- Robert Blake
- Robert Loggia
- Scott Coffey
More details
author | Barry Gifford David Lynch |
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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 |