Lost Highway 1997

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 135 min

theme: surreal

director: David Lynch

Score: 7 / 10

Lost Highway is a 1997 surrealist neo noir film directed by David Lynch and co-written by Lynch and Barry Gifford. It stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, and Robert Blake in his final film role. The film follows a musician (Pullman) who begins receiving mysterious VHS tapes of him and his wife (Arquette) in their home. He is suddenly convicted of murder, after which he inexplicably disappears and is replaced by a young mechanic (Getty) leading a different life.

Plot

Fred Madison, a Los Angeles saxophonist, receives a message on his house intercom: "Dick Laurent is dead." He hears tires squealing and sirens blaring past his house immediately afterwards. The next morning, his wife Renee finds a VHS tape on their porch containing a video of their house. After having sex, Fred tells her he had a dream about someone resembling her being attacked. He then sees Renee's face as that of a pale old man. Another tape arrives, showing shots of them asleep in their bed. Fred and Renee call the police but the detectives offer no assistance.

Cast

More details

author	Barry Gifford David Lynch
contentLocation	Los Angeles
director	David Lynch
editor	Mary Sweeney
keywords	attack cadillac claim death row dismembered body follow morning mystery man old house old man phone call porn producer prison guard scream tailgater vhs vhs tape video camera
musicBy	Angelo Badalamenti
producer	Mary Sweeney
productionCompany	Ciby 2000
publisher	October Films
recordedAt	California Los Angeles North Carolina
theme	avant-garde and experimental independent narrative neo-noir noir rape surreal