Lost Highway (1997)

This is a very sharp and subtle surreal mystery-horror tale that takes some key-elements off gems like "Meshes Of The Afternoon", "Double Indemnity", "Dead Of Night", "Detour", "Out Of The Past", "Kiss Me Deadly", "Last Years At Marienbad", "Carnival Of Souls", "Happy End", "Images", "Some Call It Loving", "Zigeunerweisen" and "Suture" to re-elaborate it all in a more organic and unsettling way, through mesmerizing and disturbing sequences that will never fade away from the viewer's mind and requires multiple views to be fully understood without ever becoming boring, a unique quality!

My 6th Lynch film. I think was his best. Most clear expression of his world/thoughts/feelings. For me art is about expressing what's up in your mind/your emotions, from that perspective this seems really good. Nice pictures, beatific atmosphere, and admittedly a unique movie. Keep it uppp

This review contains spoilers.Lost Highway is directed by David Lynch. The movie is a mystery centered on a man that attempts to solve how he is being filmed by a mysterious man. The movie culminates with his significant other being killed and his arrest. However, the movie then takes a turn as he morphs into another identity. As he goes to his new life, similar patterns emerge and he is once again on the run.Lost Highway demands much from the audience. For one it is not easy to understand. The plot can appear convoluted and nonsensical at first glance. The movie does not hold the audience's hand as events unfold. Images may appear to the audience that they may not understand initially, however I would recommend that the audience be patient with how the movie is presented. The movie is richer for not giving out the answer to the mystery. It is also best to explore the psychological nature of this movie and allow yourself to for your own conclusion. David Lynch did an admirable job with his budget. I felt that every scene went as well as it could have. Although the low budget is apparent, it does not detract from the experience.Lost Highway is incredibly difficult to recommend as I feel it does much to prevent immediate audience engagement. The audience must be incredibly patient in order to enjoy the movie and to get the most out of it. I would recommend Lost Highway to any audience member that is willing to spend time with a unique story.

Lost Highway finds Lynch just as confused as his audience. He exploits Patricia Arquette to no end, showing us her naked body as though it were a Star Wars special effect every few minutes. As a feminist accidentally born with testicles, I found this very offensive. Furthermore, I couldn't help but feel this movie has a conservative message underneath all the flash and weirdness. When we see Patricia Arquette on a movie screen, in a porno film, near the end of the movie, a harsh, seeming gregorian chant from a Ramstein song (and let's not pretend we don't know what THOSE GUYS represent..,) plays on the soundtrack. In an almost Spielbergian gesture of fascist filmmaking, the audience is forced to find something negative in a woman's choice to do with her body what she wants. Shame on you, Mr. Lynch!When you pull apart the pieces of Lost Highway and examine them, the movie doesn't make much sense, I'm afraid to say. I'm one of those people who loves to claim that, "If you didn't like it, you didn't get it!" But I'm afraid here, I can't defend modern art with that old standby. The fact of the matter is, Mr. Lynch's warmup for his masterpiece, Mulholland Dr., is an emperor with no clothes.