Lost Highway

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It amazes me how people will call something art, just because it doesn´t make sense. "I don´t get it, so the artist (writer, direstor, whatever) must be genuis!" Don´t be fooled. D.Lynch had a bad dream and decided to make it into a movie. Just like dreams it doesn´t make sense. People and locations change. There is no discernible plot. By the time the movie ends, you´ll be wondering why it ended here of all places when the merciful thing to do would have been to end it after half an hour. If anything this movie proves that if you´ve got a big name you can make crap and people will love it. I gave the movie 1 out of 10. I wanted to give it 0, but 1 is the lowest you can give. So it gets a "1" for the first half hour which was kinda spooky.

The plot was confusing to say the least, but the cinamatography was excellent. It was often frantic, dreamy, disturbing, it even acheived a tarentino-esque quality at one piont. In my mind this was much better than blue velvet. The camerawork and effects were the most haunting I have ever seen. This is a must see for any film buff or aspiring director.

Have you never wanted to kill? An intense artist, a cuckhold, an inadequate, aware of his wife's history and infidelities, and his own failings, turns the corner. The souless apartment they inhabit is unloved. The gap between need and satisfaction is breached only by increasingly voyeuristic and violent paranoia. A videotape of the apartment exterior arrives, someone is watching. In a second tape, the observer ventures further. The camera films them sleeping. A disastrous party, wife drunk in another man's arms, an encounter with a dark force at the bar. Disturbed sleep. A third tape in the morning shows the cold, murderous fact. Some history can't be redescribed. You can try to justify a terrible crime in fantasy if you wish, but the truth is inescapable.

In this day and age, there are few film makers who are no longer just in it for the money, few who don't stick with the same old formulas. David Lynch is one of them. Being a Lynch fan, I was a little cautious watching this, thinking he might have sold out, but this is PURE Lynch! Great film that makes you feel different after viewing it. Highly original, and Fantastically directed, this is one of his best. 10/10

David Lynch's philosophy has always been art over entertainment, and this film continues that trend. However this is Lynch's most entertaining film to date, despite the slow start and annoyingly whispered dialogue. This odd film centers around a jazz saxophonist(Pullman) who is convicted of murdering his wife(Arquette). While in prison, he transforms into a twenty four year old mechanic wiz(Getty), but that little plot line never gets fully explained. This film will leave many viewers scratching their heads, which is always Lynch's intent, but if you can't follow the plot, just enjoy the soundtrack, which features Rammstein and Nine Inch Nails, and Patricia Arquette showing off her flawless form often. Finally something decent by David Lynch.

Nothing different than any other Lynch's movie, the plot is incoherent, absurd and confusing. But if you stick with it you'll be able to somehow understand. In fact the confusion and the process of understanding the movie is part of the fun and I had a great time.

I see there's a couple of smartasses writing these comments writing stuff like " uh its not art or anything" well you try making a movie like that. Maybe it doesn't make any sense, maybe it's not supposed to, maybe Lynch is just making fun of us and having a good time watching the critics trying to figure out what it's about. But don't tell me that it doesn't take any skill to make a movie like that. I bet most of the hollywood directors wouldn't be able to make a movie like that

The scenes with Bill Pullman in the lead are quite simply, creepy as hell. These scenes are for me the best the film has to offer. The rest is okay and you have got to love the rest of the cast, especially Robert Loggia. What'd they do to get him to scream at the tailgater like that? Last time I screamed at someone like that, it was at my four-year old niece for leaving her jacks set on the floor, which I unfortunately stepped on barefoot. This movie will warp your mind and I suggest you watch it for what is lain before you. Trying to put this movie together will rack your brain and give you a headache. The film equivalent of the question, "Does God exist?" You'll have an idea but chances are you'll leave out one minor detail that'll tear your concept down. My head hurts now, just thinking about it. Watch it in the dark with whoever you're sleeping with. Rating: **** out of *****

this is truly a classic. the entire film can be read on several different levels; literally, a bit deeper, and the significance of that deeper level. currently i've only just been able to get under the surface. let me be the first to tell you: beyond the surreal atmosphere and the best lit sex scenes of all time is something very interesting going on. i won't spoil this for you, as it wasn't spoiled for me when i first had the pleasure of watching it. i would agree that the widescreen version is the way to go, but either will do. do not watch this film if you are not interested in thinking about it. it was produced to be thought about. it is more than just surreality and chaos, but only if you let it be. keep an open mind about it and expect nothing but the best from the master of the bizarre. david lynch, i am in your debt.