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Lost Highway

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From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).
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Marking a further escalation in David Lynch's surrealist style, Lost Highway is a foreboding mystery that arguably leads to a dead end, although it is signposted throughout with some of the director's most haunting images yet.

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Kevin Maher The Times (UK) 12/16/2024
5/5
Forget about vampires, zombies and the undead, this is true horror. Go to Full Review Richard Brody The New Yorker 07/05/2022
Lynch brings the movie’s febrile and violent artifice to life in visual compositions of a poised, painterly authority and interrupts them with quick bursts of hallucinatory frenzy. Go to Full Review Jeremiah Kipp Slant Magazine 04/01/2008
3.5/4
It's pensive male anxiety, and for some cultural reason it's easier for audiences to accept female hysteria than the insecurities of men. Go to Full Review Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 12
4/5
Possibly David Lynch's best blend of a cohesive narrative mixed with otherworldly elements. Go to Full Review Chance Solem-Pfeifer Willamette Week Feb 12
Evil flows like an invisible current through Lost Highway, one of Lynch’s feel-bad best. Go to Full Review Noah Berlatsky Everything is Horrible (Substack) 01/23/2025
Lynch refuses to commit to any clear theme beyond the standard misogynist noir trope that women who have sexual autonomy are evil and maybe deserve to be murdered. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Jonny Mar 23 amazing. chilling and artful. beautiful See more Jadan S Mar 22 This film was the closest experience I've had that was akin to experiencing a dream while fully awake. Make no mistake, you will be lost while watching this. But it is 100% worth the journey. See more Peter Mar 22 I don't know how to rate it. I hated it and loved it at the same. See more Katie K 4d I feel empty! I don’t feel happiness, I don’t feel sadness, I feel nothing. I won’t get that time back, seriously don’t bother, unless you want to come on here and pretend to be a deep intellectual. See more Jack F @MovieFan111 Jan 3 Lynch certainly makes his style clear in this movie. The only people who know about this movie, much less seen it, are the nerds. Other than that, it remains invisible to the common person. But if you read this review, and decide you might want to watch it, here's my advice: Go into it thinking it will be very confusing. It starts out understandable, but by the end, you won't understand. I think this goes for all Lynch films though-- that you don't try to understand his movies, but to just watch it, and go with it. If you can do that, you'll enjoy this movie, and his other movies more. Honestly, I'm kind of surprised it didn't get NC-17, but then again, not really. See more Stefanos S @Stefanoulis Dec 10 A genius study on the destructive power of beauty, seduction, obsession and the deadly, dark side of love and passion. A masterpiece of gorgeous imagery, combined with great music and amazing performances. True art See more Read all reviews
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David Lynch

Director

Bill Pullman

Fred Madison

Patricia Arquette

Renee Madison

Balthazar Getty

Pete Dayton

Robert Blake

Mystery Man

Natasha Gregson Wagner

Sheila

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BILL PULLMAN as "Fred Madison." PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Renee Madison" and BILL PULLMAN as "Fred Madison." "Mystery Man" (ROBERT BLAKE) (l), and "Mr. Eddy" (ROBERT LOGGIA) (r). BILL PULLMAN as "Fred Madison." PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Renee Madison." "Pete Dayton" (BALTHAZAR GETTY) and "Alice Wakefield" (PATRICIA ARQUETTE). PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Renee Madison." PATRICIA ARQUETTE as "Alice Wakefield." View more photos

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Synopsis From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).
Director
David Lynch
Producer
Deepak Nayar, Tom Sternberg, Mary Sweeney
Screenwriter
David Lynch, Barry Gifford
Distributor
October Films
Production Co
October Films, Lost Highway Productions, Asymmetrical Productions
Rating
R (Strong Language|Sexual Content|Violence)
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 1997, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 13, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA)
$18.0K
Runtime
2h 15m
Sound Mix
Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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