"This is some spooky shit we got here."
i don't think i'll ever get tired of watching this psychedelic disturbing overwhelming film
I would like to rate it but...
I really don't know what to think...
“Lost Highway” is the film that opens David Lynch’s “mature” period. Loosely inspired by the OJ Simpson trial, it’s focused on the idea of “psychogenic fugue” in relation to traumatic events. Fred’s mind is desperately trying to protect itself by erasing certain memories and assuming a new identity. However, reality (represented by the videotapes taken by Mystery Man, the only entity who seems to have witnessed all events) keeps reminding him about the fallacy of subjective memory. But is video a reliable source of information? After all, what we are witnessing as viewers is a mere product of fiction.
It’s not as engaging as “Mulholland Drive” or “Inland Empire” (by far the best of his films centered on identity), but I loved the gritty, grungy atmosphere and inventive camerawork here. The first 45 minutes could classify as some of the most unsettling horror footage in film history. Badalamenti’s score is also integrated by unnerving droning sounds, popular industrial songs, and contributions by Trent Reznor to help the film build up its own unique mood.
Unfortunately, most of the tension falls apart with Pete’s lengthy segment in the middle, which felt like just like a low-key reiteration of the Blue Velvet formula.
First time I watched this I was very young. Now that I am MUCH older I can enjoy this on so many more levels!
This was one strange, beautifully eerie movie. A little hard to understand but by the end it makes sense. David Lynch is a master at these off the wall films and this one doesn’t disappoint.
Still frozen on my seat each time I see a Lynch movie… Can’t get my brain to stop thinking even though I know I won’t get very far trying to see clearly across this ambiguous movie. Some shots are breathtaking especially the one gets close to Fred after continuously chasing after the phone. The spectator feels as if they were the threat to the character…
The kind of intriguing puzzle where you immediately want to discuss with other people how everything fits together after seeing it.
I love how much faith David Lynch has in visual storytelling, there’s little to no handholding through exposition, leaving just enough breadcrumbs to connect the dots.
It’s a movie that comfortably fits in that late 90s paradigm of films that critique masculinity and films that use the concept of a fake reality/unreliable narrator (the protagonist literally says: I like to remember things my own way, which I think is the key to understanding most of this movie), while also standing out because of its unique Freudian angle.
The soundtrack is incredible, most of the filmmaking is quite impressive but there are some choices that I’m not huge on (some weird editing, they make a clear effort to point out early on that the ‘mystery man’ is real, when he’s clearly just a representation of something else) and the acting’s very good (if the first act seems stiff and awkward to you, that’s intentional).
8.5/10
"We've met before, haven't we."
Before finally getting around to watching the whole movie I would always watch "The Mystery Man" scene. Everything from the the audio from the noisy party gets drowned out, like they’ve entered a separate dimension. The color grading changes as the music goes down when he walks up to Bill Pullman. Robert Blake (The Mystery Man) has no eyebrows or eyelashes. His face, his voice, his laugh. Pure creepy.
David lynch is the type of director who explains nothing but shows us everything we need to know to gasp it's dark and yet deep meaning.
A soft core porn mindfuck movie, it was boring... Mulholland Drive I guess it got inspired by this movie but they did it better.
A truly surreal experience from a fantastic director.
David Lynch is a hell of a director! What a fascinating and confusing thriller..
David Lynch is a hell of a director! What a fascinating and confusing thriller..
Fucking mindblowing. Inside the mind of a psychopath from Sigmund Freud's point of view. A masterpiece.
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Lynch got me there.Maybe mullohant was a 9/10 movie but this one.Fucking totally Ninja 10/10...
Its blow mind but in the end you are going το love it just pay attention...