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Oddball auteur David Lynch takes viewers on another surreal journey in this highly enigmatic neo-noir. The story concerns a jazz musician (Bill Pullman) who is tormented by his cheating wife (Patricia Arquette), haunted by a spectral demon, and ultimately accused of his wife's brutal slaying, which he doesn't remember. Then "plot two" takes over as the musician switches roles with a mechanic who launches an affair with the seductive moll (Arquette again) of a dangerous gangster. Lynch leaves it up to the audience to connect the dots, which makes for a challenging, though exhilarating, motion picture. Director David Lynch Star Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia, Robert Blake, Gary Busey, Special Features: Audio: Dolby Digital - English Subtitles - English (SDH) Optional Interactive Features: 10-Part Multi-Angle Interview with David Lynch Runtime: 135 minutes Year of Release: 1997.Reviews:
Director David Lynch ups the weird ante with this "psychological
fugue." Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is a jazz saxophonist who is
married to the beautiful Renee (a brown-haired Patricia Arquette).
After receiving menacing videotapes taken from inside their home, the
couple begin to worry. Fred's fear is compounded when he meets a
mysterious man (Robert Blake) at a flamboyant party. Fred wakes up to
discover that Renee has been murdered, and Fred is convicted of the
crime. Trouble is, he doesn't remember anything from that night.
Sitting in a jail cell, he undergoes a miraculous transformation,
waking up as Pete Dayton (Balthazar Getty), a young mechanic. When Pete
meets a dangerous client's sexy girlfriend, Alice Wakefield (a blonde
Arquette), a passionate affair blossoms that threatens to expose Pete.
In
typical Lynch fashion, he makes no effort whatsoever to explain his
film or justify its bizarre occurrences, resulting in an enigmatic
thriller that feels like the viewer has unknowingly walked into another
person's dream. The screenplay adheres to many universal film noir
conventions, but Lynch and co-screenwriter Barry Gifford's
psychological angle gives them a freedom to do anything that they so
desire (a concept they giddily embrace). For fans of surreal, visually
arresting cinema, Lynch delivers once again
Synopsis
Oddball auteur David Lynch takes viewers
on another surreal journey in this highly enigmatic neo-noir. The story
concerns a jazz musician (Bill Pullman) who is tormented by his
cheating wife (Patricia Arquette), haunted by a spectral demon, and
ultimately accused of his wife's brutal slaying, which he doesn't
remember. Then "plot two" takes over as the musician switches roles
with a mechanic who launches an affair with the seductive moll
(Arquette again) of a dangerous gangster. Lynch leaves it up to the
audience to connect the dots, which makes for a challenging, though
exhilarating, motion picture.
Industry Reviews
"...Lynch displays his peerless gift for creeping us out with a minimum of means -- the sheer anticipation of horror..."
Entertainment Weekly - Owen Gleiberman (02/21/1997)
"...Coolly
ominous....[The film] constructs an intricate puzzle out of dream
logic, lurid eroticism, violence, shifting identities and fierce
intimations of doom..."
New York Times - Janet Maslin (02/21/1997)
"...Beautifully
made....LOST HIGHWAY is best at creating a sense of unease....Lynch has
put together some thoroughly spooky situations..."
Los Angeles Times - Kenneth Turan (02/21/1997)
3 stars out of 5 -- "[N]ightmare visionary David Lynch slipped the moorings of conventional narrative altogether..."
Uncut - Stephen Dalton (03/01/2006)
Quotations
"I
like to remember things my own way...How I remember them. Not
necessarily the way they happened."--Fred Madison (Bill Pullman)
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