Lost Highway

Plot

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

About Lost Highway

Lost Highway is a 1997 surrealist neo-noir horror film directed by David Lynch, who co-wrote it with Barry Gifford. The film stars Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, and Balthazar Getty, as well as Robert Blake, Jack Nance, and Richard Pryor in all of their final film roles. It follows a man who receives unmarked VHS tapes showing footage of his home before he is abruptly arrested for his wife's murder, at which point he mysteriously disappears and is replaced by a young man leading a different life. Financed by French production company Ciby 2000 and Lynch's own Asymmetrical Productions, the film was largely shot in Los Angeles, where Lynch collaborated with cinematographer Peter Deming and frequent producer and editor Mary Sweeney. The film's surreal narrative structure has been likened to a Möbius strip, while Lynch has described it as a "psychogenic fugue" rather than a conventionally logical story. Angelo Badalamenti and Barry Adamson scored the film, while the soundtrack, produced by Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails, features songs by David Bowie, Lou Reed, and Rammstein, as well as new recordings from Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, and the Smashing Pumpkins. Lost Highway polarized critics upon release, with some initially dismissing it as incoherent; it has since been reappraised, garnering a cult following and scholarly interest. It was a box office failure, grossing…

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