| Weirdness overload! (by Coventry) |
| I believe it was the legendary Homer Simpson who once gave the ideal description on David Lynch productions. During watching a Twin Peaks'-episode he said, `Brilliant but I don't get it'. Too true you love what you're seeing and you want to be a part of the mysterious Lynch universe! You actually feel the urge to search for solutions, you want to solve the riddle that is Lost Highway and you desperately try to do so until you realize it's in fact a puzzle that cannot be solved. Therefore, my advice would be: Don't try to be Einstein and develop too many <more> |
| An incredibly well-done film... but not for everyone's tastes (by TBJCSKCNRRQTreviews) |
| This is the first film directed by David Lynch I've seen, not counting The Elephant Man, which is another great film, but is an outsider in his career, since it is not surreal. This film is, however, making it the first typical Lynch film I've seen. And I'm honestly not sure what to make of it. I had heard a lot about Lynch's films before watching, but I guess I hadn't heard enough. I went into this film hoping for a good mystery, an interesting puzzle to solve. As the end credits rolled I didn't know what to make of what I had just seen. I didn't get an answer to <more> |
| Stunning. (by p_monkey) |
| Lighting. That's the thing I remembered most from the first time I saw this film. Amazing lighting. Certain directors, Lynch included, are able to tell the story using camera movement, what's seen/not seen. Lynch, however, has taken that a step further with the way he chooses to light his scenes - he sculpts his shots in a manner that seems almost more like a theatrical lighting designer's work. The use of shadows within the home, the stark colors that accompany certain scenes, even the car lighting in the titles - all of this is used to draw the audience's attention to a <more> |
| For those, who try to understand the Movie (by knockpasheemore) |
| First of all let me say, that it is not as serious, if you don't get the movies of David Lynch at once or even never . Lynch is not a film maker who tries to make movies with a problem-solving message, but an artist. Moreover he started as a painter and so he tries to create an atmosphere more than to develop a story.Most viewers will have realized that "Lost Highway" is a story about a schizophrenic murderer even Lynch mentioned it . But that is not the complete clue to the movie. Cause everyone is aware of Fred's metamorphosis although no one seems to really care about <more> |
| An intense experience (by mst-2) |
| Clearly, as with most of David Lynch's films, Lost Highway is not for everyone. It is, as Lynch intended it to be, a film realization of a dream. In this regard, it is comparable, in terms of artistry and raw intensity to Kurosawa's _Dreams_. Indeed, in terms of sensory experience - cinematography and sound, for example - Kurosawa and Lynch have few rivals. However, the comparison falls away rather quickly in consideration of the film's content. Lost Highway is really no dream, but a nightmare.Let's face it, like it or not, everything Lynch does is intentional. This film has <more> |
| film noir (by dankelty34) |
| The way I see this film--and it may not be original or new to anyone, if not, I apologize--is that it should be understood, at least partly, as a film noir movie, and that the "message" if there is one or intent of Lynch is to comment on the modern psyche through the film noir genre. The elements of film noir are these: a man who is innocent of all wrong, finds himself in an inescapable situation in which he is pointed out as a culprit/criminal. He is helpless not only in wrenching free of the circumstances usually he is set up by someone , but is quite in the dark as to how he <more> |
| An amazing movie experience (by claybo76) |
| This was the first time I was in anticipation of the release of a David Lynch film. Having only discovered his movies and Twin Peaks in the period of 1992-1997. I became a huge fan, owning several films on video as well as the complete Twin Peaks series.I was not disappointed with Lost Highway. A film that left me totally stunned. A film that I did not want to end, in the hope that I could figure out what was going on. A film that left some scenes imprinted on my brain like a tattoo. A film that is a dream.This film is what dreams are. There are times when you feel you control the dream, <more> |
| Dual (by tedg) |
| All hail David Lynch. All hail the other David Lynch.Lynch is not a complex man, I think; it is easy to read him. But he is cinematically articulate and its a pleasure of a special sort when you meet an articulate artist. His interest is simply described: duals.All his films work with some exploration of this idea. What makes him interesting is that he doesn't work the usual way, with a reality and then a surreal overlay. Both elements in his experiments are what we coarsely call "surreal." The game in traveling with him is an investment in the idea that there is no anchor to <more> |
| My explanation of this wonderful film. (by Takeshi-K) |
| Don't read this unless you want it explained . Fred found out that his Wife had done adult films in the past. She promised him she wouldn't do it again. He can't handle it. He's super stressed out about it and can only feel release through playing jazz and having frenetic sex with his Wife. His behavior freaks her out.She starts to reconnect with her friendships she had neglected due to her marriage. One of them is a former adult film producer/star with whom she had worked years before. Fred sees her talking to him at the party. Their somewhat over friendly behavior gets Fred <more> |