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Director David Lynchs 1997 neo-noir Lost Highway is returning to theaters in 4K restoration. The movie will open on June 24 at Lincoln Centre, New York, and Nuart Theater in Los Angeles. The restored version is supervised by Lynch himself.
Co-written by Lynch along with Barry Gifford the psychological thriller is crafted out of an inventory of imagery by the director and tells two separate yet intersecting stories. First, a jazz musician finds himself accused of his wifes murder, whom he suspected to have an affair outside their marriage. The other story follows a young mechanic who is drawn into a web of lies and deceit by a woman who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. The two stories are interlinked based on the fact that the woman in both stories is the same one played by Patricia Arquette.

Lynch creates a noir doomed and desolate world which is characterized by excessive darkness sexuality, and violence. The movie initially garnered mixed reviews from both critics and audiences however, it is now known as a cult classic. The movie grossed $3.7 million domestically in its three-week run in the theaters. Lost Highway was the first of three movies set in Los Angeles by Lynch and was followed by Mulholland Drive in 2001 and Inland Empire in 2006. Furthermore, the film was adapted as an opera by Olga Neuwirth, an Austrian Composer.

The movie was produced by Mary Sweeney, Tom Sternberg, and Deepak Nayar. The movie features the original background score by Angelo Badalamenti and Barry Adamson along with contributing artists like The Smashing Pumpkins, Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, David Bowie, and Marilyn Manson.

Obligatory
https://youtu.be/qZowK0NAvig

Recommended for Lynch enthusiasts or folks who dig completely mental horror shit

David Lynchs episodes on Louie are so good

This is a fantastic movie btw.

My favorite scene in the movie
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LPEYsazrKIw

Never seen it, but 2 of my favorite songs came from the soundtrack.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rLFxMXlZYbo

https://youtu.be/pa5YJRcfCfM

good for those two theaters

ultimate reaver posted...

good for those two theaters

Lmfaooo ikr

David Lynch is never misunderstood because he doesn't really actually mean to say anything. Just makes things seem opaque and "2deep4u".

COVxy posted...

David Lynch is never misunderstood because he doesn't really actually mean to say anything. Just makes things seem opaque and "2deep4u".

His movies do mean something. He just doesn't believe in handholding and prefer his audiences figure shit out for themselves than take his messaging as an absolute.

COVxy posted...

David Lynch is never misunderstood because he doesn't really actually mean to say anything. Just makes things seem opaque and "2deep4u".

You can just say you think hes pretentious

COVxy posted...

David Lynch is never misunderstood because he doesn't really actually mean to say anything. Just makes things seem opaque and "2deep4u".

How do you consistently have so many bad takes

Dude shit a failed TV show into a movie mold and gullible fans are like "mhmm mhmm, makes sense, such symbolism!". Meanwhile the dude took a failed project, a liter of whiskey, and final cut and just sent out what happened by the end of the night.

David Lynch, making basement dwellers pretentious about movies since 1977

wasnt this movie unfinished or something? Iirc the ending just made no sense and felt unfinished

MaxEffingBemis posted...

wasnt this movie unfinished or something? Iirc the ending just made no sense and felt unfinished

The ending is up for interpretation. Doesn't seem unfinished to me.

I could never figure this film out. I liked it a lot but seriously no idea what happened, especially with the ending. I at least have theories about Mulholland Drive, but this.... no clue

bsp77 posted...

I could never figure this film out. I liked it a lot but seriously no idea what happened, especially with the ending. I at least have theories about Mulholland Drive, but this.... no clue

I've got a time travel theory where Fred and Peter swapped places & times creating a recursive time loop.

David Lynch: Mindfucker

Jagr_68 posted...

His movies do mean something. He just doesn't believe in handholding and prefer his audiences figure shit out for themselves than take his messaging as an absolute.

yeah. honestly I wish more filmmakers (and artists in general) would refuse to talk about their work to the extent that he does

The script was later rewritten and expanded when Lynch decided to transform it into a feature film. Describing the transition from an open-ended pilot to a feature film with a resolution of sorts, Lynch said, "One night, I sat down, the ideas came in, and it was a most beautiful experience. Everything was seen from a different angle ... Now, looking back, I see that [the film] always wanted to be this way. It just took this strange beginning to cause it to be what it is."[8] The result was an extra eighteen pages of material

Lmao.

Why do people gotta be dicks?

If you don't like Lynch's stuff that's fine but why randomly insult his fans or talk shit about Surrealism as a movie Genre as if Lynch even invented it.

Not everything has to be a conventional story, one of the beauties of Cinema as a sound/visual medium is that all sorts of stories and ideas can be expressed.