“Lost Highway” The theme of disturbed memory inspired by real events

"Lost Highway" synopsis

Fred lives an ordinary life with his wife Renee. One morning, when I answered the intercom at my house, someone mysteriously Arrival that Dick Rolland had died. Eventually, a video tape arrives at his doorstep, showing him cutting his wife into pieces.

Index

• Terrifyingly artistic and maddeningly fascinating
• Fascinating casting that embodies the Lynchian world
• Many impressive factors common to Lynch's works

Terrifyingly artistic and maddeningly fascinating

Master David Lynch's work is consistently complex. In the first place, he probably recognizes the visual work of film as a painting, a photograph, or some other type of art. No matter where you look at it, it has the splendor and depth of abstract art.

David Lynch's films are so mixed in their storytelling that our understanding gets further and further away as the story progresses. However, the story simply continues to move forward. Therefore, when it comes to Lynch's films, it is unfashionable to try to unravel the story, and the correct way to view them is to simply enjoy the images on the screen visually. It's like looking at a painting in a museum.

David Lynch's Lost Highway(1997) is truly a masterpiece in this sense. Lynch's next film, `` Mulholland Drive '' (2001), is also remembered as a difficult film, but the meaning of its story has largely been elucidated (the first half is a dream world and the second half is a real world). ).

However, ``Lost Highway'' is a work that remains mysterious no matter how you interpret it. No matter how you try to piece together the complex and bizarre stories, they just don't fit together properly. That is exactly what Lynch is aiming for. Therefore, in Lost Highway, it is easier to grasp the sequence in bits and pieces rather than enjoy the overall story as a whole.

"Lost Highway" preview

In the darkness, the center line of the highway is illuminated by the headlights of speeding cars. A speedy intro is projected with David Bowie's " I'm Deranged " in the background. The scene changes to the mansion of the main character, Fred Madison (Bill Pullman). The front door buzzer rings and a mysterious man says: "Dick Laurent is dead." This is the introduction to Lost Highway.

The stories in Lynch's works, including this one, don't make much sense. The intro to Bowie's song is like a very abstract piece of visual art, and once you get past that, the beginning of the movie is extremely frightening, like a psychological horror. However, in the middle of the film, a surreal pursuit scene of a mafia boss who is furious at reckless driving is depicted, and in the final stages, the incomprehensibility becomes more refined, creating the appearance of suspense.

Lynch's films have the feeling of zapping images from a variety of genres. It traverses a variety of genres, from psychological horror to surreal comedy to suspense, and entertains the audience. Lynch's work is like a painting. Look at the pictures and imagine the story. You don't understand the story first and then enjoy the pictures.

David Lynch never provides clear answers to his work. Therefore, all the answers have to be found individually on the screen. Sometimes it's impossible to find out, but that's probably Lynch's aim. The story is built as many people watch it.

Fascinating casting that embodies the Lynchian world