Lost Highway (1997)
Erscheinungsjahr: 1997
Land: France, United States
Alternative Title: Carretera perdida, Estrada Perdida, Route perdue, Hameni leoforos, Útvesztőben
Regisseur: David Lynch
Writer: Barry Gifford, David Lynch
Produktion & Genre
Produzent: Producer: Deepak Nayar, Mary Sweeney, Tom Sternberg
Firmen: Asymmetrical Productions, CiBy 2000
Genre: Drama, Horror Film, Mystery, Mystery Film, Thriller
Budget: 15.000.000
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Schlüsselwörter
Schlüsselwörter: bedroom, car crash, car mechanic, death row, dreams, dual identity, eroticism, fugue state, gangster, hallucination, headache, highway, identity crisis, insanity, jazz singer or musician, jealousy, los angeles, california, motel, murder, mysterious, nightmare, paranoia, police, pornography, prison, prison cell, sexual frustration, surrealism, suspicion, transformation, videotape, violent husband
Geschichte
Lost Highway follows jazz saxophonist 'Fred Madison', who receives mysterious videotapes at his home featuring footage of him and his wife Renee from years ago, but no source address. One night, after a performance, he wakes up in his car on the side of the highway with no memory of how he got there. He returns home to find Renee dead, and soon after, he's arrested for her murder. In prison, he suffers from blackouts and transforms into 'Pete Dexter', a car mechanic who escapes the facility. Pete has a double life as a gangster named 'Maurice Dickinson' and is involved with a violent criminal organization. Meanwhile, Fred, now behind bars, becomes obsessed with an erotic dream he keeps having about a mysterious woman in red. The film's narrative intercuts between these two identities, culminating in a surreal car crash that brings the story full circle.
Zusammenfassung
Lost Highway is a surreal mystery thriller directed by David Lynch in 1997. Set in Los Angeles, California, it explores themes of identity crisis, jealousy, and paranoia through the fragmented narrative of jazz saxophonist Fred Madison, played by Bill Pullman. The film is known for its enigmatic plot, featuring dreamlike sequences, doppelgängers, and a complex transformation inside a prison cell. It's a typical Lynchian blend of horror, mystery, and drama, marked by its eerie atmosphere, bizarre imagery, and open-ended narrative.
