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Lost Highway

Lost Highway

Drama · Thriller · Mystery · 1997

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

Movie details

Lost Highway

“A lost road on the edge of strange...”

1997 Drama · Thriller · Mystery 2h 14m

Critical arithmetic

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TMDB

7.5 / 10

Community rating

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

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

Who fights over Lost Highway?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

David Lynch

Written by

David Lynch · Barry Gifford

Patricia Arquette

Patricia Arquette

Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield

Bill Pullman

Bill Pullman

Fred Madison

Balthazar Getty

Balthazar Getty

Pete Dayton

Robert Blake

Robert Blake

Mystery Man

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia

Mr. Eddy / Dick Laurent

Michael Massee

Michael Massee

Andy

Natasha Gregson Wagner

Natasha Gregson Wagner

Sheila

Court is in session

Put Lost Highway on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Auteur Devotee

“Form is the argument.”

Every composed frame and deliberate cut is evidence that control can be thrilling in its own right.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Technique in search of a pulse.”

Immaculate construction is still construction. The film may be too busy proving its craft to feel alive.