AP
Antonluigi Pecchia aka Pax
•Fred Madison, a saxophonist who has been receiving videotapes from a mysterious individual depicting his private life for some time, is accused of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, but he remembers absolutely nothing about the murder. While in prison, Fred suddenly undergoes an identity change and becomes the mechanic Pete. Once out of prison, Pete starts a love affair with a criminal's lover.
It is practically impossible to explain the plot of this film precisely and completely, it is just events that have neither beginning nor end, a succession of events where nothing is as it seems and nothing is obvious, which capture the viewer and take them into a whirlwind of strange sensations to understand, even just to think about, but which nevertheless fascinate the viewer.
It is very difficult to talk about this film.
"Lost Highway" is one of the least linear (as a plot) and most fascinating films by David Lynch, a director who has made quite a few non-linear films, but in this one, narrative linearity does not exist at all.
Not boring at all, although there is the absence of a real plot, the film keeps the viewer glued to the seat without moving, there are moments of fear but the director does not use the usual technique used by other directors to "make the viewer jump out of their seat".
Excellent is the performance of Robert Blake who plays the guide of this film, but leaves us in total confusion following the "Lost Highway" described by the director, but also excellent is the performance of Patricia Arquette who plays two roles in this film (but the director does not specify this and it could be the same character).
This "Lost Highway" is one of the films (the best along with "Mulholland Drive") that consecrate Lynch as one of the best directors of these times (and not only) who differentiates himself from other directors with a particular technique and especially for the various sensations he manages to evoke in the viewer during the viewing of one of his films.
I recommend it to everyone, in fact, it is mandatory for all horror fans, the director, and not only.
Description of "Lost Highway" in just two words: masterpiece.
Must-see.
