Lost Highway
David Lynch: Between Two Worlds, Part II
“I like to remember things my own way… not necessarily the way they happened.”
We continue David Lynch: Between Two Worlds with a journey into the nightmarish echo chamber of LOST HIGHWAY — a film that fractures time, identity, and genre into something both terrifying and seductive.
Released in 1997, LOST HIGHWAY marked a turning point for Lynch: a return to darker, more experimental storytelling after TWIN PEAKS and FIRE WALK WITH ME alienated mainstream audiences. With a pulsing industrial score, a story co-written by WILD AT HEART novelist Barry Gifford, and one of the creepiest villains ever put to screen, Lynch delivered a noir-horror hybrid that confused critics but inspired a new generation of filmmakers and fans.
In this episode, we trace the development and production of LOST HIGHWAY, dig into its themes of denial and transformation, and explore how it laid the groundwork for the dream logic of Lynch’s next two films. We’ll also talk about Robert Blake’s haunting final performance, Marilyn Manson’s brief (and controversial) cameo, and how this film helped define the “Lynchian” sensibility for the 21st century.
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LOST HIGHWAY, Part 1
LOST HIGHWAY, Part 2
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Credits
Directed by David Lynch
Screenplay by David Lynch | Barry Gifford
Starring Bill Pullman | Patricia Arquette | Balthazar Getty | Robert Blake | Natasha Gregson Wagner | Gary Busey | Robert Loggia
Music by Angelo Badalamenti
Produced by Mary Sweeney | Tom Sternberg | Deepak Nayar
Cinematography by Peter Deming
Edited by Mary Sweeney
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