Lost Highway

Another masterpiece by David Lynch. This is another one that is very surreal, which is definitely his style. The acting is great and helps the narrative move forward. The plot is also really interesting. I’ll get more into it with my interpretation later in the review. The visuals are dreamlike. The characters are great, and I’m glad the second half had more of Fred. He’s really interesting. Patricia Arquette kills it as Alice and Renee. Mr.Eddy is a great villain, and is really fun to watch. Especially that tailgating scene. That interaction was really fun to watch. I also love the Mystery Man. He looks so creepy but he isn’t a villain which I thought was a cool idea, as I thought he would be the villain at first. I love the way this film looks. The bits of answers are fed to you throughout the film at a nice pace that keeps you guessing. Add in an good amount of eye candy(there’s a bunch of sex and nudity in this film) and bunch of cool effects on top of the look of the film, it’s another David Lynch masterpiece. After watching and thinking for a bit, this movie has a lot to do with memory, how we can distort our own memory and misremember things, and also dabbles into themes of insecurity. I still am not exactly sure, but I believe a bunch of this movies events didn’t happen. I believe Fred killed his wife and was in jail, but I think a good amount was either delusion or dreams. First, I believe Fred’s first dream of Renee leaving the club is a look into his insecurity. When they have sex, him crying comes from him thinking he can’t please his wife. Once he finds out her past at the party he kills her. I believe this all happened for sure. I think the other reality with Peter wasn’t real. While the movie shows the picture at the end that Alice didn’t exist, I had more reasons why it felt like a dream. First, playing into Fred’s insecurity, Peter has a lot of sex. Once he gets with Alice, she keeps coming back for more. I think this is Fred imagining what it would be like to please someone enough for them to want more. This, along with the really funny guards that follow him and talk about how much play he’s getting, which was pretty funny, and I feel that aspect of Fred is present there. There is also the fact that Alice is meant to look very similar to Renee, which further makes me believe that he wishes he could please her. There is a whole lot of symbolism, but I feel that I am satisfied with my interpretation.