Lost Highway

for me i (typically) need to find a meaning in a film to be able to truly connect with it, and the same applies for nearly all of lynch’s other works, but for lost highway i strangely do not feel this at all. it’s deeper meanings continue to allude me, of course you have the most “clear” answer of pete just being a manifestation of fred’s guilt from murdering his wife, but i just cannot feel pulled into that idea enough, and that’s what i love so much about lynch and it’s also why this has likely grown on me so much. i think the thing that draws me to lynch so much is the idea of you seeing what you want to see and interpreting it in your own way, and this is shown in lost highway so much more than any of his other films (inland empire is a very close second). perhaps this wasn’t the best pick to analyse for my english class considering i can’t find a concrete stance on its true meaning, but maybe thats what makes this so brilliant.