Lost Highway

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Summary: Stupid
Review: This is a stupid movie. No I'm not going to say - yeah and that's the reason I liked it so much - like everybody else is saying here. Geez. I couldn't figure this thing out and I don't think someone should see a movie over and over and over again to "figure it all out". If it doesn't work - it doesn't work. The critics panned this movie for that reason - self indulgent B.S. is all this is. Disappointing to from the same guy who gave us Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks - those were great. I don't know why a director or producer has to confuse and irritate his audience just to get some artsy review that speaks about the degradation and horror of human life. Movies with pessimistic and cynical themes about life are way too off the wall - why bother; just turn on the news. There you have real thing. Just can't bother spending money and time to watch a movie about it. I'd rather watch the theatrical opposite - sci-fi. There optimisim and hope abound even it if has a tinge of naivite sometimes. I think Lynch has failed in this movie in that he hasn't gone completely to the absurd and the ridiculous like Eraserhead. Instead he plays around with pscho-garbage theories about the psychotic and what we get is something really idiotic.

Now Dune, that was good Lynch.

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Summary: Enter Lynch's dark dreamworld...
Review: This is simply not a film for the masses. It slowly twists and turns its way with its dark, surreal images and has a story line that will confuse to some extent. The film's director, David Lynch, whose aim was to make a futuristic film-noir horror picture as mysterious as possible, has done some fantastic work in merging these different genres. Technically, it is crafted with interesting cinematography, crisp sound and has a great Soundtrack. This film has a strange beauty and puts you in a different and engaging world, and comes from the mind of one of the great masters of modern cinema.

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Summary: Letdown
Review: I rented this movie because the name piqued my curiosity, and I liked the soundtrack. As a matter of fact, the only reason I rated this movie at 3 stars instead of 2 is because of the soundtrack, but I think that the average person who's not age 20 wouldn't care too much for it. I expected this movie to have a kind of soul-fallen-from-grace attitude, and it did, but was very hard to understand. I thought about the plot over and over and couldn't figure out how everything fit together. I've seen and heard other people say that you have to "get" this film to enjoy it, but I wonder if they actually do get it, since nobody I've talked to can tell me about it, instead they just say "you have to get it." Personally I think this was just a collage of the director's emotions, and though many say that's a form of expressive art, I think that a good director makes the film about the viewer, not himself.

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Summary: weird an odd movie. i like it!!
Review: this movie was odd an great. at first i was like what am i wacthing? then at the end i was like whoa!!!! thats some crazy s***!! i loved it. an i can see how ppl say it is like a masterpiece painting.it was like a beatiful,scary,fun dream all at once. an i'm glad i can take it agian an agian. check this movie out, it's a trip.(plus look for marilyn MANSON as a porno star! that kicked a**!!)

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Summary: truly, a work of greatness
Review: There are about five movies (max) that I'd be willing to put in my top ten - ones that I love and can't be considered "bad" by anyone who is intelligent and loves movies. This is one of them.

Lynch is easily at the top of his form. While Wild At Heart and Blue Velvet were also good, Lynch made the mistake of trying to lasso his thoughts and images with a (relatively) concrete story. With Lost Highway, he rids himself of that burden. Instead, the film plays much like an abstract painting looks. The film's true "meaning" can never be found, because the writers of the film aren't talking. Instead, the viewer is confronted with images calling for a sort of dream-interpretation, with thousands of different possibilities. I, for one, choose not to attempt to solve any of them - I prefer the mystery.

I prefer the visceral experience of Lynch's imagery, the ominous presence and voice of the Mystery Man, the rife confusion and supernatural circumstances that fit perfectly into the webwork of this masterpiece.

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Summary: this film bored me
Review: The photography is above average, there are many shots with strange camera angles. However, the story itself seems to have no turning point and no resolution, Lost Highway is pretty much like some kind of dream you have in the morning just before you wake up, it's irrational, unexplainable and can't really be remembered.

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Summary: TAKE THE NEXT LEFT, AND AVOID "LOST HIGHWAY"!!
Review: This is my first review of a film since joining Amazon.com. I rented this garbage last night, and sat through it without budging. I have worked in the film business for quite a few years, and it still boggles my mind that the "eclectic" crowd still produces self-indulgent nonsense like this year after year--while applauding themselves for what seems like their "ingenuity". If you want "Avante Garde", move to Paris and stop shaving and/or showering--you'll be appreciated for it there. The other reviews of this film (seen above) speak for themselves--the "eclectic" crowd strikes again--"THE BEAUTY OF IT IS THAT YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT"???? In my following descriptions and opinions, I will not violate Amazon.com's Review Guidelines by revealing "spoilers" about the plot--BECAUSE THERE IS NO PLOT! If I were to reprint the SCRIPT, or rewrite a TRANSCRIPT, I wouldn't be revealing anything!!This film is one of the worst examples of "David Lynch's 'ART'" ever committed to film, and I hope AGAINST hope that investors and studios alike will turn a deaf ear the next time this self indulgent amateur comes a callin'. Lost Highway is probably the most irritating trash that I've seen since Event Horizon, another embarassment whose actors seem confused by the LACK OF plot or worthwhile lines. From the opening of the film, the viewer has a feeling of suspense as we travel down that dark, lonely highway--as depicted over & over again in the promos & trailers--as the credits zoom toward you in typical 50's B-movie style. This was by far the best part of the film. The actual "story" opens with a murmuring Bill Pullman, one of the BETTER actors of our time, struggling through the direction of David Lynch, in a scene where his character is in somewhat of a sweaty, nightmare-aftermath, hearing on an answering machine that (someone, who cares) is "dead", and he seems upset. Now skip to him again in possibly a flashback time, where everything's 'right', and his lovely wife--Patricia Arquette, with a bad haircut speaking in high whispering octaves that leads one to believe that someone has stepped on her tail--seeming bored, as PA must've been with this "script" (I would've LOVED to have read this 2-page script!!), and she just kind of hangs out, and he just kind of hangs out, and they just kind of lay there in tortuously long scenes of horn playing, lying in bed, thinking, considering in the darkness, and before you know it--40 MINUTES HAVE GONE BY--AND NOTHING HAPPENED YET!! Okay, you get the picture. Next thing you know, another actor who became embarassed once the film was released--Robert Blake--arrives in a senseless scene where he confronts Bill Pullman at a party--sporting pancake makeup, eyebrows shaved, with red lipstick--the scene we've all seen in the commercials & promos-- (Poor Robert--who during an interview on the Jay Leno show admitted that he didn't KNOW what the film was about, even after completing it! Jay showed his clip, and Blake just SHRUGGED!) Blake is certainly eery in appearance, but what's the point? None. As is the entire flick. People get killed, which we never see. People have sex, which we kind of see. (Hey Patricia! WAS IT WORTH IT??) Things burn, but don't. A car or two crash, and we don't care. David Lynch--much to his discredit, and condemnation--uses the GREAT comedian and actor Richard Pryor in scenes (Richard, having Multiple Sclerosis, is immobile, and can hardly speak discernably) that are gratuitously cruel toward the actor, and only serves to distract the filmgoer from even paying attention to the "scene"--as we feel pity for Richard who portrays a bottom-of-the-rung auto repair lackey, who slowly travels through a filthy repair station. His "role" in this film lasts no longer than 5 minutes, and made as much sense as using Gary Busey in another role where he has nothing to say and sits on a couch. The film ends, and we realize that we've wasted a few hours of our lives that we will never see again. Even the cinematography was amateurish. If you really want to do 'nothing' for a few hours, take a nap, you'll feel better and wake up feeling refreshed. This TRAIN WRECK is better left on the shelf. If you have any questions, e-mail anybody that gave this thing 5 stars. They may have the proverbial "ANSWERS"! Thanks. For some REAL fun--RENT WILD THINGS!! You'll be entranced till the end, or even PAST the end!! Then come back here to Amazon.com and BUY IT!!

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Summary: MASTERPIECE!
Review: A really mysterius,intensiv and scary film that will make you think... Youll have to be quite smart and estetic to apriciate this MASTERPIECE. If you have any questions or comments: send me a mail!

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Summary: [e-mail] A wiewer from Sweden.
Review: A masterpiece! Se it if you like mysterious movies with some scary scenes

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Summary: One of the Best Films Ever Made
Review: Although Lost Highway was very confusing, the movie, as a whole, was a work of brilliance. David Lynch's bizarre style of symbolism and imagery create a very spooky mood throughout the movie. The soundtrack also contributes to the film's effectiveness to captivate the viewer into a dream-like world. This is a movie that the director didn't do overnight or for a million dollars; this is a film that the director actually took time to create and perfect one awesome masterpiece.