Lost Highway [IMPORT]

Rating:
Summary: insane Pyshc Thiller, or devilishly complex mystery
Review: This movie left me bedazzeled for a week. After I watched it I was still trying to solve it,once i did figure it out, {i'm no dummy}, my senses were delighted

Rating:
Summary: No Widescreen, Great Otherwise
Review: Well, this was probably my favorite movie until Lynch's Mulholland Drive came out.

It's the sort of title where, if you're thinking about buying it, you've probably already seen it. You either love it in the way you love your favorite dream, or wish you hadn't wasted two hours of your life. For that reason, I don't see much use in discussing this exceptional film.

As for the DVD itself: Don't expect extras.

No problem there--a psychological masterpiece such as this deserves to stand on its own. Extras always sound nice, but they usually consist of some director with an overly-inflated ego trying to make his work sound like something more than a diversion while munching popcorn. Usually, the popcorn is better.

Lynch allows his movie stand on its own. It not only stands, it walks, runs, and grabs you by the collar. Great stuff.

Some reviewers noted a lack of sound quality. Probably, they have better sound systems than I do, and mine isn't all that bad. In a nutshell, the Lost Highway DVD is *far* better than the video release in terms of sound. I didn't get to see Lost Highway at the theater, so my first spin of the DVD was like hearing the movie for the first time. Wow. The soundtrack brings a new dimension to the movie.

The only reason I knocked a star off the rating was for the image. The overall image quality is pretty good, better than my VHS copy, but the decision not to present it in wide-screen was a bad one. No...it was an ignorant one. The film was clearly shot with a wide-screen ratio in mind. I don't know what the heck people were thinking. As my dad would say, "They weren't."

To me, sound and vision are the fundamentals of a film, with "plot" a distant third. (If plot is your main concern, grab a book--print media won't hurt you!) Without widescreen, you miss a couple of things, but more importantly, certain shots just don't look the way they should.

Maybe in ten years, someone will release a nice box set of all of David Lynch's films as they were meant to be seen and heard, similar to the fantastic Werner Herzog/Klaus Kinski collection. In the meantime, this is a good DVD.

Rating:
Summary: lLost Highway-Lost picture!
Review: What a great shame this beguiling movie has been given a dreaded "pan and scan" release. The widescreen format is especially important to convey the unique sense of tension only David Lynch can achieve- through directing,lighting and set design. I'm afraid I didn't even bother to watch the dvd for this reason and intend to return it as I regard Lost Highway as Lynch's best, most satisfyingly bizzare film to date.

Rating:
Summary: Someone Must Pay
Review: When I saw that this DVD is not avaialable in widescreen I chewed off my left leg. Someone must pay. It is a crime.