LOST HIGHWAY (1997) by David LYNCH
 

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PostED ON 15 OCTOBER 2022

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As fascinating as it is disturbing, David Lynch's seventh feature flick is considered a prelude to Mulholland Drive (2001) and Inland Empire (2007) due to its disconcerting structure between a dream and a nightmare, which draws the viewer into the darkest corridors of the subconscious. Brush up on the basics of the movie before you get lost...

 

1/ What hypnotic David Bowie song plays during the first few minutes of the film, which opens with a scene of headlights of a car racing down a deserted road?

a) Life On Mars ?

b) Rock'n'roll suicide

c) I'm Deranged

d) Let's Dance

 

2/ David Lynch co-penned the screenplay for Lost Highway with American writer Barry Gifford. Which of Lynch’s other movies is adapted from one of the latter’s novels?

a) Twin Peaks, Fire Walk With Me

b) Wild at Heart

c) Blue Velvet

d) Mulholland Drive

Lost Highway, 1997

 

3/ What instrument does the main character Fred Madison (Bill Pulman) play?

a) Electric guitar

b) Piano

c) Cello

d) Saxophone

 

4/ What mysterious object, found on several occasions on the doorstep by Fred and Renee (Bill Pullman and Patricia Arquette) launches the plot of the film?

a) A videotape

b) An anonymous letter

c) An audio cassette

d) A USB stick

 

5/ Which of these artists (the movie features one of his songs) produced the Lost Highway OST?

a) Trent Reznor

b) Lou Reed

c) Marilyn Manson

d) Angelo Badalamenti

 

6/ David Lynch described the film as a "psychogenic fugue". True or false?

a) True, he furthermore suggests that Lost Highway is about identity.

b) False, as David Lynch does not like to give a specific interpretation to his movies and prefers to let the audience interpret events as they wish.

 

7/ In 2003, the film was adapted into an opera by Austrian composer Olga Neuwirth, with a libretto by Elfriede Jelinek. True or false?

a) True. Well, why not?

b) False. Pure poppycock and blasphemy!

 

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Answer key: 1C – 2B – 3D – 4A – 5A – 6A – 7A

 

 

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Screenings
Lost Highway by David Lynch (1997, 2h15)
Sat. 15 at 10pm at the Institut Lumière - Thu. 20 at 10:45am at the Comœdia - Fri. 21 at 8pm at Pathé Bellecour - Sat. 22 at 7pm at the UGC Confluence