Lost Highway occupies an odd and lonely place in David Lynch’s filmography. After the Twin Peaks series and film, it seemed obtuse even for him, but it now plays like a study for the fragmenting narratives of Mullholland Drive and Inland Empire. It’s also his most noir-soaked work, and the pleasures of watching Lynch play with the femme fatales and doublecrosses and midday glare of his hard-boiled L.A. predecessors abound and resonate. -LG
1997 David Lynch 2.35:1 Color DCP 134 min.
