Ever since I watched this (great) movie, i've had this uncontrollable urge to shave my head and eyebrows, walk up to total strangers at partys and ask them: "We've met before haven't we?"
my very first experience with David Lynch movies.... back in 1997, I was 18 years young and I watched this in a cinema in Germany, show started at 0:30 a.m. in August of 1997; hot summer, school was finished, beautiful ladies everywhere, a whole life in front of me..... I will never forget that period of time in my life. and then I got to watch this mother of a dark, sexy, mysterious arthouse stuff.... man, I love it. and afterwards, at about 2.45 a.m., I walked to my father's car to drive home and since it was August, the air was still warm and everything was dark and silent around me, but inside I felt that I had changed for the better .
I love that movie and that scene so much. Bill Pullman's acting is so great. His change of expressions, his slight nod after telling the Mystery Man that what he claims is "fucking crazy". Lost Highway is really the movie that got me into thinking about films as pieces of art and not mere entertainment.
No other scene in any other movie comes this close to absolute and total fear! COMPLETE! Goddard said the first 20 mins of this movie were the best of any movie in the history of world! Now that's a statement!!! The video tape of the house, the filming of them asleep and then this moment says all you ever need to know about ultimate fear, paranoia and insanity. And no childish Hollywood blood or gore!I Hallelujah David Lynch! God bless you!
I remember when I saw this in the theatre, everyone freaked. It was awesome. Not everyone likes Lost Highway but it grew on me and I really like it now. However, Blue Velvet and Wild at Heart remain my two fave David Lynch films.
Notice how he doesn't stand out when he is part of the background together with the other unfocused faces. You expect his face to get more detail as he walks closer to the camera and therefore also closer to the light, but his face remains "blank" with few details. The music being muted enhances the feeling of something being "wrong".
I love how this creates a more horrifying image than any other movie which thrive on it by direct cheap scares and redundancy in high pitched sounds which force you to jump. The silence as they converse gives it a surreal and eerie touch that not many other movies have done before which I have seen. Yet when Baldwin says "That's F**kin' crazy man" and it goes to a shot of him smiling, it just makes me crack up.
Right on! This is another favorite scene of mine in this movie. I just love how Robert Blake chuckles like that! So evil! Thanks again for this clip. :)
Thanks for uploading this creepy, freaky scene From Lost Highway. My favourite film by David Lynch along with Mulholland Drive, as both of them are masterpieces (IMHO leastways). And by the way, I've just read your essay (better late than never, as I"ve just only discovered your channel on YT) : your film reviews are absolutely astounding, relevant and accurate. Keep up the good work man ! and thanks again.
Lost Highway is one of the movies that does not really need blood and gore to make it scary. Horrors/Thrillers nowadays are at most disturbing :x this is the real art!
The acting here is superb. Not good, not great, but superb. Everything depends on slight inflections of the face, the right length of pause... these two guys got it just right. See for example the way Robert Blake's face changes from friendly to deadly serious at 00:51. Weird, but classic movie, maybe classic because it's so weird!
@mindstormsabrewin the same with The Shining. The scariest parts are when nothing is happening, when your mind is just thinking of all the scary things that MIGHT happen. no special effects, no scary sounds, just nothing. pure scaryness!
@mindstormsabrewin you're absolutely right...this movie isn't even labeled as horror and it beats the shit out of the entire horror genre. It's terrifying, yet hilarious at the same time. I love the creepy humor.
I've always thought that I was unable to be affected by the uncanny valley effect, and even when I noticed it I was not able to feel as if it was "off" like most people do. Some things felt like they were normal, and thus I came to think that I was really weird...That is, until I met the Mystery Man and finally understood what the uncanny valley feels like.*Those eyes never blink, and that smile...*
you ever thought about the theorie that fred died on the electric chair, and that the transfornation was just a dream he had before that? kind of an nightmare, living his life again...??? seems kind of ok :D
Without a doubt, one of the top most striking scenes in this film. CREEPY AS FUCK SCENE. "Thats fucking crazy man." lol I cracked up hellas at that part...but the laughter slowed when the pale guy pulls out his phone.
I think the thing you have to understand about Inland Empire is that Lynch is a classically trained artist, and one of the most important rules about artistry is experiment. Inland Empire was a very experimental piece of work, and experiments don't always turn out good.
@mindstormsabrewin, its not a puzzle, this is actually the simplest of mr lynch's works, and can be summarised by two words. thats not saying anything about the material, this is still hilariously awesome movie.
"At your house, right now" "Call me" I read that an ep of ATHF kinda referenced this movie in the episode "The Cloning" and just for this scene, the scene referenced, I'm thinkin bout watching the whole movie!! Thnx
On my copy there is a small tatoo, like a moon on Fred's hand. I can't see it here, vid should be wider, if you wan't to see it. I can't stop thinking what does it mean...
@buukyak Is it only amazing if it makes sense? I've never even attempted to understand Lynch's films, that's not what they're for in my eyes. They're about being brought somewhere else. This scene affects you, and I'm assuming the rest of the movie does. Doesn't that amaze you?
