Lost in Thought

Through out this movie, there were points where I was just completely numbed by whatever was actually taking place in this movie. In the beginning, I was just still with the notion that this movie had to get into a plot of some sort. It did, but not the way I had thought it would. Just by what I had heard from other people, this movie was going to be very weird but very good. I agree with those who recommended this work of art to give me a new perspective on what art really is. By reading other reviews, I got the impression some did not enjoy this movie, but honestly, how can you enjoy the movie when you don't understand what its about or where its going or even what its intentions were.

Its really hard to put this plot into words. Fred, played by Bill Pullman, is sentenced to death for the murder of his wife Renee, Patricia Arquette, whom he doesn't even remember murdering. Out of nowhere, he disappears and a young man named Pete, Balthazar Getty, is put in his place. The police are completely confused by this and send the boy home, not knowing what else they can really do. Pete goes back to his life, then meets Alice, Patricia Arquette, and there spawns a love affair. I applaud the acting of Patricia Arquette, Bill Pullman and Balthazar Getty. For such a strange movie full of strange occurrences including characters that barely talk, they gave a good performance portraying those almost mute characters. There wasn't a lot of dialogue, but who said you needed words to create an amazing film?

I have never actually seen a David Lynch film before Lost Highway, although I plan to see all that I can of his. Lost Highway was a very dark piece of art that opened my mind to new "highways" that which I plan to take a flashlight and a pistol to travel down. Being a lover to abstract art, this movie is definitely going to have a place in my movie collection. Words couldn't describe what was going through my mind as I sat in darkness in a state of numbness watching each dim-lit scene of unknown action that might occur. For some reason, this movie reminds me of Eyes Wide Shut by the magnificent Stanly Kubrick. Maybe its the abstraction as well, even thought Eyes Wide Shut had a more developed display of plot details that Lost Highway seemed to lack, but in my opinion, for the better. There are many way to tell a story, David Lynch has this one way of telling Lost Highway, and I couldn't imagine it any other way. I was scared, confused, even laughing at one point(but not for long), and I was very lost, and I still am. There is no map that can be designed to travel down the Lost Highway, just the twisted imagination all man can contain.