Lynch-s Lost Highway Hot! — David

"Dick Laurent is dead."

The video camera is the villain. Unlike the nostalgic celluloid of Blue Velvet , the video footage in Lost Highway is ugly, flat, and realistic. It represents the recording function of the psyche—the memory of the crime that the protagonist cannot erase. david lynch-s lost highway

To watch is to have a nightmare while awake. It refuses to hold your hand. It refuses to explain the magic trick. It simply asks you to feel the terror of knowing you have done something unforgivable, and the desperation of trying to outrun yourself. "Dick Laurent is dead