Piecing together reality in absurd fantasy

Carolyne 2022-03-20 09:01:35

The first 20 minutes of this movie made me sleepy and I almost fell asleep, the brief conversation between the husband and wife, the cold atmosphere, the videotape placed at the door every day, it seemed like a clue, there was a strangeness everywhere, but no What can be inferred, the evidence given is too little, I am gradually attracted by the light and shadow under the director's lens, especially in the sunny place, the glittering velvet on the face, the oily leaves, or the very characteristic turns. Field, the butt of light and shadow.

After Fred killed his wife, the rhythm of the film officially started. He fell into a fantasy. He became a young car repairman Pete, and he had an affair with the lover of the black boss. After several spring breezes, he was discovered by the black boss. , his lover Alice bewitched him to kill, and then they flew away. I thought it was weird when I watched it, there were hidden secrets in many places, Pete's slurred parents, his sudden headache, flashbacks, but I only matched his fantasy with reality after the movie ended. In fact, everything is There are traces to follow. Dreams are a subconscious reaction of people. In his imagination, the mistress Alice and his wife have the same appearance, but Alice is more charming and charming, with blonde hair like an elf, and like Medusa. Dangerous and tempting. What Alice said, she was forced to be with Dick and filming porn, corresponds to the reality of his wife's infidelity and betrayal, and Alice said that he could never get her, which corresponds to the reality of betrayal. The burning cabin appeared repeatedly, and each time it returned from the fire to its original appearance, half hidden in the darkness, and the old monster in black that could appear at any time. Too many symbols were used, and the interpretation space was infinite.

I simply took a look at the timeline. It should be that Fred and his wife were at the party. The wife and Andy were very close. Fred asked about their relationship in the car on the way home. The wife said that Andy had introduced her to work. , but did not talk about the content of the job, only said that he had forgotten it. Fred became suspicious. During a bar performance, he saw his wife and Andy appear together. Later, he discovered the adultery between his wife and Dick. , After the murder, schizophrenia, fantasy, corresponding to the beginning, began to escape.

The style of the whole movie is stream-of-consciousness narrative. David disrupts the order of everything, the result is in the front, the original cause is in the middle, the narrative of the movie is not a real course of events, the dream and reality are intertwined, very confusing, and those Is the film, cheating, real or Fred's fantasy? I am very afraid to think about it. Is it true that he killed his wife? Is everything based on imagination? Where to start with fantasy? This most crucial information, the boundary between reality and fantasy, is completely hidden by the director's divided narrative

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Extended Reading
  • Marianna 2021-11-15 08:01:26

    A / Highway to Mulholland Road. /Even if you anticipate what skills will probably be available, I still sigh at Lynch's first-class tricks. The opposite of Almodovar Red is Lynch Red. /The rubber head contains the essence of Lynch. / In the second year of high school, the biology teacher asked us to develop the habit of recording our dreams. So far we have not been able to achieve it once, and I feel very depressed. I am grateful to Lynch who portrays dreams like this to make up for my lack of memory and imagination.

  • Josiane 2021-11-15 08:01:26

    "You will never get me." It seems to be David Lynch who has experienced the big screen for the first time, terrifying and mysterious, absurd and weird. You don't even know who Dick is, but Dick is dead. Lynch said that what he wanted was definitely not chaos, but mystery.

Lost Highway quotes

  • [Pete, disturbed by the saxophone music on a radio, switches the channels]

    Phil: What'd you change it for? I liked that.

    Pete Dayton: Well, I don't!

    Phil: I liked that.

  • Bill Dayton: The police called us today.

    Pete Dayton: What'd they want?

    Bill Dayton: They wanted to know if we had a chance to find out what happened to you the other night. And they wanted to know if you remembered anything.

    Pete Dayton: But... I don't remember anything. What'd you tell them?

    Bill Dayton: [after a long pause] We're not going to say anything about that night to the police.

    Candace Dayton: We saw you that night, Pete.

    Bill Dayton: You came home with your friend, Sheila.

    Pete Dayton: Sheila?

    Bill Dayton: Uh-huh. There was a man with you two.

    Pete Dayton: What is this? Why didn't you tell me anything? Who was the man?

    Bill Dayton: I've never seen him before in my life.

    Pete Dayton: What happened to me? Please Dad, if you know, tell me.

    [Bill and Candace sorrowfully look away from Pete]