Lost Highway Page #2

Synopsis: From this inventory of imagery, Lynch fashions two separate but intersecting stories, one about a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife is having an affair, who suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. The other is a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress who is cheating on her gangster boyfriend. These two tales are linked by the fact that the women in both are played by the same actress (Patricia Arquette).
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Production: Universal Pictures
  1 win & 2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
52
Rotten Tomatoes:
60%
R
Year:
1997
134 min
605 Views


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INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - NIGHT

Fred puts down his music case, goes to the bedroom, and sees

Renee sleeping soundly.

FADE OUT:

FADE IN:

EXT. THE MADISON HOUSE - DOORSTEPS - DAY

Renee in a bathrobe, opens the front door to collect the

mail. She sees a plain, clean, manila envelope lying on the

step. She picks it up.

CLOSE UP ON THE ENVELOPE - No stamp, no writing, blank. She

takes the mail from the box, and goes back into the house.

CUT TO:

INT. THE MADISON HOUSE - LIVING ROOM - DAY

Renee opens the manila envelope. She's noticeably nervous

when she sees a videotape inside. She stares at it.

Fred enters, also wearing a bathrobe. He sees Renee staring

at the videotape - before she hears him enter. When she does

hear him, her eyes jerk away from the tape.

FRED:

What's that?

RENEE:

A videotape.

FRED:

Who's it from?

RENEE:

I don't know... There's no return

address on the envelope... In fact,

there's no address on it.

FRED:

Does it say anything on the tape?

RENEE:

(looking it over)

No, nothing.

Fred walks over and picks up the tape.

FRED:

Well, let's see what's on it.

Fred takes the tape to the VCR. He inserts it into the

machine, and turns it on. Fred goes toward the couch.

FRED (CON'T)

(to Renee)

Come on.

They sit on the couch in front of the television.

The TV monitor:
We begin on the TV, then the videotape fills

the entire frame. The videotape shows the front of THE MADISON

HOUSE, the camera panning slowly over it. The picture is

accompanied by an eerie DRONING SOUND. After the camera pans

back to the front door, the tape image turns to snow.

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Barry Gifford

Barry Gifford is an American author, poet, and screenwriter known for his distinctive mix of American landscapes and film noir- and Beat Generation-influenced literary madness. more…

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