"Lost Highway" stages a sensorial metamorphosis, and Lynch, like Ovid, becomes the singer of this lucid imagery populated by creatures that cohabit the space of reality, traversing violence, perversion, nightmares, zones of electricity and shadow. "I'm deranged down down down" sings Bowie in one of the tracks on the superb soundtrack, which features music composed by his partner Badalamenti and Barry Adamson, along with contributions from Trent Reznor, Lou Reed, Marilyn Manson, The Smashing Pumpkins, and Rammstein. No return, no return." (Marco Bolsi)
Los Angeles. Saxophonist Fred Madison is haunted by a series of videotapes depicting his life from various perspectives. Married to Renée, he attends a party with her where he is approached by a mysterious man who taunts and terrorizes him. The next day, Fred receives a VHS tape showing Renée's mangled body. Arrested for murder, he suffers from excruciating migraines in prison, and one morning, another man, Pete, a young mechanic, wakes up in his cell and is immediately released. In the pay of the mob, Pete becomes the lover of the boss's girlfriend, Alice, who bears a striking resemblance to Fred's wife. The woman involves Pete in a heist against a porn director: but everything goes awry and the man enters a realm of madness and mystery...
