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Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2008 3:58 pm**

Hi,

I just wanted to call to people’s attention the fact that David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” will finally be receiving a proper dvd release in the States on March 25th.

For years I have had to go to my friend Liz and beg her to let me watch her LaserDisc copy (which still looks pretty good)

Please feel free to leave your appraisals of “Lost Highway” here.

love it or hate it, it stays a Mobius.

Jeff - could you leave this thread here until March 25th and then move it to Culture Studies?!? Thanks!?!

Posted: **Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:58 pm**

his best film, hands down. i had to watch it about 5 times before it made some sort of sense to me, but then it did and now i love it. thanks for the info about the dvd!

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 6:17 am**

I HATED Lynch's new film Inland Empire, but he remains my favorite director.

Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me, The Straight Story, Wild At Heart, Eraserhead, Blue Velvet, Dune, etc...almost every film he's done I love.

I finally figured out Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive, but I had to cheat a little with the internet

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:03 am**

Yep, genius.

I loved Inland Empire, not sure why so many Lynch fans don't.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:42 am**

orz wrote:Yep, genius.

I loved Inland Empire, not sure why so many Lynch fans don't.

I saw it at a theatre in San Francisco, and couldnt get my head around how(to me) the film looked so cheap utilizing the digital video format.
To me it looked like a mid 80's cheap BBC show or something.
The fact they had no actual script, the 4th wall breaking ending, etc was too much for me. I love the film look, and was sad to see him go for the blair witch cheapness

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 7:51 am**

I've had Lost Highway on DVD for years, man..Not sure what you mean; is it being repackaged or something?

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 8:33 am**

I saw it at a theatre in San Francisco, and couldnt get my head around how(to me) the film looked so cheap utilizing the digital video format.

I guess it's now you approach it as I went and was blown away by how amazing the DV looked, especially compared to most/all other low budget shot on video features.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:22 am**

Get used to it, he says he will never produce a feature using film again.

Also a well known director recently said that in 5 years time no one will be using film.

It's not all about cost, although that certainly comes into it. There's a whole lot of other conveniences, not least of being able to see the take as soon as you've shot it

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:44 am**

et in Arcadia ego wrote:I've had Lost Highway on DVD for years, man..Not sure what you mean; is it being repackaged or something?

some discussion of this release here:
http://forum.dvdtalk.com/showthread.php?t=519782&highlight=lost+highway

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 9:47 am**

New box.

Wow.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:46 pm**

et in Arcadia ego wrote:I've had Lost Highway on DVD for years, man..Not sure what you mean; is it being repackaged or something?

I am curious et,
which dvd version (see below) do you own??

Lost Highway:

USA (region 1): In a recent Video Business article USA Films stated a Special Edition DVD of Lost Highway is in the works. The disc will feature a new 5.1 soundtrack. Most of the work on the disc has been completed, but with USA Home Video's catalog being absorbed into Universal, the disc has disapeared into limbo. No word on if or when Universal will release it.

Canada (region 1): This one is barely worth mentioning. It's pan and scan so who cares!? Also, it appears to have gone out of print almost as soon as it came out. These are the region 1 discs you are seeing all over ebay so be careful - they usually forget to mention it's not widescreen.

Hong Kong (region 0): Several no region code DVDs of Lost Highway from Hong Kong have started showing up on ebay. These are full frame and thus should be avoided.

UK (region 2 PAL): Universal released this title on June 3, 2002 as a part of their Budget Title line. The only extra is a trailer. The quality is pretty poor.

Japan (region 2 NTSC): The disc is a fair transfer, especially considering the difficulties of reproducing the high contrasts of some scenes in NTSC. The bit rate is a bit low however, and some artificating is noticable. It would have been better if they'd made it dual layered and pushed up the bit rate. The disc also contains the French trailer and two Japanese trailers. There's also what appear to be production notes or cast information or something, but since I can't read Japanese I have no idea!

Germany (region 2 PAL): The disc is widescreen in the proper 2:35:1 ratio and 16x9 enhanced. It contains English and German soundtracks. The disc is pretty sharp with very little artifacting. Also included are the trailers to Lost Highway and Straight Story as well as a couple of others. All trailers are in German only. There are also short interviews with Lynch and some of the cast, all in English.

France (region 2 PAL): Lost Highway was released on March 21, 2001 in France by by TF1. The disc is in the proper 2:35:1 ratio and 16x9 enhanced. It contains DD 2.0 French and English soundtracks. The English subtitles are burned on the picture, so they can't be removed. Extras include a 10 minute interview with Lynch, filmographies, internet links and a trailer.

Netherlands (region 2 PAL): The disc is non-anamorphic 2.35:1 widescreen, 2.0 Dolby Surround audio, English and French languages with Dutch and French subtitles. Extras include: Scene selection, Interviews (cast and director), Filmography, Trailer, Featurette and Behind the scenes. (thanks to Dannis van Vuurden and Randy van Rijn for the info)
Australia (region 4): Anamorphically enhanced widescreen transfer, Dolby 2.0 Stereo, Animated menus, Theatrical Trailers, Cast Interviews/Biographies, Behind The Scenes (actually the Lost Highway segments from Pretty as a Picture). Released on July 25th, 2001 by Siren Entertainment. Unfortunately, the image contains the reel change marks (burn marks).

link: http://www.lynchnet.com/dvds.html

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:49 pm**

Gotta check; its been awhile since I watched it.

"Give me back my phone.."

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:54 pm**

"That's fucking crazy, man."

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 1:34 pm**

Jeff wrote:"That's fucking crazy, man."

Arguably the finest Lynch moment ever.

We need a Lounge thread on greatest Lynch moments.

Posted: **Wed Mar 19, 2008 4:28 pm**

Horatio Hellpop wrote:Get used to it, he says he will never produce a feature using film again.

Also a well known director recently said that in 5 years time no one will be using film.

It's not all about cost, although that certainly comes into it. There's a whole lot of other conveniences, not least of being able to see the take as soon as you've shot it

I'm co-developing/co-writing a feature independent film that goes into principal this winter, and we're using dv cameras. The difference is we'll be using 35mm lens', and creating a stark 35mm film look in post. Worked out beautifully in tests.

The film Zodiac was entirely filmed with dv, downloaded directly into mobile hard drives as what we'll be doing. And that looks not only like film
(a lot of the film was done with green screen or cg extensions )
it looks pretty darn close to the look of film from the early 70's(All the President's Men)

Primer, Zodiac and countless other dv films look like true 35mm films, while stuff like Timecode, Inland Empire, etc looks like...well ass.

Michael Mann's Collateral looks pretty good for dv, tho Miami Vice I felt suffered from a lot of dv cheapness. (filming at night without the right light rigging and blockage can look pretty terrible)

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