Lost Highway

Lost Highway [IMPORT]
$19.98
The film quality is excellent and the DVD transfer didn't lose much. The actors are top notch, but the storyline is just weird and difficult to follow. I found the first half boring and was ready to pull the plug, but it got better in the second half. If there was a plot in there, I could not find it. If you are looking for an easy to follow, entertaining movie, Lost Highway is not the one for you.

Bon Jovi - Lost Highway: The Concert
$12.95
In 2007 Bon Jovi released Lost Highway. The album was about as close as the band got to a concept album in its 25 year recording history. Its country inspired tracks went straight to number one in many countries in the world. As a result of this the A&E network proposed a concert to celebrate the record. Filmed in a small Chicago studio the band plays the record in track by track order. The band seems to be enjoying the material and the crowd does as well. There are standout performances of Lost Highway, (You Want To) Make a Memory, We Got it Going On, and I Love This Town before the band plays a three song encore of It's My Life, Wanted Dead or Alive, and Who Says You Can't Go Home.

While this is not the concert that many fans had hoped for its a good edition to any collection and shows how an arena band can continue to grow and create after so many years. The most important special feature are brief backstage interview segments with the band.

Lost Highway
$19.98
The film quality is excellent and the DVD transfer didn't lose much. The actors are top notch, but the storyline is just weird and difficult to follow. I found the first half boring and was ready to pull the plug, but it got better in the second half. If there was a plot in there, I could not find it. If you are looking for an easy to follow, entertaining movie, Lost Highway is not the one for you.

Mulholland Drive
$14.98
Here's the deal; David Lynch is an acquired taste, so much so that many, many people will never acquire the taste needed to appreciate him. The best thing about Lynch is the fact that he doesn't care. From the very beginning, with his BRILLIANT debut film `Eraserhed', Lynch proved that he has a unique visionary style and point of view that he is not willing to bend or compromise just to receive commercial success. `Mulholland Drive' is about as unconventional a film as you can get, and because of that many people are scared of it or turned off by its complexity.

Don't be afraid.

What I admire about Lynch is that he is very willing to use his talent to make a statement, no matter how bold it may be. In `Mulholland Drive', Lynch makes many statements and layers them with enough mystery to keep the audience baffled from beginning to end, which only adds to the importance of a film like this. It will keep you guessing, which will keep you talking, which will keep you interested.

Some have claimed this to be boring. I think they need to watch it again.

Part of me is chomping at the bit to get into just what this film `means', but I really fear that someone who has yet to experience this film will find my rambling to divulging and may in turn feel the need to watch this film null and void. There is so much to say about this film but what can you say without giving away too much of the experience.

The film has been dissected numerous times on this site.

The basic plot is this:

Betty is a young and beautiful aspiring actress who moves to Hollywood and is currently staying in her Aunts home while she is away. After a car accident (portrayed in the films open) a young and beautiful woman named Rita shows up, cursed with amnesia, and Betty decides that she is going to help Rita regain her memory. Rita only remembers two things, `Diane' and `Mulholland Drive'.

Unlocking those secrets is going to take you places you never imagined.

I idea of mirrored dreams is very prominent in this film, for everything you think you see is a stark contrast to the realities the final 30 minutes unveil to us. Exact scenarios and situations appear reversed as Diane's identity is revealed and her life is examined for us. What we are left with is a harrowing discovery that may leave questions unanswered for the `first time viewer', but those questions are easily answered upon repeat viewings. This is a film that really demands your time in order to appreciate it. Lynch feels that it must be seen in one viewing, not paused or stopped for any reason, and I concur, for taking yourself away from the film for merely a moment can cause you to leave the world Lynch is drenching you in. There is a moment, in the film, where a woman sings the song `Crying' and that moment is really the crux for the entire film, explaining so much while seemingly saying so little.

When you watch the film for a second time it will make so much more sense, I promise.

But, truth be told, it is the mystery that makes this film so startling. The interpretations of this film and the personal feelings towards Diane's predicament really play heavily into how much you will or won't accept the film. Your love and hate will depend entirely on your willingness to explore the many twists and turns presented in this film. If you like your entertainment quick and easy then stay away, but if you enjoy taking a film apart, frame for frame, in order to uncover tiny trinkets of deeper meaning then this film will fascinate you.

Oh yeah, and Naomi Watts is a revelation here, and don't let anyone convince you otherwise!