Schizophrenia of a man being cuckolded

Celine 2022-03-25 09:01:07

The film's unexpectedly slow pace, long takes and close-ups without a score or lines largely test the actors' acting skills. From the uneasy and trembling eyes when we are passionate with his wife, to the moment when we feel his wife's hand lightly patted on his back and say 'It is OK', all of a sudden, we are greatly stimulated, and we can already feel the difference between this couple. unusual atmosphere. In fact, this may have been a clue long ago. When watching the videotape, it was obvious that they were husband and wife, but they were sitting on both ends of the sofa, and both of them had restrained body language. The anxiety and unease of the male protagonist can be seen from the beginning, but at this time we don't know where his emotions come from. The inexplicable anonymous videotape The first two are not too special yet, who knows that the last videotape has taken a big leap in the plot... It is intriguing that the last videotape flashes colorful shots differently from the previous two, This probably shows that it is not a real videotape, but a real memory of the male protagonist who has not been normal.
The narrative and story of the movie are actually a bit messy. From the overall point of view, this movie can be divided into three ABC sections, A from the beginning to the face change, B from the face change to the face change, and C from the second face change to the end. Personally, I think A is a realistic perspective, but the cause and development of the story have not been told. The specific cause is reflected in B, that is, a dream of the male protagonist in prison. The paragraph C is very contradictory, a bit half-truth, connecting BC together, but deducting the beginning of A like a loop. But there is a paradox here. If the person who told the male protagonist 'Dick Laurent is dead' at the beginning is the male protagonist, it is impossible for the male protagonist to hear it in the door at the same time. Here I am inclined that one of the two is fake, the hallucination of the male protagonist who is extremely anxious because of the murder.
But there is still one place I can't understand. What does the last scene of the shaky highway fleeing and the deformed male protagonist show?

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Lost Highway quotes

  • Guard Henry: Man, that wife killer looks pretty fucked up.

    Guard Mike: Which one?

    [both laugh]

  • Pete Dayton: Where the fuck are we going, Alice?

    Alice Wakefield: We have to go to the desert, baby.