Lost Highway

April 21, 2003 - Posted by André Restivo- 0 Comments

href="http://www.lynchnet.com/lh/lhscript.html">Lost Highway
Screenplay: The perfect complement for this great movie. Taking
a look at the script made me notice that some important scenes are
missing from the film. Either that or I slept during some parts of
it.

MYSTERY MAN: We’ve met before, haven’t
we?
FRED: I don’t think so. Where was it that you
think we’ve met?
MYSTERY MAN: At your house. Don’t you
remember?
FRED: (surprised) No, no I don’t. Are you
sure?
MYSTERY MAN: Of course. In fact, I’m there right
now.
FRED: (incredulous) What do you mean? You’re where
right now?
MYSTERY MAN: At your house.
FRED: That’s absurd.
The Mystery Man reaches into his coat pocket, takes out a
cellular phone and holds it out to Fred.
MYSTERY MAN: Call me.
Fred snickers, like this is a bad joke. The Mystery Man puts
the phone into Fred’s hand.
MYSTERY MAN: Dial your number.
Fred hesitates, puzzled.
MYSTERY MAN: Go ahead.
Fred shrugs, laughs, dials his number. We HEAR a pick up as we
stay on FRED’S FACE.
PHONE VOICE OF MYSTERY MAN: I told you I was
here.
Fred, still holding the phone, stares at the man standing in
front of him.
FRED: How did you do that?
The Mystery Man points to the phone.
MYSTERY MAN: Ask me.
Fred, mirthful at first, as if it is a party trick of some
kind, suddenly turns serious - it’s obvious he’s thinking now of
the videotapes. He speaks into the phone.
FRED: (angrily) How did you get into my
house?
PHONE VOICE OF MYSTERY MAN: You invited me. It’s
not my habit to go where I’m not wanted.
Fred looks at the man in front of him, but speaks again into
the phone.
FRED: Who are you?
The man laughs - identical laughs - both over the phone and in
person.
PHONE VOICE OF MYSTERY MAN: Give me my phone
back.
The man in front of Fred reaches out his hand for the phone.
Fred hears the line go dead, and he slowly passes the phone back to
the Mystery Man who takes it, folds it, and puts it in his
pocket.
MYSTERY MAN: It’s been a pleasure talking to
you.

In the same site you can
also find href="http://www.lynchnet.com/mdrive/mdscript.html">Mulholland
Drive’s Screenplay.

Note: Just talked to someone who also saw the
movie and the script does contain a lot of missing scenes that help
explaining the film. It all makes sense now (in a Lynch way of
making sense). It makes me wonder if Lynch purposely cuts some
scenes from the final version of his films just to make them more
complex.