6.8
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Lost Highway (1997)
Lost Highway (1997)
Overview
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Political: Center
Diversity: Low
Viewer Rating
6.8
Overview
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Traditional
Primary
Lost Highway is a deeply psychological and surreal film that explores themes of identity, guilt, and the nature of reality through a non-linear narrative. Its focus on internal, existential conflicts and its lack of explicit social or political commentary render it apolitical.
The movie features a traditional cast without explicit race or gender swaps of established roles. Its narrative primarily explores psychological themes through its characters, without explicitly critiquing traditional identities or centering DEI themes.
Secondary
Lost Highway does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its complex narrative explores heterosexual relationships, identity, and violence, without engaging with queer identities or experiences in any capacity.
Lost Highway does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. The narrative explores themes of identity transformation and psychological breakdown, but these are not presented in the context of transsexual identity or gender transition.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Lost Highway is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which any character's gender could have been swapped.
Lost Highway is an original film with characters created specifically for this production. There is no prior source material, historical record, or previous installment from which characters' races could be established and subsequently altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.6
7.5
Critic Ratings
6.9
5.3
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