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Lost Highway (1997)

Directed by David Lynch · Cinematography by Peter Deming

R134 min59 frames

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Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A dark, cramped interior of a moving car at night. The man steers the vehicle while looking out the…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: medium — A crowded, dimly lit space glows with red and blue neon lights. A man in a leather jacket and a woman with…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: wide — A small wooden cabin stands on stilts in an empty dark field at night. Flames and heavy plumes of smoke…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit, shadow-filled environment provides a dark backdrop for a facial close-up. The subject gazes…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A close-up captures a person's mouth partially obscured by a dark object. The subject presses a phone…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A man's face fills the frame against a blurred dark red background. The subject maintains eye contact…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A close-up view of a person's eyes and nose in a dark environment. The subject looks directly into the…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: medium — A man stands outdoors at night between palm trees in an urban tropical setting. The man in a leather…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: medium — Four people stand in a line before a heavy, dark, pleated curtain backdrop. The group consists of two men…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A man in a dark environment holds a camcorder close to his face. He peers through the small electronic…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — An indoor office setting with a blurred foreground character. The older man stares directly at the…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: establishing — A wide mountain range sits beneath a expansive sky layered with dark, thin clouds. Low-hanging mist…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A dimly lit interior room with dark, indistinct background walls. A man tilts his head upward while…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: fullbody — A dimly lit cabin interior features wood-paneled walls and a sofa wrapped in plastic. A man in dark…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: closeup — A digital computer screen shows a mugshot profile for an individual named Peter R. Dayton. The screen…Lost Highway (1997) movie still: wide — A dark, grid-patterned exterior wall features a prominent glowing blue neon sign. The sign displays the text…
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What is Lost Highway about?

A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.

Where can you watch Lost Highway?

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What does the cinematography of Lost Highway look like?

Sampled across 59 frames, the coverage of Lost Highway leans on close-ups (41% of the sample) and medium shots (24%). Cinematographer Peter Deming keeps 73% of it in soft, low-key light. Night and dusk account for 73% of the frames. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 59% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.

What is the color palette of Lost Highway?

The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Lost Highway (1997) are #2f2f2d, #100f0e, #514d4a, #47302d, #afb0a8, #281712 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.

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  • #514d4a
  • #47302d
  • #afb0a8
  • #281712

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