History Trivia / LostHighway

'''Mysterious Man:''' At your house, don't you remember?
'''Frank:''' No. No, I don't. Are you sure?

'''Mysterious Man:''' At your house.

-->'''Mysterious Man:''' We've met before.\\
'''Frank:''' I don't think we have. Where have we met?\\
'''Mysterious Man:''' At your house, don't you remember? In fact... I'm there right now.\\
'''Frank:''' Where?\\
'''Mysterious Man:''' In your house.

* CreatorBacklash: Though Creator/DavidLynch hasn't outright disowned the film (à la ''Film/Dune1984''), he's since elaborated that he made the film during a difficult time in his life, namely a divorce and witnessing the apparent ripping-off of his work by directors like Creator/OliverStone, and the film's dour and often dour tone reflected this.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Snz87C5A94]][[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/watch-was-david-lynchs-lost-highway-a-dig-at-oliver-stone-131875/]]
** He ended up disowning the initial American Blu-Ray release of the film from Kino Lorber since it was made using old elements and not the final negative.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The song accompanying Fred and Renee's sex scene, "Song of the Siren" by This Mortal Coil, was originally intended for use in ''Film/BlueVelvet'', but the filmmakers were unable to get the rights for it at the time.
** Music/TheSmashingPumpkins song 'Tear' was actually written for the film, but Lynch rejected it. Billy Corgan, the bands leader, reworked a rejected collaboration with Shaquille O Neal, called it "Eye" and submitted that instead to Lynch, who loved it and placed it during the films nightclub scene (roughly 1 hour into the film)

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The opening scene in the film is based upon an incident that occured to Lynch in real-life. He says that early one morning, his intercom buzzed, and when he answered it a voice he didn't recognize said, "Dick Laurant is dead." However, by the time he got to the front of the house to look out the window, there was no one outside.
* WrittenInInfirmity: Creator/RichardPryor was confined to a wheelchair due to multiple sclerosis.

* CreatorBacklash: Though Creator/DavidLynch hasn't outright disowned the film (à la ''Film/{{Dune}}''), he's since elaborated that he made the film during a difficult time in his life, namely a divorce and witnessing the apparent ripping-off of his work by directors like Creator/OliverStone, and the film's dour and often dour tone reflected this.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Snz87C5A94]][[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/watch-was-david-lynchs-lost-highway-a-dig-at-oliver-stone-131875/]]

* WordOfGod: Lynch has acknowledged the trial of O.J. Simpson as an influence on the film.

* AuthorFilibuster: Fred's (Creator/BillPullman) distaste toward camcorders is Lynch's own. [[HilariousInHindsight Ironically]], Lynch would famously use camcorders to shoot ''Film/InlandEmpire'' less than a decade later.

* TheCameo:
** [[Music/MarilynManson Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez]] as a pair of porn stars.
** Creator/JohnWaters regular Mink Stole as the voice of a forewoman.
** Creator/HenryRollins as a prison guard.
** GiovanniRibisi as Steve "V".

* FollowTheLeader: To the original ''Film/{{Detour}}''. Maybe.

** [[MarilynManson Marilyn Manson and Twiggy Ramirez]] as a pair of porn stars.

* AuthorFilibuster: Fred's (BillPullman) distaste toward camcorders is Lynch's own. [[HilariousInHindsight Ironically]], Lynch would famously use camcorders to shoot ''InlandEmpire'' less than a decade later.

* CreatorBacklash: Though DavidLynch hasn't outright disowned the film (à la ''Film/{{Dune}}''), he's since elaborated that he made the film during a difficult time in his life, namely a divorce and witnessing the apparent ripping-off of his work by directors like OliverStone, and the film's dour and often dour tone reflected this.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Snz87C5A94]][[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/watch-was-david-lynchs-lost-highway-a-dig-at-oliver-stone-131875/]]

** JohnWaters regular Mink Stole as the voice of a forewoman.
** HenryRollins as a prison guard.

* DyeingForYourArt: BillPullman didn't know how to play the saxophone, so he spent several weeks learning how to play the specific solo featured in the film.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The song accompanying Fred and Renee's sex scene, "Song of the Siren" by This Mortal Coil, was originally intended for use in ''BlueVelvet'', but the filmmakers were unable to get the rights for it at the time.

-->'''Mysterious Man:''' We've met before.
-->'''Frank:''' I don't think we have. Where have we met?
-->'''Mysterious Man:''' At your house, don't you remember? In fact... I'm there right now.
-->'''Frank:''' Where?
-->'''Mysterious Man:''' In your house.

* CreatorBacklash: Though DavidLynch hasn't outright disowned the film (a la ''{{Dune}}''), he's since elaborated that he made the film during a difficult time in his life, namely a divorce and witnessing the apparent ripping-off of his work by directors like OliverStone, and the film's dour and often dour tone reflected this.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Snz87C5A94]][[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/watch-was-david-lynchs-lost-highway-a-dig-at-oliver-stone-131875/]]

* WriteWhatYouKnow: The opening scene in the film is based upon an incident that occured to Lynch in real-life. He says that early one morning, his intercom buzzed, and when he answered it a voice he didn't recognize said, "Dick Laurant is dead." However, by the time he got to the front of the house to look out the window, there was no one outside.

* CreatorBacklash: Though DavidLynch hasn't outright disowned the film (a la ''Film/Dune''), he's since elaborated that he made the film during a difficult time in his life, namely a divorce and witnessing the apparent ripping-off of his work by directors like OliverStone, and the film's dour and often dour tone reflected this.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Snz87C5A94]][[http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/watch-was-david-lynchs-lost-highway-a-dig-at-oliver-stone-131875/]]

* ThrowItIn: Robert Loggia kept forgetting his choreography during his fight scene with Bill Pullman, leading to the two accidentally and repeatedly hitting each other.

* ThrowItIn: RobertLoggia kept forgetting his choreography during his fight scene with Bill Pullman, leading to the two accidentally and repeatedly hitting each other.

* PlayingAgainstType: Creator/GaryBusey as Pete's dad, who seems like a genuinely kind and not-creepy man.

->'''Mysterious Man:''' We've met before.
->'''Frank:''' I don't think we have. Where have we met?
->'''Mysterious Man:''' At your house, don't you remember? In fact... I'm there right now.
->'''Frank:''' Where?
->'''Mysterious Man:''' In your house.