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    Lost Highway
    Genre:Thriller

    Reviewed In Issue 27 Of Widescreen Review® Stars:
    Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake, Natasha Gregson Wagner, Richard Pryor, Gary Busey & Robert Loggia

    WSR Review Scores
    Picture Rating: 1
    Sound Rating: 3.5
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    DVD General Information
    (Studio/Distributor): PolyGram Video
    (Catalog Number): ID3946PG
    (MPAA Rating): R
    (Retail Price): $49.99
    (Running Time In Minutes): 134
    (Color Type): Color
    (Chaptered/Scene Access): Yes
    (Closed Captioned): Yes
    (Theatrical Release): 1996
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    Credits Information
    (Director): David Lynch
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    DVD Picture Information
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    (Theatrical Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1
    (Measured LaserDisc Aspect Ratio): 2.35:1

    DVD Sound Information
    (DVD Soundtrack): Dolby Digital Surround
    (Theatrical Sound): Dolby Digital
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    WSR Narrative Review
    Story Synopsis:
    Lost Highway draws its plots from classic film noir and weaves a story filled with murder, mystery, seduction and two men whose parallel lives collide. In the opening storyline, a jazz musician (Bill Pullman), tortured by the notion that his wife (Patricia Arquette) is having an affair, suddenly finds himself accused of her murder. In a bizarre twist, the film turns to its second storyline involving a young mechanic (Balthazar Getty) drawn into a web of deceit by a temptress (Patricia Arquette) cheating on her gangster boyfriend.

    LaserDisc Picture:
    The picture, framed at 2.35:1, exhibits very ugly, dark scenes that are orange with brownish-black shadow detail. Noise and grain mar these scenes. Color fidelity never looks natural as it is oversaturated with exteriors also slightly brownish and grainy. Images are wanting in sharpness and detail with poor shadow detail and contrast. The entire film lacks definition in color fidelity, sharpness and detail.

    LaserDisc Soundtrack:
    The Dolby® Digital discrete soundtrack sounds to be a 4.0 mix with no .1 low frequency effects or split surrounds. However, dialogue sounds natural with generally good spatial integration.
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