Sex heats up; so does violence; so does the mystery. A weirdo, played by Robert Blake and straight out of Twin Peaks, stops “Lost Highway” from making sense.

Blake continued to act throughout the 1980s and 1990s, making his final appearance as the Mystery Man in David Lynch’s “Lost Highway” in 1997.

Lost Highway is at once a story about dissociation, sublimated desires, and death. As Fred and Pete are plunged deeper into psychological conflict, certain songs embellish these moments and remind ...

This earned Lynch his third Oscar nod – but it wouldn’t exist without Lost Highway, from its bold two-part structure to its sustained atmosphere of dread, headed up by the pale-faced Mystery ...