LOST HIGHWAY
film ANALYSIS
HIGHWAY
ANDY’S PRISON HOUSE
ANDY’S PRISON HOUSE
CABIN
CABIN
Auto Mechanic
WORK
Jazz Sax Tanner
WORK
HOUSE
HOUSE
Diegectics of Fred’s reality Diegectics of Pete’s fantasy
RENEE
ALICE
POLICE
POLICE
ANDY
Mr Eddie (Dick Laurent)
ANDY
DICK LAURENT
MYSTERY MAN
Diegectics of Fred’s reality Diegectics of Pete’s fantasy
Andy
"Asshole"
Fred
Murders Married
Sub-Concious?
Murders Cheats on?
Mystery Man/ Witness?
Job?
Renee
Assists Murder Affair? Friends?
Dick Laurent
Kills
Pete
Alice
Mr. Eddie/ Dick Laurent Favorite Mechanic
Married
Affair
Andy Pimp
First event
Pete’s life
Fred’s/ Pete’s Jealousy Fred’s life
Fred’s paranoia
Jail
Pete’s fantasy
Fred’s climax
FSP
TSP
Architectonic Spatial/Visual Connectors/Separators
Optical Devices Functional Spatial Units (Subspaces)
Syntagmas
Non-Functional Spatial Units (Subspaces)
Segments
NE
Functional Aggregates Functional + NonFunctional
NS
Functional Spaces
NNS
-sterile, not lively -chaotic relationships betweeen spaces
ISC
Spaces Aggregates of Spatial Units (Subspaces)
ISpC
fred’s reality
ISR
Lost Highway
Non-Functional Spaces
Spatial Units (Subspaces)
ISpR
Kinder garden
2 Worlds Intra
pete’s fantasy
Music
Diegesis
Extra
Music
-active + lively spaces -simple spatial relationships
Connection between realites
Architectonic/ Built Environment Functional Elements
Spatial Structure/Organization (Form)
Emphasising scene specific atmospheres Pete's Fantasy
Fabula
-Pete’s life is intersecting with Fred’s life
-Adult’s world -children’s world
Portal (Highway)
Program (Programmatic Content)
Fred's Reality
Narrative
Plot
fine line between realities
-Möbius strip -4° acts Impotence
Events
-Interphone -Murderd -Transformations - Interphone
Chooses Alice
Arrested Videos
Returns to work Fred
Pete Renee cheating
Confronted by Mystery Man
Robs Andy Betrays Mr. Eddie
Diagram (Programmatic Organization) Fred’s world fragile Pete’s world solid and controled
Architectural Event/ Happening/ Program
Primary Function