The City of Absurdity Lost Highway
a film by David Lynch
The Story in Pictures pg. 6


Candace Dayton: "There´s a man on the phone. He´s called a couple of time tonight.
Pete: Who is it?
Candace Dayton:He won´t give his name."



Mr. Eddy: Yeah... How ya doin', Pete?
Pete: Okay.
Mr. Eddy: You're doin, okay? That's good, Pete.
Pete: Look... It's late, Mr. Eddy... I ...
Mr. Eddy: I'm really glad you're doin' okay, Pete.



Mr. Eddy: You sure you're doin' okay? Everything all right?
Pete: Yeah.
Mr. Eddy: That's good, Pete. Hey... I want you to talk to a friend of mine.



Voice: We've met before, haven't we?
Pete freezes. His mind is scrambling.
Pete: I don't think so. Where was it that you think we've met?
Voice: At your house. Don't you remember?
Pete: No. No, I don't.

Voice: In the east...the far east...when a person is sentenced to death...they´re sent to a place where they can´t escape...never knowing when an executioner will step up behind them and fire a bullet into the back of their head...



Andy´s House: A movie projector is running in the living room. A porno film is being projected on a huge screen at the far end. Alice is in the porno film. A man is fucking her from behind - with LOUD SLAPPING SOUNDS of flesh banging flesh. Her face is in the foreground. Her eyes look out directly at Pete. She is loving every minute of it. Inside Pete, jealousy starts to rage out of control.


"Man sieht ihn um die Kirche schleichen...
Seit einem Jahr ist er allein...
Die Trauer nahm ihm alle Sinne...
Schläft jede Nacht bei ihrem Stein."



When Pete hits the ground, he pushes Andy up and throws out his arms. This, and Andy's momentum, catapult Andy into the corner of the rectangular glass-topped coffee table. There is a sound like a hammer going through a bucket of eggs as the glass corner embeds about eight inches into Andy's forehead.

Alice (amazement - no feeling): Wow!


Alice: It was an accident... Accidents happen every day.
Pete clutches her, eyes squeezed tight, as if he is holding on for dear life.
Pete: Alice...
Alice (pushing back): We gotta get the stuff and get out of here.



Pete: Is that you? Are both of them you?



Pete starts to reel - blood from his nose soaking his shirt.


Pete staggers toward the bathroom at the rear right of the hallway. THE HALLWAY SUDDENLY BECOMES HAZY, DIFFERENT AND LONGER THAN IT APPEARED TO BE.


"Rammstein. Ein Mensch brennt..."



Alice is filling the pillowcase with cash and jewelery
(on a screen is projected one of her pornos)



Alice: Don't you trust me Pete?
Stick that in your pants, Pete.



The cabin next to a dry lakebed is burning in reverse.



Alice: You still want me Pete...More than ever...



"On the floating, shipless oceans I did all my best to smile
'til your singing eyes and fingers
drew me loving to your isle."

"And you sang "Sail to me, sail to me;
Let me enfold you."

"Here I am. Here I am. Waiting to hold you..."


Pete: I want you Alice...I want you...


Alice: You´ll nerver have me.

She turns and walks, naked, to the cabin where she disappears within it.

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