Lost Highway

Is it known if Eric and Dylan ever saw the 1997 film "Lost Highway"? It's a neo-noir film which contains music by Rammstein, Nine Inch Nails, The Smashing Pumpkins and Marilyn Manson.

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Sure, there is a lot of references from Lost highway from Eric and Dylan (especially in Dylan's journal).

If i remenber correctly, this picture camefrom a page they wrote together in eric planner, and lost highway is in the top of their favorite movie.

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Sure, there is a lot of references from Lost highway from Eric and Dylan (especially in Dylan's journal).

If i remenber correctly, this picture camefrom a page they wrote together in eric planner, and lost highway is in the top of their favorite movie.

Thanks dude.

I seen this film called Decoder that i think they may have liked (or atleast Eric would)

Decoder is a 1984 West German film directed by Muscha. It is a cyberpunk and counter-cultural film roughly based on the writings of William S. Burroughs, who also acts in the film. Bill Rice plays Jaeger ("Hunter"), an agent of the government in charge of suppressing dissidents, while FM Einheit plays a burger shop employee who discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.

W.A.R. wrote:

I seen this film called Decoder that i think they may have liked (or atleast Eric would)

Decoder is a 1984 West German film directed by Muscha. It is a cyberpunk and counter-cultural film roughly based on the writings of William S. Burroughs, who also acts in the film. Bill Rice plays Jaeger ("Hunter"), an agent of the government in charge of suppressing dissidents, while FM Einheit plays a burger shop employee who discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.

I think indeed they may have liked it but it sounds even more like something Pekka-Eric Auvinen, the perpetrator of the 2007 Jokela high school massacre, would have liked. He wished or at least fantasized to start a revolution to seize control of the masses from the strong and manipulative to the intelligent individualists, both of which he theoreticized to make up around 3% of the population.

In a computer survey, Eric listed it as his favorite movie. Dylan also wrote in his journal “the lost highway sounds like a movie about me.”

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Dylan wrote "The lost highway sounds like a movie about me" on March 31st, 1997. Lost Highway had a very limited theatrical release in 12 theaters on February 21st, 1999. Given the wording and the timeline, I doubt that he had seen the movie when he wrote this. It was released on home video August 12th, 1997.

Matt Friedman stated that at the beginning of junior year (August 1997) he had been invited by Dylan to the Klebold residence. Dylan had requested that Matt bring over the movie Lost Highway because Matt worked at Video City. Matt had advised that it was Dylan's favorite movie. He also advised that Dylan had told him he really enjoyed the movie. (006400)

The movie is also written on Dylan's wantlist with arrows pointing to it, likely signifying that he really wanted it. (026367)

He created a design for a custom Lost Highway shirt. (026379)

Dylan also wrote the lyrics for the Perfect Drug by NIN in his school planner over the week of February 2nd-8th 1998 (026457) As far as I know, the song was only released on the soundtrack.

Yes when Dylan wrote that he had not actually seen it. He had read or watched something about the film and somehow connected what he read/heard to his life.

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W.A.R. wrote:

I seen this film called Decoder that i think they may have liked (or atleast Eric would)

Decoder is a 1984 West German film directed by Muscha. It is a cyberpunk and counter-cultural film roughly based on the writings of William S. Burroughs, who also acts in the film. Bill Rice plays Jaeger ("Hunter"), an agent of the government in charge of suppressing dissidents, while FM Einheit plays a burger shop employee who discovers that by changing the background music from pleasantly calming to industrial "noise" music, he can incite riots and a revolution against the looming power of the government.

I bet they wouldn't have *understood* Decoder at all.

I've seen Decoder myself and congratulate you on having seen it. It's very rare that I get to talk to someone who's seen Decoder--it is one obscure-ass movie!!!!