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"Dick Laurent Is Dead" - Dissecting Lost Highway

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"You'll Never Have Me" by @eclecticirie Written by: David Lynch & Barry Gifford Directed by: David Lynch Original US Release Date: February 21, 1997 Starring: Bull Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Loggia & Robert Blake On a dreamy desert highway, sexual jealousy, rage and murderous intent weigh heavily on a deranged man's soul.  Fred Madison smokes a cigarette at his house. His intercom buzzes. When Fred listens a voice says, "Dick Laurent is dead." In the distance police sirens blare. Off put, Fred starts looking out his window, but doesn't see anyone outside. Later Fred prepares for work. His wife Renee says she's not going to come to the club to see him play, because she's going to stay home and read. She tells him he can wake her up when he gets home. Then we cut to him playing the saxophone at his club the Luna Lounge. After his set, Fred uses the pay phone backstage to call R...