The City of Absurdity Lost Highway
a film by David Lynch
Story Board pg. 3


Renee in a bathrobe, opens the front door to collect the mail.


She sees a plain, clean, manila envelope lying on the step. She picks it up.


CLOSE UP ON THE ENVELOPE - No stamp, no writing, blank. She takes the mail from the box, and goes back into the house.


Renee opens the manila envelope. She's noticeably nervous when she sees a videotape inside. She stares at it.

Fred: What's that?
Renee: A videotape.
Fred: Who's it from?
Renee: I don't know... There's no return address on the envelope... In fact, there's no address on it.


Fred: Does it say anything on the tape?
Renee: No, nothing.
Fred: Well, let's see what's on it.



They sit on the couch in front of the television.

The videotape shows the front of THE MADISON HOUSE, the camera panning slowly over it. The picture is accompanied by an eerie DRONING SOUND. After the camera pans back to the front door, the tape image turns to snow.


Fred and Renee stare at the snow for a few moments. Renee looks relieved.
Renee: Must be from a real estate agent.

back  next


1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20
21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26
Story Board Index | Lost Highway page

© Mike Hartmann
mhartman@iig.uni-freiburg.de