In Lost Highway , Pullman plays the part of a musician , the main character , who receives recordings of him and his wife , played by Arquette , Pullman 's character then disappears after being convicted for murder , and a young mechanic played by Getty takes his place .
Lynch has described the film as a `` psychogenic fugue '' rather than a conventionally logical story , and has noted the contemporaneous O.J . Simpson murder trial as a partial influence .
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