Lynch’s long ‘Lost’ road flick

Lost Highway

Universal, $19.98

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David Lynch’s underappreciated 1997 forerunner to “Mulholland Dr.” (and to his latest feature film, the three-plus-hour Laura Dern tour-de-force “Inland Empire”) makes a belated U.S. DVD debut. Bill Pullman, Balthazar Getty and Patricia Arquette star in this thriller that features Lynch’s trademark inscrutability, doppelgangers and a twisted chronology focusing on a jazz man, a mechanic, the women who bewitch them; and Death, in the diminutive form of Robert Blake, before the trial. The bonus features are a mystery of their own -- there aren’t any -- but that’s unlikely to deter ardent fans of the writer-director’s singular, haunting vision.

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The Kite Runner

Paramount, $29.99

Khaled Hosseini’s moving, Starbucks-ubiquitous bestseller charts the friendship of two Afghan boys forever linked by a childhood trauma. The cinematic results are mixed, as the earnestness of the adaptation drains much of the life from the drama. Extras include a commentary track with the author, director Marc Forster and screenwriter David Benioff, a pair of featurettes and a public-service announcement from Hosseini on behalf of relief organizations working in Afghanistan.

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Jimmy Carter:

Man From Plains

Sony, $24.96

Jonathan Demme’s admiring documentary portrait of the 39th U.S. president follows him on a book tour in support of the controversy-ridden tome “Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid.” The Nobel Prize-winning Carter’s strong beliefs come through, but the film’s narrow focus reveals little new information despite its intimate format. Extras include deleted scenes and Demme’s commentary track.

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The Mist

Genius/Weinstein, $32.95/$29.95

The third Stephen King adaptation for filmmaker Frank Darabont is a cut above most contemporary horror flicks. Thomas Jane and Marcia Gay Harden head the cast of this allegorical tale about townspeople trapped in a grocery store by the menacing title entity. The disc comes with a commentary track by Darabont, plus eight deleted scenes. A double-disc edition also has a black-and-white version of the film, a booklet, plus featurettes.

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Wristcutters: A Love Story

Lionsgate, $26.98

Patrick Fugit (“Almost Famous”) stars in this agreeable dark comedy about a young man’s journey through the particularly eccentric corner of the afterlife reserved for suicides. Writer-director Goran Dukic’s existential road trip also features Shannyn Sossamon, John Hawkes and Tom Waits. The abundant extras include a commentary track with Dukic, Fugit and others, deleted scenes, a making-of documentary, storyboards and behind-the-scenes photos by Fugit.

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Kevin Crust