①多年以后，当文德斯在拍摄有关哈默特(DashiellHammett)从侦探改行写小说的虚构故事《哈默特》(Hammett)时，有人问他这部电影是否为他1975年的作品《歧路》的延续，因为《歧路》叙述的也是一个年轻人决心当作家的故事。

Charles Dexter Wards wife enlists the help of a private detective to find out what her husband is up to in a remote cabin owned by his family for centuries. Thehusband is a chemical engineer| and the smells from his experiments (and the delivery of what appear to be human remains at all hours) are beginning to arouse theattention of neighbors and local law enforcement officials. When the detective and wife find a diary of the husbands ancestor from 1771| and reports of gruesomemurders in the area begin to surface| they begin to suspect that some very unnatural experiments are being conducted in the old house. Based on an H.P. Lovecraft

当那两个牛仔由于被指控割伤了德利拉的脸而被绑起来后，他们坐在酒吧的地上，而利特尔比尔(吉恩·哈克曼饰)则处在一个居高临下的位置上，但在同一个楼梯和平台上，而斯特劳白瑞·艾丽斯显得尤为突出。