review by Colin the dude
Wild at Heart 1990
Rewatched Apr 18, 2012
Colin the dude’s review:
Way better than I remembered it, filled with memorable moments and quotable psychotic lines. Classic Lynch, a tight balls-to-the-wall thriller that even manages to contain a wild Cage while giving him subdued moments as well. Everyone shines, especially Dafoe in one of his best roles.
I heard somewhere that Dafoe turned down Denis Hopper's role in Blue Velvet becuase he thought it was to disturbing. It's funny because he's bat-shit crazy in this film. This a truly great film. It makes a perect double feature with True Romance.
Definitely true grooveman, both are top notch crime/love on the run stories and both have amazing ensemble casts.
Badlands would be a great triple feature now that I think about it.
I think this is the perfect blend of Natural Born Killers and True Romance, but before either of them were made!
It's brilliant. Blu-ray is pretty :)
Been meaning to get the Blu-ray, but the David Lynch Blu-ray boxset is EXPENSIVE (£70 in store!)