Wild at Heart
1990 Directed by David Lynch
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The couple Sailor and Lula overcome all obstacles in David Lynch’s love story. This road movie is about two little love cats as they run through some most unusual and surreal events and violence in an attempt to not be caught by the mob.
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For every budding movie buff, there are certain scenes that impact you in a remarkable way, that stick with you for life and go a long way towards making you the giant movie nerd you will eventually become. David Lynch's WILD AT HEART has one of those for me.
At almost exactly the halfway mark, ex-con Sailor (Nicolas Cage, in easily one of his nuttiest and most enjoyably unhinged performances) and Lula (a gloriously hot-to-trot Laura Dern) are driving through the desert at night, surrounded by blackness. They are on top of the world, deeply in love, having hot, passionate sex every night, and have a big lead on both Lula's psychotic mother (a terrifyingly insane Diane Ladd) and the…
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I think I have a new favorite David Lynch film. Wild at Heart tells you a lot of what you need to know in the title. It has a frenetic pace and constant forward momentum that will leave you breathless and wanting more. What it really boils down to is a sweet love story between two people that just want to live life for each other and no one else.
The story is set in Cape Fear, North Carolina so everyone tries their hand at horrible southern accents. Sailor's just out of prison for murder. Lula's really young and is hopelessly in love with him. They have LOTS of sex. She's got a murderous mom who'll stop at nothing to…
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"This is a snakeskin jacket! And for me it's a symbol of my individuality, and my belief... in personal freedom." - Sailor Ripley
While it starts with possibly the most off-putting opening scene in cinematic history (Nicolas Cage smashing a hitman's head against the floor until his brains come out), it also ends with the warmest, most romantic serenade of all time. I don't know whether it's my closet love for Elvis Presley or I'm really a big softie, but this really does warm my heart. Anyway, down to the nasty business...
Wild at Heart is a strange blend of everything. Personally, I sum it up as a romantic crime dramedy thriller fantasy musical. It's a bit like Pulp Fiction…
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I need a snakeskin jacket.
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"This whole world's wild at heart and weird on top."
It sure is, and ain't that a great thing?
By the way, the Cage looks damn cool in that snakeskin jacket. -
I call this a perfect film, for every moment is an inspired one. Every line can be quoted and the humor hits you just as hard as the violence, sometimes becoming one in the same. Lynch's use of sound and music is unforgettable. Shit, every scene resonates and always from an unexpected angle. There's many a moment in the spirit of this one and every performance could be argued as that actor's best role.
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First viewing since theatrical release 23 years ago, when my cinephelia was, how shall we say, in its infancy. Thought for sure I'd find my reaction more substantial than the "OK, so that happened" I recall from 1990. But no. It's all the things that can be most frustrating about Lynch -- his gratuitous freakshow menageries, performances stylized to the point of ridiculousness -- without nearly enough of the primal chills. The dazed Sherilynn Fenn staggering around the car wreck is still surprisingly heartbreaking, and Dafoe's psychological rape of Dern still horrifying. Beyond that, it's a bunch of untethered Elvis-in-Oz craziness. It's weird on top, all right, but as far as what it is at heart? Not a clue
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"Have i ever told you that this here jacket represents a symbol of my individuality and my belief in personal freedom"?
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David Lynch as romantic. Willem Dafoe as terrifying.
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The world desperately needs more John Lurie.
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"Wild at Heart" is a classic rock and roll love song. It's unabashedly over the top and at times offensive. It pushes all of its character's emotions to their extremes, as well as their stereotypes but at its core, it's simply a film about how great love conquers all great evil.
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100 Mindfuck Movies #23
Definitivamente no es mi tipo de pelicula. El papel de Cage lo odie hasta morir pero a decir verdad es lo unico que a mi parecer me entretuvo a lo largo del film. Ademas, creo que es la pelicula menos acorde en esta lista de Mindfuck Movies, espero y la proxima sea mucho mejor que esta... meh.
En general, la vi un poco simple, con escenas interesantes si, pero la verdad, no me gusto.
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very good
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I need a shower.
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David Lynch's "wild" love story spanning from the Carolina's all the way to Texas. This defiantly stands out among Lynch's film, it's his weirdest among his films. It just seems is different, especially with the Wizard Of Oz hallucinations and what not. Willem DaFoe gives a real seedy performance, his face fits perfectly with those damn ugly teeth. Diane Ladd really knows how to play crazy, and believe me you'll hate her character. I found Nicholas Cage's performance quite funny, although I suspect it's suppose to be. Are we really suppose to listen his Elvis accent with a straight face? And the lovely Laura Dern is lovely, as always. I had a good time with this film, defiantly wild. If your fan of Lynch and have not seen this, check this out! It's certainly one his most violent film, and one of most crazy ones too.