![]() ![]() ![]() Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern star as Sailor Ripley and Lula Fortune, a young couple drenched in their love for each other, much to the dismay of Marietta, Lula’s crazed harridan of a mother, played by Diane Ladd. Based on the novel by Barry Gifford, and co-written by Gifford and Lynch, all of this rolls into a singular whole that is as divisive in its eccentricities as it is invigorating in its flamboyant energy. An extravagant mix of pop culture theatrics, vivid sex and violence, and sly, twisted humor, Wild at Heart touches on many of Lynch’s favored themes and visual signatures: dark secrets and self-conscious weirdness, sudden bursts of brutality and lip-synching, close-ups of matches and fire, and physically disabled supporting characters. In the dark circus of David Lynch’s feature films, none of his work occupies quite the same ring as his 1990 Palme d’Or winner Wild at Heart. ![]()
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