Wild at Heart (Special Edition)
by David Lynch
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Actor: Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Randy Thom, Sheryl Lee, Willem DafoeDirector: David Lynch
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 124 minutes
Published: 2004-12-01
DVD Release Date: 2004-12-07
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Movie Reviews of Wild at Heart (Special Edition)
Movie Review: "Wild at Heart" regales with the wildest love affair ever!
Summary: 5 Stars
"Wild at Heart" opened to fantastic reviews at the Cannes Film Festival in 1990, where it won the Golden Palm Award for Best Picture of the year. Written for the screen and directed by the master of quirk David Lynch, this film tells the wild adventures of a young convict (Cage) who breaks his parole to journey across America with his beautiful gal (Dern) to escape her evil mother (Ladd.) Whilst regaling us with tales of their recent serendipity, Lynch directs Ladd as she muddles in her morass of bad joss. Along the way, Cage and Dern cross paths with an assortment of classic Lynchian characters: strange but goofy and friendly at best; strange but evil and murderous at worst. Most of the heartless half-wits are sent by the evil mother (played insanely brilliant by Ladd) in an effort to sabotage the relationship between Cage and Dern. The chase across America is played wonderfully by Lynch, in an apparant homage to Homer's "The Odyssey." Cage, as a mondern day Odysseus, has just weathered years of rough adventure in jail and now must make his way to the 'promised land' in the hopes that Dern-his Penelope-will faithfully be there still at journey's end. There is even a one-eyed cyclops along the way, and a siren or two. Also, no road trip would be complete without quite a bit of "Wizard of Oz" imagery, of which there is plenty of, and quite obviously referred to therein. All in all, it has exciting action, steaming sex scenes between Cage and Dern (and even an erotic scene between Dern and DeFoe.) Moreover, the comic wit of the dialogue will have you rewinding the movie to hear your favorite classic lines again: "We're making this porno Texas-style!" I look forward to the day it will be released on DVD, as it did in fact win Best Picture in Cannes, Cage is an Academy Award winning actor himself, and DeFoe is a two-time Academy Award nominee! Buy this film, sit back, and prepare for a whacky adventure, terrifying in parts, strange in others, comical in all parts, but yet surrealy beautiful in still others. It is one of a kind moviemaking of which Lynch is the master. I guarantee you that you have seen nothing like it before. After finishing this film, be sure to rush out and get "Blue Velvet" and "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me." Great films. "When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. The tender boughs of innocense burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy." from TP:Fire Walk With Me. Be sure to try your hand at spotting the various and sundry assortment of characters who drift into and out of each of Lynch's films. Enjoy. I recommend this film very highly. Anyone seen my snakeskin jacket?
Summary of Wild at Heart (Special Edition)
David Lynch delivers a "stunning piece of work" (Chicago Tribune) with this "flamboyantly violent and erotic" (The Village Voice) tale of love on the run Â? now remastered under LynchÂ's supervision with upgraded picture and sound. Featuring the "formidable performances" (Leonard Maltin) of Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, Crispin Glover and Diane Ladd, Wild at Heart is a twisted "rollercoaster ride to redemption through an American gothic heart of darkness" (Variety). If Lula (Dern) knows one thing in this world, itÂ's that sheÂ's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend Sailor (Cage) Â? no matter how many times her mama tries to kill him. But when she and Sailor finally hit the road in a desperate bid to find happiness, their journey plunges them into a disturbing underworld filled with sexual secrets and dangerous desires that form a terrifying "tapestry of human extremity" (Variety).David Lynch's 1990 Wild at Heart is an utterly random and ugly experience with pockets of startling imagery and inspired set pieces. Based on a Barry Gifford novel, the film stars Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as lovers on the lam whose relationship is tested and who meet some truly dangerous wackos (including an almost-simian Willem Dafoe). Lynch's thoughts seem to be everywhere, and he expects the audience to keep up with a story that seems more a collection of avant-garde whims than a coherent vision with the intuitive brilliance of his Blue Velvet. Cage gives one of his more chaotic performances, but then he was just reading Lynch's signposts. --Tom Keogh
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