![]() Lula’s family is rich, Southern and perverse. In an outstanding performance, Cage channels Elvis-a young and vital Presley-as a rebel delinquent with a hard-eyed code of honor.Īlong with Oz and Elvis, Wild at Heart builds its allusions from the sort of hothouse Tennessee Williams adaptations produced in Hollywood during the 1950s and early ‘60s. ![]() They have consciences and their love for each other. Even the protagonists, Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), are bad but better than most. Violence is endemic and sometimes extreme enough to be comical. If Oz had its treacherous patches, the America of Wild at Heart is Hades as blueprinted by a demiurge with a sense of humor. He gives general directions and allows the material of the unconscious to surface.Īnd that material can get dark. Among the bonus features on the new Wild at Heart DVD are interviews with Lynch, cast and crew the director is described as shaping, sculpting and molding ideas as he goes along. Then again, explaining one of Lynch’s films can be a ![]() If The Wizard of Oz was a road picture, maybe that explains the recurring references to wicked witches and the Emerald City in David Lynch’s road picture, Wild at Heart (1990).
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