Wild at Heart (film)
Wild at Heart is a 1990 American romantic crime comedy-drama thriller[4] film written and directed by David Lynch, based on the 1990 novel of the same name by Barry Gifford.[5] Early test screenings for the film were poorly received, with Lynch estimating that at least 300 people walked out due to its sexual and violent content.At the club, Sailor gets into a fight with a man who flirts with Lula, and then leads the band in a rendition of the Elvis Presley song "Love Me".Unaware of all the events happening back in North Carolina, Lula and Sailor continue on their way until they witness—according to Lula—a bad omen: the aftermath of a two-car accident, and the only survivor, a young woman, dying in front of them.With little money left, Sailor heads for Big Tuna, Texas, where he contacts his old acquaintance, Perdita Durango, who might be able to help them, although she secretly knows Lula's mother has a contract out for his murder.Peru enters the room and threatens to sexually assault Lula, forcing her to ask him to have sex with her before leaving, stating he has no time.In the summer of 1989, Lynch had finished the pilot episode for the successful television series Twin Peaks, and tried to rescue two of his projects—Ronnie Rocket and One Saliva Bubble—both involved in contractual complications as a result of the bankruptcy of Dino De Laurentiis, which had been bought by Carolco Pictures.[13] Two days after that, Montgomery gave Gifford's book to Lynch while he was editing the pilot, asking him if he would executive produce a film adaptation that he would direct.[12] Lynch got approval from Propaganda to switch projects; however, production was scheduled to begin only two months after the rights had been purchased, forcing him to work fast.'[12] It was at this point that the director's love of The Wizard of Oz (1939) began to influence the script he was writing, and he included a reference to the 'yellow brick road'.[19] Before filming started, Dern suggested that she and Cage go on a weekend road trip to Las Vegas in order to bond and get a handle on their characters.'[10] Within four months, Lynch began filming on August 9, 1989, in both Los Angeles (including the San Fernando Valley) and New Orleans with a relatively modest budget of $10 million.The site's consensus reads: 'One of director David Lynch's more uneven efforts, Wild at Heart is held together by his distinctive sensibilities and compelling work from Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern.'[28] USA Today gave the film one and a half stars out of four and said: "This attempt at a one-up also trumpets its weirdness, but this time the agenda seems forced."[29] In his review for Sight & Sound magazine, Jonathan Rosenbaum wrote, 'Perhaps the major problem is that despite Cage and Dern's best efforts, Lynch is ultimately interested only in iconography, not characters at all.When it comes to images of evil, corruption, derangement, raw passion and mutilation (roughly in that order), Wild at Heart is a veritable cornucopia.'[30] Richard Combs in his review for Time wrote, "The result is a pile-up, of innocence, of evil, even of actual road accidents, without a context to give significance to the casualties or survivors".[31] Christopher Sharrett, in Cineaste magazine, wrote: 'Lynch's characters are now so cartoony, one is prone to address him more as a theorist than director, except he is not that challenging...one is never sure what Lynch likes or dislikes, and his often striking images are too often lacking in compassion for us to accept him as a chronicler of a moribund landscape a la Fellini.'[32] However, in Rolling Stone, Peter Travers wrote: 'Starting with the outrageous and building from there, he ignites a slight love-on-the-run novel, creating a bonfire of a movie that confirms his reputation as the most exciting and innovative filmmaker of his generation.
David LynchWild at HeartBarry GiffordMonty MontgomerySteve GolinSigurjón SighvatssonNicolas CageLaura DernWillem DafoeCrispin GloverDiane LaddIsabella RosselliniHarry Dean StantonFrederick ElmesDuwayne DunhamAngelo BadalamentiPolyGramPropaganda FilmsThe Samuel Goldwyn CompanyCannesromanticcomedy-dramathrillernovel of the same nameThe Wizard of OzElvis PresleyPalme d'Or1990 Cannes Film Festival6th Independent Spirit AwardsBest Supporting MaleBest CinematographyAcademy Award for Best Supporting ActressGolden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture63rd Academy Awards48th Golden Globe AwardsEarly life and workJennifer LynchFilmographyEraserheadThe Elephant ManBlue VelvetTwin PeaksThe ReturnLost HighwayThe Straight StoryMulholland DriveInland EmpireDiscographyBlueBOBThe Air Is on FirePolish Night MusicCrazy Clown TimeThe Big DreamThought GangCellophane MemoriesBibliographyImagesCatching the Big FishGenealogies of PainRoom to DreamDale CooperLaura PalmerSheriff Harry TrumanShelly JohnsonDonna HaywardAudrey HorneMaddy FergusonBenjamin HornePhillip JeffriesWindom EarleLeland PalmerLog LadyThe GiantThe Man from Another Place / The ArmTommy HillBobby BriggsFrank BoothUnrealized projectsAccolades receivedCultural impactFrequent collaboratorsDavid Lynch Foundationsnakeskinspeed metalPowermadLove MeparolepsychosisGlinda the Good WitchLove Me TenderMusso & Frank GrillJ. E. FreemanCalvin LockhartGrace ZabriskieSherilyn FennMarvin KaplanW. Morgan SheppardDavid Patrick KellyFreddie JonesJohn LurieJack NancePruitt Taylor VinceFrances BayPeter BromilowFrank CollisonSheryl LeeCharlie SpradlingKoko TaylorAlbert Popwellpilot episodeRonnie RocketDino De LaurentiisCarolco PicturesSamuel Goldwyn Jr.Marilyn MonroeElvis' Golden RecordsLas VegasMarilynLos AngelesSan Fernando ValleyNew OrleansorgasmChris IsaakWicked GameBernardo BertolucciRoger Ebert