Wild at Heart

The magical world of David Lynch appears in this steamy movie

David Lynch's genius shines through in this movie. Despite being based on a book, the director manages to imprint his unique, detailed mark, creating an atmosphere reminiscent of a dream, with perfectly integrated surrealist elements. The narrative moves between moments of romance, drama, comedy, explicit violence and expressive performances. The story is fascinating and gains strength thanks to the extraordinary chemistry between Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage. The dialogues are memorable, and the intense personalities of the characters make the plot even more engaging, in addition to an excellent soundtrack. It's a true masterpiece by David Lynch, who combines his style and creativity in a remarkable film.

Never a film title was more apt.
This film is definitely wild, sexy, full of passion and with over the top memorable characters.

Bluray quote:
"This is a snakeskin jacket! And for me it's a symbol of my individuality, and my belief... in personal freedom."

Unlike everyone says, "Wild at Heart" is far from being David Lynch's worst film. Actually, there is a part of me that even thinks it's a masterpiece. As a parody, it doesn't have the gloomy atmosphere of "Blue Velvet", but personally, I found it even more extreme and uncompromising. I understand that it could be a bit too much to handle though: the cartoonish characters and the cheap soap opera overacting that characterized Twin Peaks are not for everyone, and the pulpy sex and gore make everything feel even more grotesque. I mean, people's brains getting blown out, continuous Wizard of Oz references, and Nic Cage singing Elvis songs and dancing with karate chops at a power metal gig, all in the same movie! Retrospectively we can describe it as a Tarantino-style movie, but we should not forget that Tarantino was not even close to debuting at the time "Wild at Heart" was shot.

The plot is partly based on the pulp-noir novel of the same name, and is overall pretty straightforward: Lula and Sailor are two rebels in love who decide to hit the road so that no-one can drive them apart anymore. Lula's mother is an evil witch who sends a private eye and a hitman after them. Lynch decides to add all kinds of weird diversions along the way, with some of the craziest, creepiest characters he ever created. More than the original story itself, these diversions are the things that make the film truly memorable. Unlike "Twin Peaks" and "Blue Velvet", there is no light to balance the sleaze and darkness, no coffee and cherry pie after the nightmare. Lula and Sailor are naive and madly in love, but they just feel like cheap and shallow caricatures, you couldn't care less about them.

I understand that the movie aims at creating a world and characters rather than just telling a coherent story, but some focus on the plot wouldn't have hurt. Mr. Reindeer, the Durango gang and Marcellus Santos are iconic characters with their own story arcs, but the film forgets about them halfway through. Marietta even gets "erased" for convenience. Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru is one of the creepiest Lynchian villains ever, but gets disposed of a bit too easily. It's like they shot what they could and then abruptly closed the film with a pre-made happy ending.

Regardless, the countless iconic scenes and over the top pulp still make "Wild at Heart" one of my personal David Lynch favorites.

This was a visually stunning film, i absolutely loved it. You can feel lynch throughout, and the score is so palpably angelo's creation. A lot of familiar faces in this one, but i always knew lynch had his muses. Sheryl lee as the good witch was brilliant truly.

It's not a bad movie. It's interesting to see all of the twin peaks actors in this film.

Lynch is recognizable, it is clear he is able to make good films. As usual the development is often unclear, but he added interesting references. Probably not his best.

Like most Lynch, it's nightmarish, funny, and bizarre as hell. It's a haunting love story on the road, where the protagonists are being hunted, unbeknownst to them. With hints of Wizard of Oz they meet some crazy and colorful characters along the way. Whether you like this movie or not, it's going to stick with you.

My favourite director one step before huge success of lost in highway and mullohand drive.Still an enjoyable movie though

A decent film.

A simple humane runaway story why does it need to become mystical just for the climax? Just to tell Sailor that Lula is a keeper??

You can pass time with this one.