Lynch read Barry Gifford’s novel, Wild at Heart: The Story of Sailor and Lula, at the behest of his friend, Monty Montgomery. David Lynch wasn't supposed to direct Wild at Heart. Here are 16 things you might not have known about Lynch’s divisive neo-noir. Yet a quarter-century later, we’re still talking about it. But the film was hardly met with unanimous acclaim when the film claimed Cannes’ top prize, it was met with “great cheers and many boos, some of the latter from me,” Roger Ebert recalled. Just one month after Twin Peaks premiered on ABC, Wild at Heart made its debut at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival, where it won the Palme d’Or. Starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as star-crossed lovers Sailor and Lula, the film-based on Barry Gifford’s novel-was yet another high point for Lynch in what turned out to be a very good year for the cult director.
I knew a boomer Lynch fan who thought that was one of the greatest lines in Hollywood history smh.Like a campy version of Romeo and Juliet, David Lynch’s Wild at Heart came roaring into theaters in 1990. That’s not limited to (but symbolized by) the f*ggot line which was never cool and aged like milk. Whatever archetype he was going for… he seemed more pretentious and insufferable (exactly how I found Michael Cera’s acting in The Return). Primarily I think Cage’s portrayal just really didn’t work for me. But somehow I set that aside when ranking the film. While I deride it, I simultaneously say it has a contender for Lynch’s best scene ever (willem Defoe “fuck me”). Does anyone really think it should be his highest-decorated film?! Not that establishment award ceremonies ever matter…ĭon’t kill me but at the time my reaction was “Baz Luhrman does David Lynch” and not in a good way 🤣 I’m quite annoyed that’s the film that won Palme d’or for him. It’s been years and I owe it a re-watch, but I remember being disappointed.
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