Wild at Heart
David Lynch / US, 1990 / 125 min.
Lynch sends the two lovers Sailor and Lulu on a wild ride across America’s highways. The two are trying to get away from Lulu’s mother from hell and Sailor’s violent past. ‘If you’re truly wild at heart, you’ll fight for your dreams.’ IM David Lynch.
Sailor (Nicolas Cage) has just been released from prison, Lulu (Laura Dern) is the trashy vamp he worships and humiliates. The love-struck duo set off for New Orleans to paint the town red in their Lincoln Convertible, the archetypal American car. The only snag is how to shake off the contract killers Lulu's mother has sicced on them?
Lynch created a hyperbolically derailed, violent Southern Gothic melodrama replete with sexual tension and black humour. Sex, drugs & rock 'n’ roll in overdrive with, as a Lynchian encore, Willem Dafoe as 'Bobby Peru', the ominous criminal with poor dentition.
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Director
David Lynch
Production year
1990
Country
US
Original title
Wild at Heart
Length
125 min.
Language
English
Subtitles
NONE
Format
DCP
Part of
Eye Classics
Eye’s collection includes a wealth of classics. With the Eye Classics series, Eye brings film history even closer. Every week, we screen at least three classics from the collection under one recognisable name: Eye Classics.
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In Memoriam David Lynch
The creator of classics such as Twin Peaks, Blue Velvet, Eraserhead and Mulholland Drive died on 15 January 2025 from complications of the lung disease COPD. Lynch, an inveterate chain smoker, was 78 years old. A number of films by the sympathetic Master of the Macabre can now be seen in Eye Classics.
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