Lynch, the man who shook TV by exposing the pits of cherry-pie America in Twin Peaks, revels in finding the logic in the random, the beauty in the broken. Though lacking the organic clarity of Blue Velvet, Wild at Heart is a breathtaking display of movie magic that steadily tightens its hypnotic hold. Lynch dramatically alters the characters, adds liberally from his own wickedly demented imagination, pumps up the violence and erotica, throws in a Toto look-alike, a good and a bad witch and the ruby slippers from The Wizard of Oz and then watches the sparks fly. 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.Īll that’s left of the book is a chunk of pungent dialogue. In adapting Barry Gifford’s book Wild at Heart for the screen, Lynch does more than tinker.

Lynch’s kinky fairy tale is a triumph of startling images and comic invention. without having to feel it”: David Lynch is able to do this through his experience with Transcendental Meditation and ‘Wild At Heart’ is a perfect demonstration.Imagine The Wizard Of Oz with an oversexed witch, gun-toting Munchkins and love ballads from Elvis Presley, and you’ll get some idea of this erotic hellzapoppin from writer-director David Lynch. Portrait of a director : David Lynch, furniture designer, photographer, musician, author of songs and music videos, and movie director, is one of the key figures of the American avant- garde. David Lynch chose to film a world illuminated by fire and blood.

After, the world is on fire : from the explosion ofYugoslavia to the incendiary riots in Los Angeles. During the editing, the Berlin Wall falls, provoking the fall of the Soviet Empire.

Portrait of an era: the filming begins after the Tiananmen Square massacre, which opens the door for unbridled capitalism in China. It is Romeo and Juliet retold as a rock n’ roll road movie, a love forged in hell. Portrait of a film: two innocents share a passionate, sexual love adventure as they traverse a crazy world. David Lynch’s ‘Wild at Heart’ is released in 1990.

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