David Lynch's Wild at Heart [Region 2] | ![David Lynch's Wild at Heart [Region 2]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21-7iI6QwBL._SL500_.jpg) | Director: David Lynch
Actors: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe, J.E. Freeman, Crispin Glover
Category: DVD
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Rating:  119 reviews
Sales Rank: 177101
Format: PAL
Languages: English (Original Language), German (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Arabic (Subtitled), Danish (Subtitled), Dutch (Subtitled), Finnish (Subtitled), Norwegian (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Turkish (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Romanian (Subtitled), Italian (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 2
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 9024201
EAN: 3259190242012
ASIN: B00008WJ6E
Theatrical Release Date: August 17, 1990
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David Lynch's 1990 Wild at Heart is an utterly random and ugly experience with pockets of startling imagery and inspired set pieces. Based on a Barry Gifford novel, the film stars Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern as lovers on the lam whose relationship is tested and who meet some truly dangerous wackos (including an almost-simian Willem Dafoe). Lynch's thoughts seem to be everywhere, and he expects the audience to keep up with a story that seems more a collection of avant-garde whims than a coherent vision with the intuitive brilliance of his Blue Velvet. Cage gives one of his more chaotic performances, but then he was just reading Lynch's signposts. --Tom Keogh
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 The 80's was Lynch's decade... January 8, 2010
Mr. Eddie (New York, NY)
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Wild at Heart came out in the summer of 1990, and while I never really liked the story of Sailor & Lula, the visuals and manic style had me convinced it was utterly brilliant. This was Lynch's follow-up to Blue Velvet, netting him a Time magazine cover article, and it won the Palm D'Or as well. Wild at Heart was a big deal. Now that all the hype has died down and two decades have passed, it's apparent that this film really kinda blows.
While David Lynch remains one of the world's great film directors, this marks the point when he succumbed to indulgence, tossing a medley of ingredients into the cinematic blender an hitting puree. What story WAH has is a hokey & vague, with a ridiculous "burnin' daddy" McGuffin and murder plot. As usual, Lynch is capable of writing some godawful script, while simultaneously sketching criminal netherworlds that are potentially fascinating. We are treated to a couple of buffoons (and lousy actors) in the leads accompanying a supporting cast of Hollywood cornball "Southerners"; many of the characters are miscast (Stanton) or overact to such extremes (Ladd) that it's beyond grating. Just a taste of what was to come in "Fire Walk With Me."
However, Lynch's signature sound design and some brilliant editing are in full force, and there's nothing else quite like it. Frederick Elmes is a fabulous cinematographer, and the film has an extremely cool neo-noir style. There's a lot to like here, with some brilliant channeling of American B-films, and yes, I suppose you could say Welles, Goddard and Fellini. Willem Defoe gives the performance of his career as Bobby Peru -- undeniably the best portions of the film -- which to this day remain some of my favorite sequences in any movie. But tipping the scale in the other direction are cloying, disturbing portrayals of sadistic violence, abortion, rape...leaden dialogue, crappy death metal, car crash victims, Wizard of Oz references, grotesquery chic; this is where the director of "The Elephant Man" became a hipster. Wild at Heart has moments of utter stupidity (Glinda the witch) sandwiched next to moments of heartbreaking melodrama (Sailor meeting his kid) that's it's hard not to feel jerked around, watching this director's tremendous abilities just flounder about. Ultimately, what it says to me is that this is the work of an arrogant auteur more interested in humoring himself than treating his audience or his characters with much respect; all the more frustrating when the Badalamenti music is reaching fever pitch.
So does Lynch really give a hang about his ridiculous Elvis wanna-be Sailor and the waifish Lula? In his interviews Lynch comes across as the most self-absorbed kind of Hollywood egoist, and it appears he takes this all quite seriously. When you listen to him talk about his films, he never comes clean about this and instead bloviates about such nonsense as Laura Dern being one of the greatest actresses of all time. Maybe that's just sarcasm too. Then again, his penchant for juvenile sentimentality (The Straight Story) is well documented.
 Wild At Heart - A deliciously disturbing David Lynch sleeper. December 20, 2009
john brush (Surface Of The Sun , AZ)
I'm sure Laura Dern touts this as her finest work, har har...
If you've seen any of "Twin Peaks" you're going to recognize some folks here.
I guess there are performers who really believe either in Lynch's appeal (financial gain) or just enjoy his outlook (They're just as twisted)...either way, it's interesting on a lot of levels.
For instance, if you enjoy quoting dialogue you're in Heaven here.
"My dog...barks some."
"Mentally, you picture my dog...but I have not TOLD you the TYPE of dog which I have...you might even picture Toto, from 'The Wizard of Oz'!"
"But let me tell you...MY DOG IS ALWAYS WITH ME..."
- 00 Spool, described by another character as: "This man's a rocket scientist!"
"...the way your mind works is God's own mystery."
- "Sailor" Ripley (Cage)to Lula Fortune (Dern)
That might just be a Lynch self analysis.
If you think Laura Dern has no depth you're also served.
If you enjoy slimy malevolence, Willem Dafoe straps it on. (What they did with his teeth...I'm stll scratching my head here...)
It's an interesting roller coaster ride of rebellion, blunt force trauma, lunacy and disaster. With a recurring "Oz" theme and a really beautiful vintage Thunderbird, hey!
I do think Lynch wrapped it up in a half - assed and lame fashion, but there's plenty of entertainment before you come to that.
Wildly Delivered June 1, 2009
Rachel A. Deatherage (Milford, OH USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Kudos for delivering the item so quickly. :D
The dvd was in good condition, and even shrink wrapped when I got it (which confused me...) but very good to go with this company!
There's No Place Like Home... April 9, 2009
Bindy Sue Frønkünschtein (under the rubble)
Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage from 8MM) is a convicted Murderer... er, I mean "manslaughterer" on parole. He decides to hit the road w/ his blazingly hot gal, Lula Pace (Laura Dern from Blue Velvet and Inland Empire), and head for California. The two young lovers are pursued by the various minions of Lula's unbalanced mother, Marietta Fortune (Diane Ladd), who only wants to kill Sailor at any cost. WILD AT HEART is really a brilliant, crackpot romantic comedy, David Lynch-style. It is loaded w/ cheezy dialogue, oddball characters, and just plain fun! Of course, there is a bit of the old ultra-violence and copious nooodity as well. Lynch proves w/ WAH that he hasn't lost the wicked sense of humour that made ERASERHEAD such a dark treasure, while giving us the perfect, wacky alternative to BLUE VELVET. Add to your Lynch library immediately...
Amazing and fun film March 1, 2009
RedLipsSinkShips
Lynch created a modern fairy tale with Wild At Heart. Brilliant performances, brilliant story, funny, violent, amazing.
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