Review of Wild at Heart (1990) by Alec B — 21 May 2016
I was warned, and yet I did not anticipate just how insane this film was. Lynch, Cage, and nearly ever single side character are completely out of control. The sound design and editing allude to a larger world inside the individual character's heads.
The character of Laura Dern shows there is a complexity informed by trauma that her outward performance does best to hide. An extremely dark comedy. It has horror, romance, and avant guard experimentalism that feels similar in tone, yet different in flavor, to Lynch's other surreal work.
This review of Wild at Heart (1990) was written by Alec B on 21 May 2016.
Wild at Heart has generally received positive reviews.
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