It does require a viewer to have more esoteric tastes than the normal moviegoer to truly enjoy and revel in what the director is doing. Many find umbrage with the specific style Lynch uses in most of his films, especially Wild at Heart.

The aggressive imagery, sound design, and histrionic stylized acting. Lynch is working in a heightened level that’s akin to a fairy tale, complete with wicked witches, deus ex machinas, and a musical style ending. The sex displayed with graphic verisimilitude. Now, 28 years later I understand why she had banned this jolt of excess from me.Įverything in Wild at Heart is in some form of extreme excess. After telling my mother I was going to see My Blue Heaven, I snuck myself into Wild at Heart.

Of course, this made no matter to 12-year-old me. Imagine this fiend for Lynch’s work being told he could not see Wild at Heart, his newest film. Blue Velvet had made me uncomfortable for reasons I could not articulate. Eraserhead gave me nightmares for months. The Elephant Man broke my heart and soul. Dune had melted my brain (in the best way). For a 12-year-old who had recently discovered the work of David Lynch, thanks in large part to Twin Peaks, this was a cinematic death blow. A time that I was told I could not see Lynch’s Wild at Heart. The film starring Nic Cage, Laura Dern, and a host of others is being released on Blu-Ray from Shout Factory’s label Shout Select. Adam gets very personal with one of his favorite David Lynch films, Wild at Heart.

David lynch wild at heart review