Wild at Heart also pays twisted homage to both Elvis Presley and the 1939 MGM classic, The Wizard of Oz. The manner in which Lynch gleefully revels in graphic violence clearly influenced later movies such as Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers and Quentin Tarantino's Pulp Fiction (both 1994). During early test screenings dozens of audience members walked out and yet it won the prestigious Palme d'Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Like much of Lynch's work this movie polarized audiences. It was based on the novel of the same name by Barry Gifford. Wild at Heart is a crime thriller by David Lynch. Incidentally, Lynch's groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks debuted later this same year, and many of that show's actors can be seen in small parts here.Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage are Wild at Heart. But for the majority of the movie, Lynch's touch works, and provides a strange, entertaining ride. Lynch also includes some moments of plain weirdness, such as a man talking with a high-pitched voice and another man ( Jack Nance, of Eraserhead) speaking in odd riddles, which only calls attention to itself. Yet Lynch seems to have let his artistic id take over a bit too often, obsessing on both The Wizard of Oz and Elvis Presley, and trying to shoehorn references into the movie whenever possible - whether they fit or not. Even if they have been the victims of bad luck and made some bad choices, they are worth rooting for, and Cage and Dern are terrific in their roles (especially Dern, whose physicality in this movie is striking).
In their scenes together, they seem to truly appreciate each other's nuances and to respect one another. At its core, Wild at Heart is a pretty simple, very good lovers-on-the-run film noir Sailor and Lula are super-cool yet sympathetic characters whose love is never in doubt. David Lynch's adaptation of Barry Gifford's novel contains much of his trademark powerful, nightmarish imagery, even if it also appears that he might have been grasping at straws at times.
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