Wild at Heart Book vs Movie Review (in honor of David Lynch 😢)

[@trippyhop]

I saw Wild at Heart for the first time at a midnight screening at the NuArt Theatre in LA and it was such a wild (pun sorta intended) experience. Such a great artistic loss, and I am delighted that you made this video, Laura.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah it's a wild ride 😆 And yeah, he changed the world of film in so many ways!

[@billg3356]

Another great episode. I remember rushing out to see Wild at Heart at the Harvard Square movie theater on opening day way back in 1990. What a movie. Bizarre, violent, and darkly hilarious, it remained my favorite David Lynch movie until Mulholland Drive. Even now, they're still pretty much neck and neck. Lynch was a true artist, and an American original.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks! And he was definitely an original

[@RoycceeR]

Diana Ladd was absolutely fantastic and terrifying as The mother.

[@chrismacklarren5586]

Diane Ladd is so underrated. Out of Lynch conversation, but, it's so sad that Carnosaur is such a B-movie, as Ladd's character there is one of the most brilliant villains on screen.

[@Dr.GmcGee2099]

David Lynch was a great artist and funny as hell. The man was a recurring character on The Cleveland show as Gus the bartender. and he ad-libbed some of his lines no that show.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Oh I didn't know about that character, I'll have to check it out!

[@Dr.GmcGee2099]

I think David Lynch shape most of us as kids with our creativity. I watched Eraserhead at a too young of a age. 😂

[@TinaBiebe]

My late mother and I saw Wild at Heart opening weekend. I might have to rewatch it again soon. I’m like you. I am not a David Lynch expert or aficionado, but there are things he did I will always love or enjoin, which might be why his death hit hard. A lot of what he gave us goes back to some special moment I shared with my mother. Dune! Oh my gosh. We not inky saw it opening weekend but we saw Sting on his first solo tour; we saw his concert on a Friday and Dune on that Saturday. It was a cool mother-daughter time. Twin Peaks! Every week she’d do a buffet of cherry pie, doughnuts and coffee for me, my 2 sisters, my brother and me. We LOVED that show. Blue Velvet I watched with her on VHS. 😊 She saw Elephant Man on cable but loved it. So I guess that’s why his death hit hard. He had no idea how much his movies played into my life. And no, we will never see the likes of him again. So thanks for your video. 😀

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks for sharing! I love how his works are connected to memories with your mom.

[@joshgeoghagan7448]

Lynch's Baron Harkonnen pulling that plug (heart-plug?) out of his underling/servant and killing him instantly always disturbed me. I really like Lynch's persona, his interviews, the answers he would give - love Twin Peaks, Mulholland Drive, Lost Highway, Dune, Blue Velvet - I will always love when a piece of art seems a little Lynchian.

[@WhytheBookWins]

Yeah that heart plug scene was so disturbing! Gross, but very effective lol. It's crazy how much he has influenced the art world in basically every way!

[@halo2something]

thank you for the review, it's the right place and time to honor such a great director, i love his work, saw all of his movies and tv projects, admire everything he has done, what a loss, wasn't too hopeful to see his new work considering his deteriorating health, still his death feels so unexpected 'wild at hearts' has one of the most favorite scene out of all his filmography, it's not my most favorite movie, i love it, re-watch it, but this scene - night car crash scene with sherilyn fenn, her death, from the moment sailor and lula see her, searching for her purse, sticky stuff in her head, her collapsing - it is so hectic and so real, i travelled a lot on car at night, long distances, and night on the road can bring anything, any incident, any death, this is why i feel this scene so deep, so close to my experience

[@alexanderdelrisco1257]

Wow! These are amazing facts about the movie. And it’s crazy how much of David Lynch’s regulars other than Laura Dern were in this movie like Harry Dean Stanton (Fire Walk With Me & Inland Empire, he was also in Escape From New York), Sherilyn Fenn (Audrey Horne from Twin Peaks), Jack Nance (Eraserhead & Twin Peaks), Isabella Rossellini (Blue Velvet), Grace Zabriskie (Sarah Palmer from Twin Peaks & she was also in Inland Empire), David Patrick Kelly (beer bottle guy & main villain from The Warriors, he was also Jerry Horne from Twin Peaks), and Laura Palmer herself Sheryl Lee played as the Good Witch. It’s insane! That proves how much all these actors loved Lynch. Especially all the actors like Kyle MacLachlan of course, Naomi Watts, Justin Theroux, & everybody! They all loved working with Lynch. And Kyle MacLachlan has mentioned that he owes David Lynch for giving him a chance. So yeah, it’s amazing how great of a filmmaker David Lynch was. RIP. And Fun Fact: the author of Wild At Heart Barry Gifford worked with Lynch two more times on a short lived HBO anthology series called Hotel Room & Lynch’s 1997 film Lost Highway. Gifford wrote the Lynch directed episodes of Hotel Room. And Gifford co-wrote the script for Lost Highway with Lynch. And one last thing about Lynch that I should mention is that Lynch mentioned at a convention alhow he likes to tell stories with a concrete structure that has abstractions and how life is filled with abstractions. Amazing thing that Lynch has said. And also you should read these two Twin Peaks books that were made by Twin Peaks co-creator Mark Frost. They were released before & after Twin Peaks: The Return. They go deeper into the history of Twin Peaks and tell the story of what happens in between season 2 and the Return. So yeah you should definitely read those. RIP David Lynch. What a legend he was.

[@Hogtownboy1]

Thanks.i never knew of his love of W of Oz.

[@jameswallace756]

1990 was David Lynch’s year. Twin Peaks was huge on television that spring. Then Wild At Heart winning at Cannes - after that… Season 2 wasn’t nearly as good as Season 1. Wild At Heart wasn’t a huge hit. Yet, with Lynch films the audience usually arrives years later. Great artist!

[@Knee-JerkReactor]

For a brief time, mainly 1990, David Lynch was very cool and was everywhere, on the cover of magazines. The second season of 'Twin Peaks' killed that off pretty quickly, unfortunately. I used to think Lula was saying, "You got me hollerin' George Asphalt." And I'd think, Who's George Asphalt and why is she hollerin' for him?! Have a beautiful day. We are! 😉

[@onepcwhiz6847]

Lynchian is definitely a thing. The violence in this movie was too much for me.

[@frankducky6130]

Try Mulholland drive the film, it’s excellent.

[@TinaBiebe]

There aren’t many directors who have a style of film named after turn: Hitchcockian, Lynchian. 😀 I won’t argue.

[@jameswallace756]

Great top for the occasion of this review!

[@WhytheBookWins]

Thanks!

[@MYSTERIOMUSIK]

Uhmmmmm David Lynch definitely played with symbolism 1000% Eraserhead, Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks and Lost Highway are LITTERED with heavy symbolism. Yes, Lynch can be weird for weird sake but i think saying that he doesn't play in symbolism is a big fallacy.

[@bsharp3281]

Forgive me, but "style" is too ugly a left brain word to describe a true creative artist like David Lynch. Style implies that anyone can do what he did. Instead, I'd say that he had a unique "voice". A style can be learned; a voice is unique. A style can impress, but a voice leaves in awe.

[@Hum0ng0us]

Now that you've seen this, you can watch The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent with Nicolas Cage.

[@WhytheBookWins]

@@Hum0ng0us i have! I saw that one in theaters