(Taking the place of Christian faith in ''Wild at Heart'' is, in one of Lynch`s most elaborate gags, an entire cosmology based on ''The Wizard of Oz.'') It takes the narrative form of the classic Hollywood romance (behind which stands an infinitely older form of Christian allegory) in which the couple`s love must be repeatedly tested and proved before they are allowed to ascend to a true unity, a true happiness. This isn`t the blocked, kinky, guilt-ridden sexuality of ''Blue Velvet,'' but sex perceived as an irresistible force of nature.Īlthough the professionally puritanical Lynch still seems disturbed by sex (like Peter Greenaway, he can`t seem to contemplate the topic without free-associating images of bathrooms), it is for once a liberating, sanctifying force, the means by which the characters will discover a genuine love and create a family.įor just as ''Blue Velvet'' was a voyage inward-to a discovery of loneliness and corruption-so ''Wild at Heart'' is a journey outward, from the isolated self to the united couple. As the girl, there is the same actress as in ''Blue Velvet,'' Laura Dern, but a very different character-her Lula Fortune is a steamy 20-year-old who likes leather halters rather than print dresses and enjoys nothing more than making love to her man.
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