![]() Marietta Fortune (Diane Ladd) hires petty thug Bob Ray Lemon to kill the irreverent and dashing Sailor Ripley (Nicholas Cage), a man infatuated with Elvis and madly in love with Marietta’s daughter, Lula (Laura Dern). Set between North and South Carolina in Cape Fear, the film opens with a shocking scene of violence and brutality – a great first impression. ![]() While he’s probably proud of the fact that many people walked out during test screenings and at its Cannes Film Festival premiere, the film went on to win that event’s best picture prize (the Palme d’Or), as well as both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations for Diane Ladd’s supporting performance. And to think that as unimaginably freakish as the whole film is, it’s the most coherent of director David Lynch’s projects. Ild at Heart” is a chaotic ride through a surrealistic nightmare, in search of love in a vividly visualized hell, infused with a road movie basis and heavy references to “The Wizard of Oz.” Most of the time it’s unquestionably disturbing, but every so often a hint of deeper meaning pokes through the strangeness. ![]()
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