Name: Wild at Heart (1990)
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe

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David Lynch’s twisted love story about Sailor (Cage) and Lula (Dern) hounded by increasingly weird characters hired by Lula’s mom to off her daughter’s new hubby, ages like a fine wine. Cage’s regular dependence on method acting was thwarted by Lynch’s constant on-set rewrites so Cage kept it loose which greatly benefits his performance, here. Cage brought his own snakeskin jacket (as you do) to set as a tribute to Marlon Brando’s character in The Fugitive Kind and naturally, Cage does all of his own singing in this film. English language without subtitles.

Credits

Regie: David Lynch
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Speelduur: 125 minuten
Land: VS
Taal: Engels, Spaans
Ondertiteling: Geen ondertiteling

Storyline

After serving prison time for a self-defense killing, Sailor Ripley reunites with girlfriend Lula Fortune. Lula’s mother, Marietta, desperate to keep them apart, hires a hitman to kill Sailor. But he finds a whole new set of troubles when he and Bobby Peru, an old buddy who’s also out to get Sailor, try to rob a store. When Sailor lands in jail yet again, the young lovers appear further than ever from the shared.

KINO presents: Hero for Hire – The Best of Nicolas Cage

The release of the excellent Dream Scenario will be accompanied by a long overdue Nicolas Cage retrospective in KINO, this March. The prolific actor has achieved a transcendent cult status for his eclectic and often discombobulating performances. With eight films spanning three decades we embark on a cinematic journey traversing from Oscar winning peaks to the darker corners of b-movie greatness that makes up an unparalleled cinema career. Trailer: Baris Azman