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Wild at heart: David Lynch’s psychotic Wizard of Oz

Wild at Heart Directed by David Lynch Written by David Lynch 1990, USA Wild at Heart, a hyper, often violent and oddly romantic take on The Wizard of Oz, starts off with a lit match and a brutal attack, and ends with a visit from Glenda the Good Witch and Nicolas Cage singing “Love me tender”. …

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Ricky D’s Favourite Cult Films #28: ‘Wild at Heart’

Wild at Heart Directed by David Lynch Written by David Lynch 1990, USA David Lynch evokes a surreal world in Wild at Heart, a film brimming over with explicit sex, murder, rape, eccentric kitsch and sleaze. There is some rather horrifyingly violence, beginning with the opening scene where a man is beaten to death, to a moment …

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‘River’s Edge’ is Fuelled by the Intensity of Adolescence

River’s Edge Directed by Tim Hunter Written by  Neal  Jimenez USA, 1986 River’s Edge is probably best known as a bewildering showcase for some of the strangest performances of  1980s cinema.  Featuring Keanu Reeves, Crispin Glover and Dennis Hopper in an already puzzling film about the murder of a teenage girl and the apparent apathetic …

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