UW Cinematheque | Wild At Heart

Lynch’s genre-bending, Cannes Palme d’Or winning road movie, based on a Barry Gifford novel, stars Cage and Dern as lovers on the run from an angry mother (Diane Ladd, in an Oscar-nominated turn), a private detective, and a hitman.  Along the way, they encounter a plethora of grotesques and stop for plenty of explicit sex.  The supporting cast also includes a creepily effective Dafoe, plus Crispin Glover, Harry Dean Stanton, Jack “Eraserhead” Nance, and a barely recognizable Isabella Rossellini.