![]() ![]() The unashamedly stylish, ‘Rock and Roll’ film weds many a cultural nod to stellar performances from an exceptional cast to tell the story of Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage) and his love, Lula Fortune (Laura Dern) who is, in the oddball, surrealist fashion synonymous with the director, are pursued by hired goon’s set on their tale by the disapproving mother of Lula, a woman out to stop the inexplicable powers of the world’s strongest emotion.Īdapting Barry Gifford’s novel of the same name (with a few, slight changes), Wild at Heart is, in my opinion at least, the perfect starting point for anybody unfamiliar with the American director. Yes, Jurassic Park is on the lineup as well - because that film, like life and Laura Dern, always finds a way.A middlingly received yet critically well-regarded film, Wild at Heart is – for me, at least – one of David Lynch’s finest works of all time. Or, you can feast your eyes on her early work in Ladies And Gentlemen The Fabulous Stains and Smooth Talk, jump to the 90s with Citizen Ruth, or see Dern's turn as a determined lawyer in Certain Women. With a name like that, Wild at Heart obviously features on the bill - and, because Dern has multiple collaborations with David Lynch to choose from, so does Inland Empire. So, between Friday, January 14–Saturday, January 22, Golden Age Cinema and Bar is doing exactly that as part of a seven-film season it's calling Wild at Heart: The Films of Laura Dern. Yes, we're talking about the one and only Laura Dern.Ī constant delight on our screens for more than four decades now, Dern has experienced quite the career - the type that it's always worth celebrating, in fact. She's the kind of star who completely changes every film she's in with her inimitable presence. She's played a glue-huffing delinquent and an actor pushed to her limits, too. She's tussled with dinosaurs and been serenaded by Nicolas Cage. ![]()
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