Blind praise can be as deleterious for an artist as blanket dismissal-if he bothers to listen to his critics. Even if the film is counted a failure-a verdict I reject-it should still be obvious that a failure from Lynch is far more interesting than the bland successes of most studio hands. Hollywood isn’t so chock-a-block with genius that we can afford to trounce Lynch for attempting to extend the boundaries of his artistry, particularly at a time when on-the-edge filmmakers are bucking a conservative juggernaut in popular culture. And it diverges from them in ways that make sense both for the film and for Lynch’s expansion as an artist.Ĭan it be that Lynch, having broken out of his “Blue Velvet” cult status to the mass-audience TV success of “Twin Peaks,” is being pasted for becoming a household name? Hell hath no fury like a critic whose cult icon has gone public. On the other hand, I find it difficult to sanction the film’s spirited, wholesale dismissal, particularly since the dismissals come from critics (and audiences) who exulted over “Blue Velvet” and “Twin Peaks.” After all, it’s not as if the sensibility at work in “Wild at Heart” has nothing in common with those films.
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