"...this whole world's wild at heart and weird on top." David Lynch's WILD AT HEART is one of my favorite films. I often dread "sharing" it with a friend or suggesting to a friend because I sort of wear it on my sleeve -- which is unusual. Trust me -- when you're an eight year old kid who loves Woody Allen and Barbra Streisand movies and you're growing up in a small town in Texas you develop a thick skin and a sense of humor. ...fast!
But, this is just one of those movies I love so much I often feel the need to defend it when someone knocks it. I think it is one of those movies a person either loves or hates. I don't think a person could just "like" or think that WILD AT HEART is "ok" --- it demands more.
Lately a lot of those exaggerated moments Lynch created have been crashing about in my head.
I never cared much for the book so I remembering being all the more surprised at how much I loved the film. However, both the book and the movie give forth that central idea about our world. ...which is beautiful, dangerous, crazy, scary, filled with love, hate, passion and secrets. A world that really is wild at heart and weird on top.
I've never been quite cool enough to work a snake skin jacket, but if I were you'd bet I'd take to letting people know that the jacket, for me, is "...a symbol of my individuality, and my belief in personal freedom"
And, I would say this wrought with meaning and good intention. I think we all have a snake skin jacket lurking somewhere in our closets. It might not be made of animal, but it reflects us
...and, it matters.
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