![]() ![]() ![]() “It seemed that people who read newspapers or listened to radio were more likely to know who David Lynch was,” she said.Īdmitting that the film may come as a shock to those who know of Lynch only through “Twin Peaks,” De Picciotto said there have been reports of some walkouts. “We had conducted a survey prior to the film’s release, and we had found that the majority of the people who had watched ‘Twin Peaks’ knew who the stars were but didn’t know who David was,” De Picciotto said.Īs a result, De Picciotto said, during the initial promotion of “Wild at Heart,” television ads heavily promoted Lynch’s ties to “Twin Peaks,” while radio and newspapers ads were mum about the connection. Leonie de Picciotto, vice president of publicity for the Samuel Goldwyn Co., which released the film, said there’s no question that the popularity of “Twin Peaks” is helping box-office figures. And while the film is attracting the usual array of veteran David Lynch fans, it appears that the audience also includes a sizable number of “Twin Peaks” fans who are curious about the director’s celluloid endeavor. ![]() Opening last week to fairly enthusiastic crowds, “Wild at Heart” grossed about $5.5 million in its first three days. ![]() With a dark but playful reference to “The Wizard of Oz,” the film drips with blood and sex and presents one of the strangest list of characters since Lynch’s last film, “Blue Velvet.” While the film features brief appearances by some “Twin Peaks” regulars, there’s no question that Lynch is operating at a different level, far from the constrictive confines of prime-time TV. “Wild at Heart,” starring Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern, follows the path of Sailor Ripley (Cage) and Lula Pace (Dern) as they try to make their way to California to escape the wrath of Lula’s psycho mother, played by Diane Ladd. ![]()
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