

Sailor Ripley (Nicolas Cage), caught offguard on a stairway in Cape Fear, “Somewhere near the border between North and South Carolina,” is goaded into a horrific act of violence, literally slamming a black man’s head into pulp against a marble floor. And we’re just there to make that happen for him.” Speaking for “Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch,” one of several chatty documentaries assembled for the new Special Edition DVD of David Lynch’s magnificent Wild at Heart, Elmes expresses a sentiment apparently held by anyone who’s worked with the man - they’re moved to help make work that is peculiar, ingenious, and entirely thrilling.Ĭonsider the blazing first scene in Wild at Heart. You know it’s going to be unusual and it’s gonna rise above the other films, because David’s films have a particular point of view and it’s going to lift off the page in kind of a magical way. “The most rewarding thing about working with David,” says the brilliant cinematographer Frederick Elmes, “is helping him see the vision through. David Lynch, “Love, Death, Elvis, and Oz: The Making of Wild at Heart“ Sheryl Lee, “Specific Spontaneity: Focus on Lynch”īubble gum was a key element to Lula, for some reason. I always felt incredibly safe with him as a director.
