Love Lies Bleeding
When Jackie ( Katy O’Brian ) , a rising muscle-builder , passes through the desert township on the way to a Las Vegas competition , Lou fall severely for the gym ’s latest guest . However , things become complicated when J.J. abuses his married woman , Lou ’s sister Beth ( Jena Malone ) , to the decimal point of hospitalization . for sure enough , Jackie is draw deeper into Lou ’s deplorable fellowship — and a dismal WWW of crimson activity . A hitting at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival , Love Lies Bleedingis a calling - right performance for Stewart . And , thanks to Glass ’s vision , Stewart ’s romantic crime thrilleris a near - singular movie .
Directed by Rose Glass ( Saint Maud ) , 2024 ’s Love Lies Bleeding marks a definitive Kristen Stewart genre counter that ’s been 22 age in the making .
David Lynch’s Wild At Heart Shares Love Lies Bleeding’s Tone & Genre
In many direction , Love Lies Bleedingis a singular film — a queen romantic criminal offence thriller set against a sweaty , ' LXXX backdrop . However , there ’s no denying the DNA that Kristen Stewart ’s latest outing shares with one ofDavid Lynch ’s good movies — the 1990 quixotic offence dramaWild at Heart . Even though it won the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes , Wild at Heartwas controversialwhen it was first released . Like other Lynch task , the film has a chilling wickedness to it , though it is n’t without some humorous , almost campy moments . It ’s the same tightropeLove Lies Bleedingwalks .
While David Lynch has some hearty dramatic play motion picture , he ’s famous for his weirdest creations , some of them being close to absolute nightmares .
Like the book it adapts , Wild at Heartcenters on Sailor Ripley ( Nicolas Cage ) , who the histrion described as " a kind of romantic Southern outlaw " ( viaThe New York Times ) , and Lula Fortune ( Laura Dern ) . After Sailor is discharge from prison house , he and Lula go on the run from Lula ’s overbearing female parent , Marietta Fortune(Diane Ladd , Dern ’s genuine mum ) , and the hired heavy weapon task with killing Sailor . Willem Dafoe plays the cruel and creepy Bobby Peru — an outlaw who has shades of Lou Sr . Both crime - induced roadtrip films dextrously contrast brutal ferocity with their main characters ' passionate love .
Love Lies Bleeding takes viewers on a wild journeying that watch its protagonists use deadly force to stop anyone from intervening with their new dear .
How Wild At Heart & Love Lies Bleeding Both Use Surreal Elements Perfectly
InLove Lies Bleeding , Lou convinces Jackie to take steroids , which leads tothe muscleman ’s violent outbursts and surreal dream . Theending ofLove Lies Bleedingtakes this surreal caliber to the next tier in a way of life that ’s rather redolent of Lynch ’s full treatment , especiallyWild at Heart . While it is n’t Lynch ’s weirdest film , Wild at Heart ’s ending goes all in on aWizard of Ozmotif . As Glinda the Good Witch , Sheryl Lee ( Twin Peaks ) narrate Sailor , " Do n’t deform by from beloved , " extend to his passionate reunion with Lula . Even the most brutal acts ca n’t upend the moving-picture show ' central couples .
Love Lies Bleedingis now work in theaters;Wild at Heartis unfortunately currently unavailable on streaming , but isavailable on Blu - Ray from Amazon .
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