![]() ![]() Other events have some nuanced differences. Bobby Peru is still an evil creep, though less so in the book than in the film. Johnnie is still a complete sweetheart of a man. As a couple, they both respect each other and treat each other as complete equals. ![]() Sailor is an old-school throwback who enjoys a level of freedom and individuality. Lula is still quite a bubblegum vamp whose brains do work quite differently. ![]() Running out of money in Big Tuna, Texas finds Lula pregnant and Sailor joining with the ‘black angel’ Bobby Peru (Willem Dafoe) and his girl, Perdita Durango, (Isabella Rossellini) to rob a feed store, resulting in Sailor’s re-arrest, Bobby’s lurid demise, and Lula’s reunion with her mom, who has eventually caught up with her daughter.Įven some of the characterizations remain the same. Because Marietta Fortune (Diane Ladd), Lula’s mother, doesn’t want Sailor and Lula to be together, she hires sweet Johnnie Farraugut (Harry Dean Stanton) to find her and bring her home. Reuniting with his love, toney and sassy Lula Fortune (Laura Dern), the two set out on the road to head to California, breaking Sailor’s parole. Ne’er-do-well Sailor Ripley (played in the film by Nicolas Cage) is released from prison after a two-year sentence for second degree manslaughter for the killing of Bobby Ray Lemon. Lynch stayed true, mostly, to the major plot of the story. Some work better than others, while some differences are understandable within their own media. Interestingly, upon reading the slim novel and watching the film successively, is that, though the major plotlines and characterizations of the main players remain quite similar, there are some startling changes and nuances that separate the two. Lynch fans all know that the film was based on a novel of the same name by Barry Gifford. In 1990, David Lynch debuted his Palme d’Or winning film, Wild at Heart. ![]()
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