Lost Footage From Wild At Heart

A few days ago I posted some information on posting videos to YouTube, including some possible rendering settings, software used, etc. I’m happy to say that I’ve had a few contacts from actors who have been trying to get their footage to look as good as possible on YouTube and other sites and they thanked me for my post. Cool. If you’re interested and didn’t see that post, look back a few days and you’ll find it.

Today, I’m going to post some ‘bonus’ footage, footage I don’t include on my demo now…deleted footage from the David Lynch film, WILD AT HEART. This scene is from a grainy work print but in the current context, I think the imperfections in the media add to the experience of seeing something that was for so long unavailable.

I no longer have the WAH footage on my demo because it’s just way too old. There was a time when I thought it helped my reel, even as a deleted scene, because of the other people involved. But time marches on and it’s time to leave this one off the newer reel.

After WAH played at Cannes, the film was trimmed substantially, so I’m told and mine is one of the scenes that did not make the final cut. David Lynch was kind enough to provide me with the footage on 3/4″ tape, state of the art for that time. Until recently I had never seen the footage in another form. Actually, the quality of the 3/4″ footage that I have is a bit better than the DVD version on Lynch’s Lime Green Set. No doubt due to compression of the footage for the DVD. I’m posting the deleted footage here because I think it might be of interest to Lynch fans and to actors who may or may not have been eliminated from a film. It’s always a let down to get cut from a project (this was not my first time and not my last) but this is the only time I’ve actually gotten to see the raw footage that we shot. Sorta fun to look back on this one.