Jonathan Demme’s ‘Wild’ Road Saga Paved Way for Tarantino: Film
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Feel like chucking that drab office job? Before acting rashly, check out Jonathan Demme’s “Something Wild,” maybe the best cautionary tale ever filmed about leaving civilization behind and hitting the road.
Recently released by Criterion on DVD, the 1986 movie features Jeff Daniels as Charlie Driggs, a strait-laced New York tax consultant unexpectedly swept up in a joyride with Melanie Griffith’s free-spirited Lulu.