Lights

In the town of Twin Peaks, everyone has their secrets—but especially Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). In this prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television series, David Lynch resurrects the teenager found wrapped in plastic at the beginning of the show, following her through the last week of her life and teasing out the enigmas that surround her murder. Homecoming queen by day and drug-addicted thrill seeker by night, Laura leads a double life that pulls her deeper and deeper into horror as she pieces together the identity of the assailant who has been terrorizing her for years. Nightmarish in its vision of an innocent torn apart by unfathomable forces, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is nevertheless one of Lynch’s most humane films, aching with compassion for its tortured heroine—a character as enthralling in life as she was in death.

Image credit: Janus Films

Did you know?

  • In most versions of the film, certain sequences are subtitled – at the nightclub where the music drowns out the dialogue and when characters speak backward – but not in the British version. Apparently, Director David Lynch changed his mind so often as to whether they should be included or not, by the time he came to a final decision, the British distributors had already made all their prints (without subtitles) and couldn’t afford to make any more.
  • The zigzag pattern on the floor of the Black Lodge is similar to the pattern on the floor of the lobby of Henry’s house in Eraserhead (1977), also directed by David Lynch. The Black Lodge version of the pattern is much larger.
  • The film takes place from 1988 to 1989.

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