Twin Peaks Publicity – Spelling Films International – At The Doorway Of Laura’s Bedroom

As I decompress from a fantastic trip to Snoqualmie Valley, I return to the publicity photos from Spelling Films International for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. This time, it’s two similar photos showing Laura Palmer standing at the doorway to her bedroom, including one shot we don’t see in the theatrical release.

AT THE DOORWAY OF LAURA’S BEDROOM

After Laura Palmer finds Annie Blackburn in her bed and discovered Teresa Banks’ ring in her hand, she hears a faint calling of her name from beyond her bedroom door. The script written on August 8, 1991 by Bob Engels and David Lynch describes the action:

AT THE DOORWAY  OF LAURA’S BEDROOM
In the doorway Laura gets a strange feeling in the back of her and turns to look at Mrs. Tremond’s picture. There in the picture is Laura (herself) in the doorway looking back into the darkened rooms where Mrs. Tremond and her grandson were.

The scene cuts to a full-color framed shot of one of the publicity photos seen in this article. The action continues in the script.

115. MRS. TREMOND’S PICTURE
Laura is in the picture. In the picture Laura turns around in the doorway of the picture and looks down at her room.

In the film, the scene cuts from the framed photo to a close up of Laura staring in disbelief at what she is seeing.

The first of two publicity photos from this sequence shows Laura standing in the doorway with her hand on the door and looking back into her room. It’s the same framed image seen hanging in her bedroom.

The on-screen action shows a slightly cropped shot compared to the publicity photo. I love that we get to see more of the room in the latter image. On-set photographer Lorey Sebastian took the shot on the scene that was filmed in October on a set in Van Nuys, California.

Laura turns to look out from her doorway with her hand still resting on the door.

She drops her hand just before the scene cuts to a close up.

In the second publicity photo, we see Laura’s hand resting by her leg.

This is a cropped version of the shot that is slightly askew.

On screen, the scene ends with a close up of Laura standing in the doorway before the action cuts to a shot of her resting in her bed.

It’s great seeing all these little details of a film I’ve adored for more than three decades.