I never tire of watching the opening credits to David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece, Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me. The slow zoom out from a snow-filled television screen while a sultry jazz trumpet plays Angelo Badalamenti’s music is hypnotic. For years, I’ve wondered what television set was used for this scene. Well, grab your Swanson…
David Lynch did not play the Curious Woman in his 1992 film, Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me. She was played by the late Ingrid Brucato, a dog show-enthusiast turned movie extra who lived in the Pacific Northwest. Whew! I am glad that is out of the way. As a Twin Peaks fan in the…
There are so many delightful characters in David Lynch’s 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, particularly in the first 35 minutes of the film. During a visit to Deer Meadow, Washington, Special Agents Chet Desmond and Sam Stanley get food at Hap’s Diner really early (or really late) in the morning. While at the…
Throughout the years I’ve been researching David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, I found several references to a review in the September 1989 Connoisseur magazine. This was the first of many positive reviews about how the show would change television. I recently found a used copy of the magazine on eBay, which I examine from an archival…
Lately I’ve been discussing the film festival premieres for the Twin Peaks pilot episode. In between these festivals, the pilot was screened for the Television Critics Association during ABC Television’s winter press tour on January 6, 1990. Thanks to numerous newspaper reports, I’ve pieced together what took place that day in Universal City, California.
The film festival tour for the Twin Peaks pilot episode continues with a look at the 1990 Miami Film Festival. While West Coast audiences were baffled or confused by David Lynch and Mark Frost’s masterpiece, the East Coast premiere was well received based on reviews following the screening. Let’s journey back to February 1990.
To kick off the 1990s, the Twin Peaks pilot continued the festival circuit with a West Coast premiere at the Palm Springs International Film Festival. This inaugural event was held from January 10-14 that year. The episode was screened twice, including a primetime screening in a historic downtown theater.
Fellow author Dugpa recently published the definitive look at the premiere of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me at the 1992 Cannes Film Festival. I wanted to take a closer look at the press conference following the press screening held the morning of May 16 . This was the only screening where the story that…
“Welcome to Canada!” The Twin Peaks pilot episode festival tour continues with a look at the Canadian premiere during the 1989 Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). This event was held a few weeks after the debut at the Telluride Film Festival in September 1989. Unlike Telluride, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s masterpiece would kick off the…
For years, I’ve heard stories of how the pilot episode of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks was screened to a variety of audiences long before it debuted the ABC Television Network in April 1990. Continuing my efforts to document the history of my favorite show, I’m revisiting the 1989 Telluride Film Festival where attendees…