“GET ME SPECIAL AGENT CHESTER DESMOND IN FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA!” It’s a classic line spoken by then Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole early in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. For the longest time, I wondered about the image Cole was standing in front of at his FBI Field Office in Portland, Oregon. Good news –…
Many Twin Peaks fans know that the majority Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me was shot on location around Snoqualmie and North Bend in Washington State. Shooting began on September 4-5, 1991 and continued through the end of October. There are, however, a handful of scenes that were shot in Southern California, including a scene…
By now, you should know I’m on a quest to document everything I can about my favorite David Lynch film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. Since the Twin Peaks Blog launched in February 2018, I’ve covered film locations, shared love letters to my favorite scenes, and highlighted little details that make this film extra…
If I had a nickel for every time I’ve watched Twin Peaks, I’d be dead. As part of my More Missing Pieces series, I’m taking a closer look at scenes from the Twin Peaks Blu-ray set released in 2014. On that set, you’ll find short videos edited around a singular theme (e.g. “the Woods,” “Coffee,”…
One of the treats for me from Twin Peaks Season 3 was seeing Nadine Hurley’s shop, Run Silent, Run Drapes. This was such a payoff from Season 1 when she tried to create “completely silent” drape runners using “COTTON BALLS!” The location used for her shop is found in the heart of North Bend, Washington and…
Last year, I created a series of fantasy trading cards to salute the 26th Anniversary of the release of my favorite David Lynch film, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. This gorgeous motion picture with powerhouse performances by Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Dana Ashbrook, and more was released on August 28, 1992. I had a ball…
In Twin Peaks Parts 9 and 10 on Showtime, we visit the Horne Residence, home to Sylvia Horne, former wife of Benjamin Horne and mother to Audrey and Johnny. According to Mark Frost’s “Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier,” following the events of Season 2’s ending, Sylvia eventually divorced Ben and moved into a “McMansion” in an upscale neighborhood…
Site of the grisly murder of Laura Palmer, the Train Car appears in only three episodes from Seasons 1 and 2 and reappears in Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me. For this Vacant Peaks article, I share scenes from the outside and inside the car without people present.
With this year marking the 50th Anniversary of Apollo 11, it’s fitting I turn the spotlight on the moon in Twin Peaks and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me in a new Setting the Stage article. Similar to long shots of traffic lights, perched owls or the mysterious woods, the series and film include a few brief…
CBS Home Entertainment officially announced two new Twin Peaks releases for fall 2019 on August 21, 2019. If I had a nickel for every VHS, Laserdisc, DVD or Blu-ray I own of my all-time favorite show, I’d be dead. But they know how to get me to purchase the series two more times. This article takes a…