On August 16-17, 2024, the North Bend Theatre in North Bend, Washington held three screenings of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me with special guest Sheryl Lee. This is the first of three trip reports from the screenings held in the Real Twin Peaks of Snoqualmie Valley.
In my quest to document the many Twin Peaks film locations, some of the more difficult locations to photograph are found at night. It’s easy to capture these locations during the day, but I’m striving for authenticity. I want shots that match how these locations appear on screen. That’s one reason why as soon as I…
My decades-long fascination with David Lynch and Mark Frost’s wonderful and strange Twin Peaks extends beyond the small town. I’ve also been a fan of both Lynch and Frost’s other works, which is why I’m thrilled to share a look at John Thorne’s new book, “Devious Dreams: Reimagining David Lynch’s Mulholland Drive.” I remember seeing…
While researching stories for Twin Peaks Blog, one thing that has continually surprised me is the number of times the Twin Peaks pilot was shown before debuting on the ABC Television Network in April 1990. From Telluride to Vancouver to Miami, here is a summary of the places throughout North America and the United Kingdom…
Before the Twin Peaks pilot premiered on the ABC Television Network on April 8, 1990, a 35mm print of the film was shown at a number of film festivals. The first was Telluride Film Festival followed by Vancouver International Film Festival in September 1989. With the start of a new decade, the 90-minute pilot episode would be…
Leading up to the release of Twin Peaks: The Return, the Showtime publicity team released an electronic press kit around April 22, 2017. I saved images, videos and layouts from this kit on January 9, 2021. Since the kit is no longer available, let’s take a look a back at how the third season details were…
With the passage of time, my fascination of how Mark Frost, David Lynch and the entire Twin Peaks crew created the show continues growing. I love understanding how exactly the show was assembled. Thanks to a production memo from a DVD extra, we learn which “insert shots” were captured on November 20, 1989 during production…
My fascination with identifying props from Twin Peaks started in the early 2010s after seeing the Twin Peaks Props website run by brother Jerry Horne. One of the first I found was the hot dog serving platter at the Johnson house followed by Special Agent Dale Cooper’s milk glass. One of the more obscure background items…
Ten years ago on July 29, 2014, one of the greatest Blu-ray sets was released – Twin Peaks – The Entire Mystery. Words can not describe how happy I was to finally have the entire series and 1992 feature film in high-definition. Additionally, the set contained the long-anticipated Missing Pieces with alternate and deleted scenes from Twin Peaks:…
Production for David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me started on September 4, 1991 in Snoqualmie, Washington at the former Riverside Mobile Home Park serving as the Fat Trout Trailer Park. Before social media, mobile phones or the internet, newspapers, magazine articles and news broadcasts served as the primary way people found out the latest…