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…
When Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me premiered during the Cannes Film Festival in May 1992, the world was a different place. The internet barely existed and certainly wasn’t what it is today. Almost a year after the season two finale in the United States, folks in France and Japan would get to see David…
The original airing of Twin Peaks in 1990 captured the attention of the world, television critics included. While researching about my favorite series, I discovered Walt Belcher, former TV critic for The Tampa Tribune, who not only loved the show but also orchestrated a look-a-like contest in August and September 1990. Here’s a look back at…
Russ Tamblyn who played Dr. Lawrence Jacoby and his alter-ego Dr. Amp in Twin Peaks celebrates his birthday on December 30. To celebrate another year of having his wonderful soul on Earth, I’m reflecting on my first meeting with him at 1996 Twin Peaks Fan Festival in Snoqualmie Valley, Washington.
During a much needed, week-long vacation in Southern California, I dropped by Frame of Mind Pictures in Glendale to check out a new art exhibit celebrating milestone anniversaries for David Lynch’s The Elephant Man, Wild at Heart and Twin Peaks. Curated by Master Framer Tommy Ardolino, this free exhibit is on display through June 12, 2021. I spent…
Twin Peaks fans from around the world descended on Fayetteville, Arkansas for the inaugural Fayetteville Comic Show on February 29 – March 1, 2020. Upon hearing that several stars from the show, including Sheryl Lee, James Marshall, Eric Da Re and others, were attending, I booked a flight. While many fellow Bookhouse Boys and Gals and…