As a child, I loved going to the local Drive-In Movie Theater in Columbus, Ohio. I saw so many films from the comfortable of my parent’s vehicle while hearing the film’s audio broadcast from a bulky metal speaker attached to the car’s window. While many Drive-Ins have long since closed, the Mahoning Drive-In Theater, nestled…
.In Twin Peaks Part 5, Special Agent Tammy Preston is seen examining fingerprints at her desk in the FBI Headquarters located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A black and white photo is hanging in the background of what appears to be a statue of a person riding a horse. As it turns out, this Twin Peaks prop has a…
I’ve been a fan of Twin Peaks since October 1993. Despite my many deep dives into the little details that make this show so great, I’m still surprised to find things I’ve never seen before. A great example is a Twin Peaks-inspired advertisement from Acme Supermarkets that briefly ran in the Philadelphia Daily News around on…
For this Vacant Peaks article, I’m taking a look at the FBI Office in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania as seen in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. This scene, which marked the return of the long lost Phillip Jeffries, had a few glimpses without people. The “field office” was shot at the now demolished Cabrini Hospital once located…
Late in Twin Peaks Part 3 on Showtime, there is a short six-second establishing shot of the William Penn statue on top of City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Similar to other establishing shots from Season 3 (such as Diane Evans’ apartment exterior or Yankton Federal Prison), this shot was footage captured by someone else.