Portland is a city that loves Twin Peaks. In 2025 alone, the World Forestry Center hosted an exhibit featuring the Log Lady’s screen-used log, the Oregon Symphony performed Angelo Badalamenti’s iconic score, and the Portland Street Art Alliances Community Art Program unveiled a stunning mural in honor of David Lynch. But there is a hidden…
Margaret Lanterman, better known as the Log Lady, is the embodiment of what makes Twin Peaks special. In a complex story that sometimes defies real world logic, Margaret shows us that openness is key to understanding, and a healthy fear of fire goes a long way. In the show, Margaret loses her husband in a…
The music from David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks is inextricably linked to their wonderful and strange world. Angelo Badalamenti’s tunes were my gateway to a decades long journey and I never tire of listening to the soundtrack. That’s one reason I’m thrilled the OR-E-GON Symphony is featuring this music during a hauntingly surreal evening on…
For this article, I’ve made arrangements for you to meet me at the private Portland Airport in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. This scene takes place early in David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece and introduces both Special Agents Chet Desmond and Sam Stanley and the mysterious Blue Rose. In reality, this location was shot at…
In Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me, Regional Bureau Chief Gordon Cole makes arrangements to meet Special Agent Chet Desmond at a private airport in Portland, Oregon. There is a seven-second transition shot from the cockpit of the plane approaching the small airport. This may be one of the more extreme examples of how obsessed…