I never tire of watching the opening credits to David Lynch’s 1992 masterpiece, Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me. The slow zoom out from a snow-filled television screen while a sultry jazz trumpet plays Angelo Badalamenti’s music is hypnotic. For years, I’ve wondered what television set was used for this scene. Well, grab your Swanson…
David Lynch did not play the Curious Woman in his 1992 film, Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me. She was played by the late Ingrid Brucato, a dog show-enthusiast turned movie extra who lived in the Pacific Northwest. Whew! I am glad that is out of the way. As a Twin Peaks fan in the…
There are so many delightful characters in David Lynch’s 1992 film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, particularly in the first 35 minutes of the film. During a visit to Deer Meadow, Washington, Special Agents Chet Desmond and Sam Stanley get food at Hap’s Diner really early (or really late) in the morning. While at the…
Steven and I have spent plenty of time tracking the unique kitchenware used in Twin Peaks, like the airbrushed Syracuse china from the Blue Pine Lodge and the vintage Fire-King mugs at the Sheriff station. However, an unassuming white mug that appears in the Great Northern’s dining hall might be one of the show’s most…
Throughout the years I’ve been researching David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, I found several references to a review in the September 1989 Connoisseur magazine. This was the first of many positive reviews about how the show would change television. I recently found a used copy of the magazine on eBay, which I examine from an archival…
Lately I’ve been discussing the film festival premieres for the Twin Peaks pilot episode. In between these festivals, the pilot was screened for the Television Critics Association during ABC Television’s winter press tour on January 6, 1990. Thanks to numerous newspaper reports, I’ve pieced together what took place that day in Universal City, California.
You’ve probably noticed the jadeite green coffee mug seen around the Twin Peaks Sheriff Department (which Steven Miller first wrote about here in 2018). But did you know the station also has an identical counterpart with a peach colored finish?
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.
Since I was too young to watch Twin Peaks when it first aired, enjoying the ephemera that came with the show’s initial success has been an active pursuit. The talk show appearances, promotional materials, magazine articles, and collectible tie-ins can be difficult to find decades later. One piece of Peaks history that has seemingly been…
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.