Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me (1992)
A film by David Lynch
This is a bizarre prequel to the series, and was critically panned, especially at the Cannes Film Festival. It follows the last seven days of Laura Palmer's life and explores her dark side. There are some of the regular characters from the TV series and some bizarre cameos, including one from Lynch.
The film begins with a funny scene involving three FBI agents (one played by the director Lynch) and a strange lady who uses some weird sign language. Then it becomes apparent that this film is going to be abstruse. Soon after this the other two agents disappear inexplicably and then we are introduced to the central figure, Laura Palmer (played well by Sheryl Lee), who we find has a dark side which includes taking cocaine and prostitution. She is also troubled by visions of a demonic figure.
Some of the other sequences involve a strange little man, a one-armed man and a bizarre brief cameo from David Bowie (the best scene of the film). It is difficult to explain the purpose of these characters but that is where the film succeeds, with its surreal and stylish aberrations - another example being a scene in a bar where we can't hear the characters speak and the film is slowed down with strobe lighting effects. It concludes with seemingly a theme of salvation. It is a very stylish, surreal, scary and menacing film.
Read the Twin Peaks Fire Walk With Me screenplay
Premonitions Following an Evil Deed
