Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

Release Date

1992

Director

  • David Lynch

Cast

  • Chris Isaak
  • Kyle MacLachlan
  • Sheryl Lee
  • Ray Wise
  • Mädchen Amick
  • David Bowie

Laura Palmer's harrowing final days are chronicled one year after the murder of Teresa Banks, a resident of Twin Peaks' neighboring town.

    In the town of Twin Peaks, everybody has their secrets—but no one more than Laura Palmer.

    In this prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television series, David Lynch resurrects the teenager found wrapped in plastic at the beginning of the show, following her through the last week of her life and teasing out the enigmas that surround her murder. Homecoming queen by day and drug-addicted thrill seeker by night, Laura leads a double life that pulls her deeper and deeper into horror as she pieces together the identity of the assailant who has been terrorizing her for years.

    Nightmarish in its vision of an innocent torn apart by unfathomable forces, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is nevertheless one of Lynch’s most humane films, aching with compassion for its tortured heroine—a character as enthralling in life as she was in death. — Criterion Collection

    Photo credit: New Line Cinema

    Past Programs

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