Twin Peaks - Fire Walk with Me |  | Director: David Lynch
Actors: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Grace Zabriskie, Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Horse
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  214 reviews
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Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC
Languages: Spanish (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), French (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Region: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Running Time: 134 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 794043508127
ISBN: 078063215X
UPC: 794043508127
EAN: 9780780632158
ASIN: B000056BP1
Theatrical Release Date: August 28, 1992
Release Date: February 26, 2002
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Shows the week preceding and leading up to the death of Laura Palmer in the small town of Twin Peaks.
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Alternately fascinating and frustrating--and no doubt deliberately so on both counts--this controversial Twin Peaks installment (it was roundly booed by mystified audiences at the Cannes Film Festival) appeared in theaters after the series was canceled, serving as both prequel and coda to the whole remarkable Twin Peaks phenomenon. Designed especially for dedicated followers of the series (it would just bewilder anyone else), Fire Walk with Me further investigates the murder of Laura Palmer by exploring events that took place before the series's brilliant debut feature (Twin Peaks: The Premiere), up to and including the long, dark, terrible night of Laura's death. Familiar Twin Peaks denizens Sheryl Lee, Grace Zabriskie, and Ray Wise (as the three members of the Palmer family), Kyle MacLachlan, Peggy Lipton, James Marshall, Dana Ashbrook, Miguel Ferrer, Mädchen Amick, and director David Lynch himself reprise their series roles (with Moira Kelly subbing for Lara Flynn Boyle as Donna Hayward), joined by an equally motley group of guest stars, including Harry Dean Stanton, David Bowie, Chris Isaak, and Kiefer Sutherland. --Jim Emerson
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 Damn, Helga, baby--yes! September 4, 2010
Davor Pranjic (Dunedin, Florida)
David Lynch was already well-known among film noir aficionados before 1990, but it was that year, when the pilot episode of the cult TV series Twin Peaks aired on ABC Network, that David Lynch would become a household name across the globe. Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me represents an effort to answer the many questions that the convoluted--and often bizarre--stories from the TV series left. However, in what is typical for Lynch, the movie turns out even less palpable than the prime-time-friendly series. Fire Walk with Me narrates the last week in the life of the brutally murdered student Laura Palmer whose good-natured father turns abusive when under control of an evil spirit that has possessed him. Trying to escape the horrific abuse and her nightmares, Laura creates a double life: she starts prostituting herself in order to buy drugs so that she can escape her reality. As the title suggests, the town of Twin Peaks abounds in symbolism of dualism: every citizen of Twin Peaks has a hidden side; the city of Twin Peaks itself abounds in places that oppose each other, such as the Double R Diner, Norma's friendly country diner, and the seedy Haps Diner; or the White Lodge where good spirits live and the Black Lodge, where evil spirits live. What makes the film difficult to understand is Lynch's use of association and dream sequences as a vehicle to convey his abstract messages. Fans of his style love the movie for the red room scenes in the Black Lodge and an abundance of Lynch's trademark symbol: the red curtains. Although commercially a failure at the time of release, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is a masterpiece of American filmmaking and needs to be seen to be appreciated. Also starring: David Bowie and Chris Isaak.
A Blue Rose Mystery, or, "The Thread Has Been TORN!!" July 13, 2010
Boy
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Yes - TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME makes sense. (And so do my review titles!)
But no - you won't understand it (or my review titles...) at first, even if you are a TWIN PEAKS/Lynch fanatic.
But as you probably do know, FWWM is the prequel to the popular, ground-breaking, yet short-lived TWIN PEAKS TV series. As such, you should not expect too many of the series' many unanswered questions to be resolved here, although, surprisingly enough, some actually are. But as I said, don't expect to understand much...at least not the first few times around.
Now even though I've stated that the film does makes sense, it should be noted that there are indeed some tantalizing threads left dangling. The problem is that one of Lynch's motivations for making the film was to ignite new interest in the recently cancelled series, and he was banking on the film's success to kick-start either a third season of the series, or an ongoing film franchise. No such luck, as FWWM was a categorical flop of the highest order, and was even reviled by most hardcore PEAKS fans.
The problem, as I have repeatedly suggested, is that this is not a film that can be understood or properly appreciated in one or two or even three viewings. Sure, you can still manage to appreciate the sporadic bits of humor (especially in the first twenty minutes), thrill to the bursts of extreme physical and psychological horror, drink in the dream-like Lynchian strangeness of it all, or just simply lay back and let the extraordinary images and music wash over you.
Yeah, you could do all that. But you still wouldn't understand the story, and the story - in my opinion - is far and away the most interesting aspect of this outrageously convoluted and strange film. And in order to truly understand what is going on, the viewer is forced to surrender their preferred role as passive, popcorn-crunching viewer, and take on the mantle of detective. Or perhaps "Special Agent" is a better way to put it.
Now if that sounds like a daunting, depressing, or just plain crazy concept, then you may want to stop reading here. But for those rare and wonderful oddballs who find this idea of becoming a sort of cinematic special agent interesting, please continue.
The most important key to getting started will be to understand and accept the fact that this mysterious narrative will not surrender itself to you easily or completely. Most of the clues you will need to locate and decipher are purely visual or auditory cues that you will not find by simply following the film's surface-level narrative. In other words, Lynch won't spoon-feed you any answers - you will have to most of the legwork yourself.
Still with me, brave soul? Cool.
I'll give you an example of what I mean by a "purely visual" clue. The opening credits scene is an extended close shot of a television screen tuned to pure static. Now most viewers will assume that Lynch chose the image of television static for its undeniably odd and compelling (i.e. "trippy") aesthetic quality. But what Lynch is really showing you, in a very subtle and oblique manner, is the concept of electricity as a source of power and transportation for the many otherworldly characters in the film, such as the murderous Killer BOB and the dancing little Man From Another Place (MFAP).
No, I'm not kidding. Nor am I delusional or on drugs or whatever else. Heck, I'm not even wrong.
Anyways, as the film progresses, the newly minted Special Agent (you, that is) will do well to dutifully take note of the many brief and seemingly inexplicable close shots of telephone poles and wires, electrical outlets, television static, as well as the bizarre visages of Killer BOB, little MFAP, and a host of other supernatural characters, which will appear and sometimes overlay images from the central narrative.
Special Agent You will also want to pay attention to the highly disctinctive whooping noise we hear at several key points in the film, because yes - the whooping is directly connected to the aforementioned electricity-as-a-conduit-for-otherworldly-entities concept (a favorite of Lynch's).
So. Bearing in mind that the film was meticulously constructed, and that none of the images and sounds ever appear randomly or haphazardly, the detective will begin to piece together a fascinating "secondary" story - a coded and invisible story, if you will - which helps to make sense of and enrich the larger "primary" story.
And have I mentioned that a key part of your "investigation" will be to watch, enjoy, and familiarize yourself with the original TWIN PEAKS series? Dirty work, I know.
Now I mentioned earlier that there would be some threads left dangling which, as I also mentioned, Lynch left dangling intentionally. Some of these questions that are never completely answered include:
Whatever happened to Special Agents Chet Desmond (Chris Isaac) and Philip Jeffries (David Bowie)? Are they dead? Trapped in the Black Lodge? Travelling the world through electrical currents? Um...
Was it the good Coop who told Laura not to put on MFAP's green ring, or was it the bad Coop? (Yes, there are two Coops)
Why does Laura insist that Bobby killed "Mike"? The guy Bobby kills may look familiar (and so he is!), but he sure as heck isn't anyone named Mike!
What's up with the talking monkey?
And...who the heck is "Judy"?
So my point is that while not every question has a definitive answer, most do - far more than most viewers ever realize. And, more importantly, there are enough answers to make sense of this extraordinary story while still leaving a few mysteries hanging.
The one-armed man was telling the truth when he announced to the Palmers that "the thread has been torn!", but believe me when I say that there IS enough narrative thread left for the persistent and rescourceful detective to string together one of the most complex and tightly tangled yarns in cinema history.
Next stop? David Lynch's LOST HIGHWAY - for seasoned Special Agents only..
GREAT!!! July 7, 2010
M. Raynes (Seattle, WA USA)
Product was in great shape. The shipping was fast. I would order from them again anytime!!
 Doesn't really work February 20, 2010
Andy. Gillum (indian mound, tn)
A week & a half ago, I decided to rent Twin Peaks for the first time & became instantly enthralled by the quirky characters, the foreboding atmoshere and, oh yeah, the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer. My reaction wasn't unlike most; I thought Season One was one of the most surreal tv experiences I've ever had and again, like most, I thought Season Two was good but could tell the wheels were starting to come off the cart. Before watching Season Two however, I decided to read the reveiws on Netflix regarding Fire Walk With Me, wanting to know why it had such a low rating & whether or not I need watch it. Of course, I learned the secret of who killed Laura before I wanted to but the answer didn't really surprise me for several reasons regarding his behavior during the show.
Needless to say, I finished Season Two & decided to give this a try regardless of what I'd read. Unfortunately, I wish I could say I was pleasantly surprised. FWWM didn't really shed light on anything the show hadn't already divulged. I thought the weirdness that was sprinkled throughout the show was way too amped up here & got in the way of the storytelling. That alone was FWWM's undoing. Like other's have said, we really don't get to know Laura at all here other than a crying, sexed-up, drug addict which was a shame because Sheryl Lee had charisma enough for ten actress'.
And while some have said the violence & sex was pushed too far, I didn't think it went far enough. I've seen more graphic sex scences on late night Cinemax. I also didn't like was the handling of Laura's unstanding of Bob/Leland. He had been screwing her for 3 or 4 years & she didn't know it was Leland until the day before he killed her? Really? I liked the idea the show gave us better, that Laura knew her father was molesting her but that there was another entity at work.
I wish Twin Peaks could be remade today as a FX or HBO series. Maybe they could recapture what worked the first time & avoid the traps that crippled it prematurely the second time. It'd be nice to see someone try.
(A MUST) FOR ALL TWIN PEAK FOLLOWERS! February 6, 2010
Ph.D Madsen (Denmark)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
NO need or reasons to dwell more in the dazzling/grizzling metamorphosis of David Lynch, concerning TWIN PEAKS (series) which possess indeed such an encrypted plot, if any? without any sanity to begin with at least?
But: FIRE WALK WITH ME. Is somehow nice to follow up upon after seeing the whole series, & I must admit things become more coherent with time, when thinking back at the series in retrospect.
Even though it might add to a new nexus or twist of illusions? which Lynch is the master off! together with movies like "The Tenant" by Roman Polanski. Brilliant Lynch, each time I watch his movies, right now me and wife is trying to consume his INLAND EMPIRE with all senses alert, trust me that can be hard as well.
But this puts a better closure over the Twin Peaks (Epic Series) some might argue...
I tend to agree on this, that's why it's A MUST and five stars worth!
Sincerely Viking.
OH, Fire Walk With Me...
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