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<\/a><\/p>\n\nI just re-watched Fire Walk With Me<\/i> and I continue to feel that it’s a bizarre and messy masterpiece of suggestion, mystery, and surrealism. It answers some questions, maybe too neatly. Because I always felt it was obvious what was REALLY going on throughout Twin Peaks<\/i> entire. Maybe not the WHOLE thing, but the inciting events … to me, they’re right there, plain as day. But besides that, Fire Walk With Me<\/i> is suffused with such a feeling of emotional violence and horror – and Sheryl Lee is so damn good, she goes so far into the role – Laura Palmer, this girl who was an object, a mystery, a puzzle, undeniably a dead blonde girl, projected upon, acted upon – throughout the series – that it’s unforgettable what happens to her, what she went through. <\/p>\n
I can’t believe this Twin Peaks<\/i> thing is really happening. My boyfriend and I (at the time) watched the whole series, devoted to it week after week, from our apartment in the St. Airy neighborhood of Philadelphia. It was one of the few ways we connected. Our whole week was organized around Twin Peaks<\/i> night. And here it is again, decades and lifetimes later. I’m OLD, FATHER WILLIAM. <\/p>\n
Now’s a good time to link, again, to Kim Morgan’s essay on the unforgettable music composed for the series: Beyond the Beyond. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I just re-watched Fire Walk With Me and I continue to feel that it’s a bizarre and messy masterpiece of suggestion, mystery, and surrealism. It answers some questions, maybe too neatly. Because I always felt it was obvious what was … Continue reading