Spooktober 2: Twin Peaks - Fire Walk With Me
Elliot, George, and - after a delay - myself consider David Lynch's despised and adored masterpiece Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, a film as surreal as reality, a Horror film because the world is horror, a text which calculatedly destroys its own context, an uncanny investigation of a world made of selves and languages and codes and consciousness all made of signs and symbols, a ferocious indictment of patriarchy, a tribute which turns the object Laura Palmer into the subject Laura Palmer, the body into a person, the death into a life.
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Wanted to wait until I’d seen FWWM to listen to this, now I have - you three elucidate so much about the film and Lynch in general that I intuitively understood but could not put into words. Your description of Lynch’s films being more accurate to your perception of the world than any realist film is 100% my experience - I’m not going to make any assumptions about diagnoses on Lynch’s part, but to me his films are the most accurate and meaningful representations of autism on film
Does this talk have any season 3 spoilers? I have not watched that yet
There is a lot of chat about S3 between Elliot and George. I haven't seen S3 yet either so they try to stay vague but I can't guarantee absolutely zero spoilers.
I am just getting around to listening to this and the talk about "They all the same film" when talking about David Lynch's filmography in whole is quite interesting because I did have a point the second time I watched "Muholland Drive" in the cinema that I had mixed up the plot of it and "Inland Empire" together in my mind and got confused what I was watching at a 1am cinema showing which is the best way to watch Lynch (2 hours before watching a 3am showing of Metropolis too.)
I've only just got around to listening to this, but very much enjoyed it. FWWM is one of my favourite movies. I do think the question of Lynch as a feminist is a lot more contentious and complicated than you all suggested, but I loved the idea of Lynch as a realist. Any particular reason you've not watched The Return yet, Jack? I'd love to hear/read your response to that!
Been really looking forward to this one!
“Lynch is one of those storytellers who takes you by the hand …he leads you to look at the abyss and says, ‘Look, it’s okay’” That is one of the best description of this film and his work in general that I’ve come across.
Yes!🙌