Fire Walk With Me's Current Events - What was going on in 1992?
05/09/22 • -1 min
Episode 31B: Top 13 movies this weekend, #1 TV show on release date, in the news this day & TIME cover/articles this week
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Episode 0: Introducing the podcast (show format) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-the-podcast-show-format/id1588350903?i=1000537195013
If the Fire Walk With Me schedule continues, the illustrated companion for these episodes will be active here on Saturday, May 14 at 8 am: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2022/05/the-complete-lost-in-twin-peaks-31-fire.html
0:00 INTRO clip from Frog trailer
1:40 PREMIERE AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL on May 16, 1992
2:55 U.S. PREMIERE AT TWIN PEAKS FEST IN WASHINGTON on August 16, 1992
3:58 FILM CONTEXT: wide release on August 28, 2017; box office: $1.8 million weekend, $4.2 million North American total; debuts & box office: #13 Buffy the Vampire Slayer, #12 Howards End, #11 Freddie as F.R.O.7, #10 Sister Act, #9 3 Ninjas, #8 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, #7 A League of Their Own, #6 Rapid Fire, #5 Death Becomes Her, #4 Single White Female, #3 Pet Sematary II, #2 Unforgiven & #1 FILM Honeymoon in Vegas & #1 TV SHOW: 20/20 & ratings compared to Twin Peaks (10:55)
11:31 WORLD EVENTS: Hurricane Andrew & George Bush's re-election campaign
14:29 TIME COVER: Woody Allen
21:46 OTHER TIME ARTICLES: "family values"/culture war, Israeli sayeret forces, letters about the Olympics, Soviet privatization & more
34:07 OUTRO clip from Pat Buchanan's RNC speech
My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHlB-wesGPVETlNFLsGCKL-SFjW8wrJf & Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now) https://vimeo.com/showcase/7281266
EPISODE LINKS
Freddie the Frog (FRO7) Trailer (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Odfz8Nu40 (apparently the whole film is online too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaH1j_5Ke48)
Browse a visual copy of the entire May 21, 1990 TIME Magazine: https://time.com/vault/issue/1992-08-31/page/1/
My recent Olympic film round-ups https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/08/the-olympic-series-full-directory.html
Pat Buchanan "Cultural War" speech (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2olwuAy3_og
My other podcasts include: Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html Twin Peaks Cinema https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode 31B: Top 13 movies this weekend, #1 TV show on release date, in the news this day & TIME cover/articles this week
Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show!
You can explore both public and patron episodes of this podcast here: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/lost-in-twin-peaks.html
Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/lostinthemovies to listen to the entire series ahead of the public schedule and access my main monthly podcast as well. For $5/month, all Lost in Twin Peaks episodes are available immediately, including my 12-part coverage of Fire Walk With Me, in addition to exclusive ongoing Twin Peaks Conversations with other commentators as a monthly reward.
Episode 0: Introducing the podcast (show format) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-the-podcast-show-format/id1588350903?i=1000537195013
If the Fire Walk With Me schedule continues, the illustrated companion for these episodes will be active here on Saturday, May 14 at 8 am: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2022/05/the-complete-lost-in-twin-peaks-31-fire.html
0:00 INTRO clip from Frog trailer
1:40 PREMIERE AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL on May 16, 1992
2:55 U.S. PREMIERE AT TWIN PEAKS FEST IN WASHINGTON on August 16, 1992
3:58 FILM CONTEXT: wide release on August 28, 2017; box office: $1.8 million weekend, $4.2 million North American total; debuts & box office: #13 Buffy the Vampire Slayer, #12 Howards End, #11 Freddie as F.R.O.7, #10 Sister Act, #9 3 Ninjas, #8 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, #7 A League of Their Own, #6 Rapid Fire, #5 Death Becomes Her, #4 Single White Female, #3 Pet Sematary II, #2 Unforgiven & #1 FILM Honeymoon in Vegas & #1 TV SHOW: 20/20 & ratings compared to Twin Peaks (10:55)
11:31 WORLD EVENTS: Hurricane Andrew & George Bush's re-election campaign
14:29 TIME COVER: Woody Allen
21:46 OTHER TIME ARTICLES: "family values"/culture war, Israeli sayeret forces, letters about the Olympics, Soviet privatization & more
34:07 OUTRO clip from Pat Buchanan's RNC speech
My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHlB-wesGPVETlNFLsGCKL-SFjW8wrJf & Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now) https://vimeo.com/showcase/7281266
EPISODE LINKS
Freddie the Frog (FRO7) Trailer (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2Odfz8Nu40 (apparently the whole film is online too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaH1j_5Ke48)
Browse a visual copy of the entire May 21, 1990 TIME Magazine: https://time.com/vault/issue/1992-08-31/page/1/
My recent Olympic film round-ups https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/08/the-olympic-series-full-directory.html
Pat Buchanan "Cultural War" speech (video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2olwuAy3_og
My other podcasts include: Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html Twin Peaks Cinema https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Previous Episode
The Path to Fire Walk With Me - How was the film created?
Episode 31A Notes: The feel of the episode, director/writer & production context
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You can explore both public and patron episodes of this podcast here: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/lost-in-twin-peaks.html
Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/lostinthemovies to listen to the entire series ahead of the public schedule and access my main monthly podcast as well. For $5/month, all Lost in Twin Peaks episodes are available immediately, including my 12-part coverage of Fire Walk With Me, in addition to exclusive ongoing Twin Peaks Conversations with other commentators as a monthly reward.
Episode 0: Introducing the podcast (show format) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-the-podcast-show-format/id1588350903?i=1000537195013
If the Fire Walk With Me schedule continues, the illustrated companion for these episodes will be active here on Saturday, May 14 at 8 am: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2022/05/lost-in-twin-peaks-31-fire-walk-with-me.html (scroll to the bottom for links to my podcasts from the past 4 1/2 months)
0:00 INTRO
5:24 HOW I'LL PRESENT FIRE WALK WITH ME & THE MISSING PIECES OVER 2 WEEKS
7:35 UPDATE: MY PODCASTS FROM THE PAST 4 1/2 MONTHS
14:20 THE FEEL OF THE FILM
21:11 DIRECTOR & WRITER: David Lynch & Robert Engels
26:38 EARLY IDEAS FOR TWIN PEAKS FILMS
28:59 WHY A PREQUEL?
34:28 PRE-PRODUCTION
35:35 READING THE PRODUCTION DIARY
47:58 POST-PRODUCTION
My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHlB-wesGPVETlNFLsGCKL-SFjW8wrJf & Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now) https://vimeo.com/showcase/7281266
EPISODE LINKS
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Official Shooting Diary by Charlotte Fraisse, transcribed by Adam Harding (Dugpa) http://dugpa.com/features/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-official-shooting-diary/
MY PREVIOUS DIRECTOR/WRITER LOST IN TWIN PEAKS EPISODES:
Pilot https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/10/lost-in-twin-peaks-1-pilot-s1e1.html / S1E3 https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/10/lost-in-twin-peaks-3-s1e3-zen-or-skill.html (directed by David Lynch - more links will be added to this list when seasons 2 & 3 are made public)
S1E5 https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/10/lost-in-twin-peaks-5-s1e5-one-armed.html (written by Robert Engels - more links will be added to this list when season 2 is made public)
OTHER COMMENTARY ON THIS DIRECTOR & WRITER... (the following links may contain Twin Peaks spoilers)
...MY COVERAGE of other David Lynch work https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-david-lynch.html
..from MY OTHER PODCASTS Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/after-dark-my-sweet-code-name-emerald-losing-isaiah/id1521758273?i=1000531707162 & Wiseguy on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/33432782 (written by Engels)
...from MY VIDEO ESSAYS clips from Lynch's other work in David Lynch & Mary Sweeney: Dream Souls https://vimeo.com/430539967 + Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 27 w/ spoilers for Blue Velvet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAG5FHHT9OY + clips of Wiseguy & Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher in Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 34 - A Candle in Every Window ...
Next Episode
Fire Walk With Me Critical Archive - How did they react?
Episode 31C: Press clippings, literary excerpts & blog highlights
Please rate, review, and/or subscribe on Apple Podcasts to help promote this show!
You can explore both public and patron episodes of this podcast here: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/lost-in-twin-peaks.html
Become a patron at https://www.patreon.com/lostinthemovies to listen to the entire series ahead of the public schedule and access my main monthly podcast as well. For $5/month, all Lost in Twin Peaks episodes are available immediately, including my 12-part coverage of Fire Walk With Me, in addition to exclusive ongoing Twin Peaks Conversations with other commentators as a monthly reward.
Episode 0: Introducing the podcast (show format) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-the-podcast-show-format/id1588350903?i=1000537195013
If the Fire Walk With Me schedule continues, the illustrated companion for these episodes will be active here on Saturday, May 14 at 8 am: https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2022/05/the-complete-lost-in-twin-peaks-31-fire.html
0:00 INTRO clip from Journey Through Twin Peaks
1:40 CRITICS & JOURNALISTS IN 1991 - 92
22:58 SCHOLARS & ESSAYISTS IN THE NINETIES
38:26 BLOGGERS & OTHER COMMENTATORS IN THE TEENS
53:20 OUTRO clips from Good Morning America
My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHlB-wesGPVETlNFLsGCKL-SFjW8wrJf & Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now) https://vimeo.com/showcase/7281266
EPISODE LINKS
UPDATE: I just discovered this fantastically thorough illustrated post about Fire Walk With Me at Cannes, literally the morning after publishing this podcast. You should definitely check it out as well: https://twinpeaksblog.com/2021/06/04/twin-peaks-fire-walk-with-me-at-the-1991-cannes-film-festival/
David Lynch & Mary Sweeney: Dream Souls (my video) https://vimeo.com/430539967
Many of the pieces quoted in this podcast are online in their complete form, linked in my original round-up Gone Fishin': A collectin of commentary on Twin Peaks http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2014/06/gone-fishin-collection-of-commentary-on.html
David Lynch & Kyle Maclachlan on Good Morning America, 1992 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tTpC0SJ8_E
My other podcasts include: Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html Twin Peaks Cinema https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html
This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
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