The Path to Fire Walk With Me - How was the film created?

05/07/22 • -1 min

Episode 31A Notes: The feel of the episode, director/writer & production context

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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/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 ...

Episode 31A Notes: The feel of the episode, director/writer & production context

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

Episode 0: Introducing the podcast (show format) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-the-podcast-show-format/id1588350903?i=1000537195013

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

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:

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

Previous Episode

Season 1 Finale Archives - How did we react? (+ Speculation & The Shape of the Show)

Episode 8G Notes: Readings/clips from my previous work, press clippings, fan reception, opening minute of the next episode + 2022 announcement

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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

Episode 0: Introducing the podcast (show format) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-the-podcast-show-format/id1588350903?i=1000537195013

The illustrated companion to this week's episodes is https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/12/lost-in-twin-peaks-8-season-1-finale.html

0:00 MEDIA RECEPTION

13:55 INITIAL FAN RECEPTION (brief summary of long-term reaction + from Usenet)

22:32 MORE INITIAL FAN RECEPTION (from dugpa forum) to the lack of Laura resolution & Cooper's shooting

24:36 PERSONAL RECEPTION (initial for Laura/Cooper + today)

26:18 READINGS FROM MY OTHER WORK

(links to the full pieces)

The Original Episode Guide http://www.lostinthemovies.com/2008/09/twin-peaks-last-evening.html

Journey Through Twin Peaks video series chapter 4 (including previous three episodes) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pvO4i_YPJI (29:42)

Guest on Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast for Season 1 generally https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-unwrapped-11-joel-bocko-spoilers/id1005628280?i=1000350107399 (30:54)

Out of order review (includes spoilers - but not in this podcast's excerpt) https://lost-in-the-movies.tumblr.com/post/131528745260/twin-peaks-out-of-order-12-episode-7-re-watching (31:33)

First Time Viewer Companion commentary https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2018/09/twin-peaks-s1e8.html (34:25)

Twin Peaks Reflections podcast segment for Patreon https://www.patreon.com/posts/episode-16-twin-18327693 (35:35)

Guest on Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast (w/ Lindsay & Aidan of Bickering Peaks) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-unwrapped-206-community-rewatch-s1-episode-7/id1005628280?i=1000457095272 (36:15)

Guest on Twin Peaks Unwrapped podcast - picking the best episode of Season 1 (w/ Francine the Lucid Dream & John Thorne) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/twin-peaks-unwrapped-201-season-one-madness/id1005628280?i=1000447222993 (36:49)

37:59 BRIEF ANNOUNCEMENT OF 2022 SCHEDULE

THE SHAPE OF THE SHOW... (without any plot spoilers that viewers of the time wouldn't know)

38:25 RANK & INITIAL MEDIA SPECULATION

44:43 INITIAL FAN SPECULATION from Usenet

46:06 INITIAL FAN SPECULATION from dugpa

47:21 LOG LADY INTRODUCTION

48:42 READINGS FROM MY "SHAPE OF THE SHOW" WORK

Next Episode

Fire Walk With Me's Current Events - What was going on in 1992?

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

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

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

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