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TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME Midnights This Weekend at the Tivoli

By Tom Stockman | August 27, 2017

“If I had a nickel for every cigarette your mom smoked, I’d be dead.”

TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME (1992) screens Midnights This Weekend (September 1st and 2nd) at the Tivoli Theater (6350 Delmar Blvd., University City, MO.) as part of the Reel Late at the Tivoli Midnight Series.

I love when people try to write out a plot synopsis for David Lynch movies. They only sound jumbled, confusing and morbid, and though those are words synonymous with the incredible writer/director/producer, they miss the point. David Lynch isn’t the kind of filmmaker who produces a point A to point B story. He is an abstract artist painting a picture of the human condition. TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME may be a depiction of the final days of Laura Palmer and a last hurrah for the beloved 1990 series (until this year’s revival), but at its heart, it’s a portrait of an abused and very deeply disturbed young woman. I watched TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME when it was new and without having ever seen the series, and I have to admit the first time took me aback with the film’s shocking and often abrasive imagery as well as it’s… unique… dialog, which can at times seem over-the-top or even corny, but TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME is filled with both beautiful and disturbing scenes accompanied by creative dialog that accentuates the condition of each character. Don’t see this movie with expectations in comparison to the old series or the new one and don’t see it as a casual pop-corn thriller. Make an event out of it this weekend midnights at The Tivoli because what you’ll get is a thought-provoking probe into the insanity of a genius at the peak of his craft.