Overlapping Dialogue

Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Episode Summary

Remember that gum you like? Well, it's going to come back in style...and leave you with plenty to chew on. This week's episode finds us cautiously shuffling through the enchanting, delicious nightmare known as Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the prequel/marginal-sequel to the beloved cult classic TV show that fills in a few gaps while crafting whole new gulfs along the way. But before we traipse through the labyrinthian corridors of the Red Room, we discuss a recent profile of Francis Ford Coppola that acts as its own coda to our recent Godfather episodes, followed by a fully-loaded Blue Plate Special with topics as diverse as the most recent acts of cultural terrorism perpetrated by the Walt Disney Company with their Storyliving suburban experience, discussions of trailers for the forthcoming summer releases Elvis and Nope, and a bite-sized review of Netflix's The Power of the Dog. We eventually take in the wispy Douglas firs and Norma's signature cherry pie upon entering the city limits of Twin Peaks, with an introduction covering our own journeys with the show and director David Lynch generally, how its narrative and aesthetic concerns evolved not only over time but between iterations and mediums, interpret how exactly Fire Walk With Me simultaneously expanded the emotional and mythological scope of the series, talk about the ways in which The Return would go on to further enrich all that came before it, and what exactly the entire Twin Peaks phenomenon "means" to us. Don't worry, there are no clear-cut, easy answers to be found, only a profound sense of emotional catharsis. And we wouldn't have it any other way. Feel free to skip to 3:45:17 for the beginning of our audio commentary. As always, please like, subscribe, rate, and review us on all of our channels, which include Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube! Contact us at huffmanbrothersproductions@gmail.com with your questions, comments, and requests.