Critics were lukewarm upon release but the resulting decades have been kinder to the unsettling prequel that takes a look at the real Laura Palmer
Sheryl Lee in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.Last modified on Sun 28 Aug 2022 07.04 BST’ve already gone places. I kind of like to stay where I am.” The great Harry Dean Stanton tearfully recites these words to FBI agents Chet Desmond and Sam Stanley in David Lynch’s 1992 masterwork Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Though this scene seemingly has nothing to do with Laura Palmer , it’s a perfect summation of the film’s tragic protagonist. Someone attempting to find light in a nightmarish world.
The series also continued this line of thinking, with the boy scout-like FBI Agent Dale Cooper uncovering the secrets of the charming small town of. Cooper saw the world with infectious optimism, even during the darkest moments of the series. At first, Lynch tricks the audience into expecting something more like the show. A prologue focusing on agents Desmond and Stanley investigating the grisly murder of Theresa Banks feels more tonally in line with the original series, with Isaak and Sutherland boasting a great rapport that almost feels like a buddy cop spinoff. It’s when a missing FBI agent shows up unexpectedly, that the film becomes a Francis Bacon-like nightmare.
But the film-maker’s vision would almost be completely tattered if it were not for an extremely powerful performance by Sheryl Lee. There is no other actor who could’ve played every note of Laura’s character more perfectly. One great example of this is when she talks with her drug dealer boyfriend Bobby at school. At first, she starts a fight, acting combative to Bobby’s accusations of cheating.
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