419 - Gobbledyween: Fire Walk with Me (feat. Katie L. Wright)

This week, we want all our garmonbozia. Gobbledyween 2020 emerges from the Black Lodge as Brett Easton Hell Yes host Katie L. Wright joins Paul and Arlo to discuss David Lynch’s divisive Twin Peaks prequel/sequel, 1992’s Fire Walk With Me. The gang discusses the film’s polarizing reception at Cannes (Tarantino hated it!), the surprising empathy Lynch and co-writer Robert Engels show toward both victims and perpetrators of sexual abuse, how Fire Walk With Me is the lynchpin (get it?) of the Twin Peaks universe, and of course, Sheryl Lee’s incredible performance as Laura Palmer.

 

NEXT: Gobbledyween comes to a close as original Gobbler Joseph Lewis hams it up with the Cryptkeeper for Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight.

BREAKDOWN

00:01:07  -  Intro / Guest

00:03:10  -  Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

01:40:05  -  Outro / Next

LINKS

 

• “The Maligned Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Is Better—and More Important—Than You Know” by Julie Muncy, Wired

• “Watch ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ and You’ll Know What the Show Was Really About: Incest and Rape” by Michael Nordine, IndieWire

• “Revisiting the Nightmarish Twin Peaks Movie” by David Sims, The Atlantic

• "THE AWFUL TRUTH IN 'TWIN PEAKS'" by M.C. Blakeman, Chicago Tribune

• "Fire Walk With Me: how David Lynch’s film went from laughing stock to the key to Twin Peaks" by Martyn Conterio, The Guardian

• "31 Days Of Feminist Horror Films: TWIN PEAKS: FIRE WALK WITH ME" by Kate Hagen, The Black List

• "Seeing FWWM as a survivor of abuse" Reddit post by MhpLydian

 

• Bret Easton Hell Yes: A Bret Easton Ellis Fancast  -  website  -  Apple Podcasts

MUSIC

• “A Real Indication” by Angelo Badalementi, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (1992)
• “The Pink Room” by Angelo Badalementi, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (1992)
• “Questions In a World of Blue” by Angelo Badalementi, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture) (1992)

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