Twin Peaks Pilot
Directed by: David Lynch
1990 116 min DCP
Part of: David Lynch: Moving Through Time
Showtimes for Twin Peaks Pilot
Arrive 20min before listed showtime for a special pre-show of David Lynch clips, interviews, and short films curated by Daniel Knox of movingthroughtime.org
Film introduced by special guest, Twin Peaks music editor, Lori Eschler
“She’s dead. Wrapped in plastic.” When TWIN PEAKS premiered on TV in 1990, with the mystery of who killed Laura Palmer immediately captivating audiences, one of the biggest phenomena in late-20th century American culture began. Blending quirky humor, lovable (or detestable) characters, outright horror, and a Pacific Northwest environment both slightly skewed and staggeringly surreal, TWIN PEAKS broadcast bona fide nightmares to network television audiences every week (for two seasons). The extended pilot is the textbook definition of Lynchian, both delightful and unshakably terrifying.
An idiosyncratic FBI agent investigates the murder of a young woman in the even more idiosyncratic town of Twin Peaks. (This standalone version of the series pilot was produced for the European VHS market and has an alternate, closed ending.)
David Lynch
Mark Frost
Kyle MacLachlan, Sheryl Lee, Michael Ontkean
1990
116 min