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The Twin Peaks mythos has been with Weird Studies from the very beginning, and it is only fitting that it should have a return. In this episode, Phil and JF are joined by Tamler Sommers, co-host of the podcast Very Bad Wizards to discuss Fire Walk with Me, the prequel film to the original Twin Peaks series. Paradoxically, David Lynch\u2019s work both necessitates and resists interpretation, and the pull of detailed interpretation is unusually strong in this episode. The three discuss how Fire Walk with Me, and the series as a whole, depicts two separate worlds that sometimes begin to intermingle, disrupting the perceived stability of time and space. Often this happens in moments of extreme fear or love. Through their love for Laura Palmer and for the film under consideration, JF, Phil, and Tamler enact their own interpretation, entering a rift where the world of Twin Peaks and the \u201creal\u201d world seem to merge, demonstrating how Twin Peaks just won\u2019t leave this world alone, and can become a way for disenchanted moderns once again to live inside of myth.

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References

David Lynch, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
\nThe Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness, Netflix documentary
\nDavid Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature
\nAntonin Artaud, The Theater and Its Double
\nMark Frost, The Secret History of Twin Peaks
\nMark Frost, Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier
\nJason Louv, occultist
\nDuncan Barford, Occult Experiments in the Home podcast
\nWeird Studies, Episode 67 on \u201cHellier\u201d
\nWeird Studies, Episode 78 on \u201cThe Mothman Prophesies\u201d
\nSound mass, musical technique
\nMichael Hanake (dir.), Cach\xe9
\nCourtenay Stallings, Laura\u2019s Ghost

Special Guest: Tamler Sommers.