For thirty-two months, since July 2019, my Patreon podcast has followed a single format: a "Twin Peaks Cinema" subject comparing a feature film to Twin Peaks and "Twin Peaks Reflections" highlighting several characters, locations, and storylines using, as a springboard, whichever Lost in Twin Peaks episode I opened up to $1/month patrons that month. Now that approach comes to an end with selections based on Fire Walk With Me, published during the week in February that the film's story unfolds. For starters, I opened eight of the twelve Lost in Twin Peaks podcast episodes up to all patrons (the other four were already available as public archive pieces). Then I shared a podcast I'd recorded last year but held back until now, on Atom Egoyan's The Sweet Hereafter: a winter film if ever there was one, with atmospheric and narrative links to Twin Peaks and especially deep thematic connections to Fire Walk With Me. This is one of my longest discussions, especially when you include my thoughts on the novel that the film is adapted from, plus some recommendations of other podcasts on the topic. The archive reading focuses on another Russell Banks-inspired film from 1997, while I wrap up my collection of subject sketches with Fire Walk With Me touchstones like Carl Rodd and that essential subplot "Bobby killed a guy." Finally, my guest on this month's Twin Peaks Conversations is Courtenay Stallings, author of a book about Laura Palmer's impact on the fan community.
In the next couple months, I'll catch up with some bonus features like listener feedback, film capsules, political reflections, and podcast recommendations before settling on a new approach to the main podcast going forward. For now, this feels like a good way to wrap up a certain chapter.
Podcast Line-Up for Lost in the Movies #88
INTRO
MONTHLY UPDATE behind the scenes:
Olympics, Courtenay Stallings conversation & Lost in Twin Peaks work + highlighting Holy Smoke!
TWIN PEAKS REFLECTIONS:
Cliff, Jeffries, Carl / Mo's Motor, Oregon FBI office / Annie's message + Season 3 Part 7
& BONUS REFLECTION: Bobby killed a guy + Season 3 Part 9
TWIN PEAKS CINEMA: The Sweet Hereafter
BOOK RECOMMENDATION: The Sweet Hereafter
PODCAST RECOMMENDATIONS: The Sweet Hereafter
OPENING THE ARCHIVE: Affliction
OUTRO
(Update 2023: This was the original image before I added the "Annie's message/Part 7" component after realizing that "Bobby killed a guy/Part 9" overlapped with an earlier storyline discussion.)
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