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Actors: Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, Moira Kelly, Chris Isaak, Harry Dean Stanton, Kyle MacLachlan
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
Director David Lynch's prequel to the cult television series 'Twin Peaks' centering on the last seven days in the life of Laura Palmer leading up to her murder. We meet Laura for the first time and follow her troubled life all the way until its tragic and disturbing end.
--Matt S, Resident Scholar


Analysis of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me
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Plot
Time/era of movie: - 1980's-1999
Kids growing up/acting up? Yes
Kids: - committing crimes - boozing
Family, loving Yes
Special relationship with - father
Inner struggle or disability Yes
Struggle with - (General) search for meaning/identity
How much story is philosophy rather than plot? - 2 (a little)
Druggie/Wino problems? - alcohol - drugs
Age group - trouble in high school

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Profession/status: - student
Age: - a teen
Eccentric: Yes - deluded
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - blonde
Hair type - (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Body type - (woman) skinny
Unclothed? - Chest
Events of movie makes character more... - sensitive - sad
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor? - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavey
Body type - (man) average build
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Profession/status: - killer
Has magical powers? Yes
Magical/mental powers of main antagonist: - telekinesis - mind control - super strength - can read emotions
Eccentric: Yes - wild - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 20%
Hair color - another color
Body type - (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - sinister, like an X-Files Gomer Pyle - nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Movie makes you feel... - spiritual
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - touching of personal anatomy - seeing breasts
Any profanity? - Some foul language
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