Peter Hujar’s Day
$11.50
Dir. David Lynch
1992, USA, 135 min
Rated 18A
In a town like Twin Peaks, no one is innocent.
In this prequel to his groundbreaking 1990s television series, David Lynch resurrects the teenager found wrapped in plastic at the beginning of the show, following her through the last week of her life and teasing out the enigmas that surround her murder. Homecoming queen by day and drug-addicted thrill seeker by night, Laura leads a double life that pulls her deeper and deeper into horror as she pieces together the identity of the assailant who has been terrorizing her for years. Nightmarish in its vision of an innocent torn apart by unfathomable forces, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me is nevertheless one of Lynch’s most humane films, aching with compassion for its tortured heroine—a character as enthralling in life as she was in death.
Presented in partnership with Real Love Winnipeg.
Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.
A director of such distinctive, overpowering vision that he inspired his own adjective, David Lynch made films that seemed telegraphed straight from his unconscious to the screen. From the unsettling surrealist imagery of his midnight-movie classic Eraserhead to the harrowing suburban nightmare Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and the uncanny majesty of his Hollywood-set masterpieces Mulholland Drive and Inland Empire, Lynch’s labyrinthine puzzle boxes turn the American psyche inside out to reveal its deepest, darkest dimensions. (Criterion)
This April, join us for Only In Dreams: The Films of David Lynch. Featuring Eraserhead (1977), Blue Velvet (1986), Wild at Heart (1990), Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me (1992), Lost Highway (1997), Mulholland Drive (2001), Inland Empire (2006), David Lynch: The Art Life (2016) and The Short Films of David Lynch, this career-spanning series aims to celebrate the dreams of a truly singular artist and one of the last great American filmmakers.
Presented in partnership with Real Love Winnipeg. Generously sponsored by IATSE 856 Manitoba.
