Qui a tué Laura Palmer?

Original title: Twin Peaks

Video
1989
1h 53m

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Sheryl Lee in Qui a tué Laura Palmer? (1989)

An FBI agent investigates the murder of a small town's homecoming queen. A self-contained, 20 minutes longer version of the pilot episode of Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990) and an alternate ver... Read allAn FBI agent investigates the murder of a small town's homecoming queen. A self-contained, 20 minutes longer version of the pilot episode of Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990) and an alternate version of Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990) that brings closure to the story.An FBI agent investigates the murder of a small town's homecoming queen. A self-contained, 20 minutes longer version of the pilot episode of Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990) and an alternate version of Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990) that brings closure to the story.

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8.9/10

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Trivia
This is a self-contained, twenty minutes longer version of the pilot episode of Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990) that was initially released as a standalone video film for the European market. Some of the extra footage was later used for the dream sequence scene in Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer (1990). This alternate version of Northwest Passage (1989) brings closure to the Laura Palmer case and can also be considered as an alternate version of the series.

Alternate versions
This is a self-contained, twenty minutes longer version of the pilot episode of Mystères à Twin Peaks (1990) that was initially released as a standalone video film for the European market. Some of the extra footage was later used for the dream sequence scene in the episode 2 of the series (which is the third episode overall: Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer (1990)).

Connections
Edited from Mystères à Twin Peaks: Northwest Passage (1989)

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A Promising Start To A Landmark TV Series

The standalone version of the titular TV series pilot with 20 additional mins that also provides a closure to the Laura Palmer case, Twin Peaks didn't dazzle me as much as I expected but it still intrigued me enough to check out the first season at least which I plan to do in the coming days. While riveting for the most part, this self-contained story unfortunately doesn't work as a whole.

Co-written & directed by David Lynch, this feature-length episode borrows elements from soap opera & detective fiction but presents it in a wicked, uncanny & offbeat way that the director is known for. The setup is quick, the tone & atmosphere has an unnatural feel to it, and character introductions are interesting to say the least, for almost everyone has some strangeness about them.

For the most part, it works as a perfectly good starting point to something a lot more promising but the alternate ending that brings closure to this narrative feels hurried & unearned. The only thing we get about its eccentric set of characters are first impressions which isn't enough for a satisfying conclusion. Performances vary from effortless to campy while Angelo Badalamenti's score stands out.

Overall, Twin Peaks features segments that strike an impression right away but the last 30 mins or so sways far from the road and ultimately fails to deliver the goods despite tying up the loose ends. I'm curious to find out what's different about the original pilot that leads to more episodes but there is enough in here to keep the audience invested in the mystery even if the ending feels rather underwhelming.