The W/hole David Lynch: Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me

This chapter appeals to the w/hole David Lynch – his open set of films and artworks – to argue that those who initially objected to Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992) thought that the part (the prequel film) would close out the set (the first and second seasons of the television series) when in actuality it worked only to extend the mystery. If Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me frustrated its initial audience – especially its Twin Peaks fan base – then this might be because the experience of (serial) repetition is displaced from a closed set or sequence of texts – the connection and continuation of a film prequel and television series – to an open w/hole. In a move away from a holistic (totalising) understanding of sequelisation, one that aligns direct intentionality with an industrial practice that fulfils the promise of another episode, this chapter argues that Lynch constructed his prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, through a systematic rewriting akin to that of a secret remake: the logic of a ruinous prequel.