Twin Peaks: The Missing Pieces

This is not a film but a compilation of deleted and extended scenes from David Lynch's 1992 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. The material sat on a shelf for more than two decades. It runs 91 minutes, organised into sections: the FBI's investigation into Teresa Banks's murder, Laura Palmer's last week, everyday scenes among the townspeople and brief Black Lodge fragments. Lynch said the deleted scenes were too tangential to keep the main story progressing properly. It was assembled in 2014 as a special feature for CBS Home Entertainment's Twin Peaks: The Entire Mystery box set, and was later included with the Criterion Collection release of Fire Walk with Me. Critics agreed it is not a standalone film. One review described it as a series of vignettes capturing stolen moments and said it requires knowledge of the theatrical release to follow. The shared verdict is that the material deepens Laura Palmer without resolving the series' big questions. Who it is for: people who know Twin Peaks and want more of it. Who it is not for: anyone starting the series here. Most of the scenes have no context and the film explains nothing to you.