David Lynch’s masterpiece ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ returns to the Revue Cinema.

David Lynch’s masterpiece ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ returns to the Revue Cinema. Some said it could end a director’s career.

Here’s why it’s worth revisiting the ferocious, alienating TV-show prequel.

Kyle MacLachlan and Sheryl Lee in “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me.”

By Adam NaymanSpecial to the Star

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The public outpouring of grief following the death of David Lynch last month was deeply cathartic, with tributes flooding in from every corner of film culture. They suggested a director who was universally adored, but it’s important to remember that Lynch, for all his appeal, was also a confrontational and ferocious film artist — one who was often ready and willing to alienate his audience.

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Exhibit A in this case would be “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” which screens twice next week at the Revue Cinema from a rare 35-mm print. The film was conceived as both a prequel to, and an extension of, Lynch and Mark Frost’s groundbreaking ABC show “Twin Peaks” and premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 1992. Two years earlier, Lynch had won the festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or for “Wild at Heart.” That film was polarizing, but “Fire Walk With Me” united the Cannes audience in a different way: in fear and loathing.

David Lynch’s masterpiece ‘Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me’ returns to the Revue Cinema.