Lost in Transmediality: l’ombra di Twin Peaks in Fuoco cammina con me

The article offers a close reading of David Lynch’s Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), examining the formal and thematic strategies of manipulation of its protagonist, Laura Palmer, and questioning the possibility of a complete perspective reversal through a transmedial expansion. While the tv show Twin Peaks (1990-91) focused on Laura Palmer’s virtual presence as the object of desire, the prequel turns her into a protagonist whose identity is still ultimately elusive. Drawing on insights from cognitive and transmedial narratology, I propose the concept of ‘transmedial gap’ to denote the structural void created by the expansion across media. Finally, I explore the constant interplay of formal and thematic mysteries as a reflection of Laura’s unreadable mind.