To Live is to Dream: A David Lynch Tribute @ The Beacon Cinema

When David Lynch died in January, several local cinema organizations put together a program in his memory called “To Live is to Dream: A Northwest Tribute to David Lynch.” “We the cinemas of Seattle proudly declare ‘Twin Peaks’ to be the quintessential and defining work of PNW motion pictures and David Lynch as one of our greatest artists,” they quite rightly proclaimed. No one else managed to capture the dark heart of what lies in our woods until Lynch showed it to us — freshly sprung from its cage and still beating.

While many of the “To Live is to Dream” screenings have passed, you can still catch four of Lynch’s finest screening at The Beacon Cinema in June. “Fire Walk with Me,” the 1992 prequel to “Twin Peaks,” is showing four times in June (June 6 at 7 p.m., June 9 at 7:30 p.m., June 10 at 4:30 p.m. and June 12 at 4:30 p.m.). The surreal epic “Lost Highway” from 1997 (Lynch called it a  “psychogenic fugue”) is showing June 13 at 10 p.m., June 14 at 10 p.m., and June 17 at 4:30 p.m. “Mulholland Drive” from 2001 is showing June 20 at 3:30 p.m. and 10 p.m., June 21 at 10 p.m. and June 26 at 7:30 p.m. “Inland Empire” (my favorite, for its weird show-within-a-show) is screening June 27 at 3 p.m. and 10 p.m., June 28 at 10 p.m. and July 3 at 3:30 p.m.

All in all, it’s a great chance to smell the night-blooming jasmine.