The trailer for I Know Catherine, The Log Lady has something to tell you
She carried a log. Is that funny to you? Well, it’s not for the Twin Peaks faithful who took the time to learn the reasons behind her varied behavior and spent decades loving Catherine Coulson, the Log Lady. Coulson’s log did not judge, and in a new documentary, Coulson gets her overdue flowers.
Celebrating the extraordinary life of Coulson, who died of cancer in 2015, I Know Catherine, The Log Lady, gives “the only sane person in Twin Peaks” the spotlight. Coulson’s work with longtime collaborator David Lynch dates back to the early ’70s when Eraserhead began its seven-year journey to the screen. In those heady Philadelphian days, between work on Eraserhead and the 1974 short The Amputee, when she and Lynch were first diving into meditation, Lynch envisioned Coulson holding a log. It was an idiosyncratic and absurd image that would change the course of television. With interviews from David Lynch, Kyle MacLachlan, Grace Zabriskie, Kimmy Robertson, Mark Frost, Michael Horse, Dana Ashbrook, and more, I Know Catherine tracks her life by starting at the end, focusing on how a very sick Coulson made her final, unforgettable appearance on Twin Peaks.
“When Donna DuBain told me what lengths David Lynch and Catherine’s closest friends went through to get her final performance as the Log Lady on screen, days before she died, I knew there was a great story there,” director Richard Green said. “In their own words, Catherine’s friends weave a riveting tale of who Catherine was and how and why the show must go on.”
I Know Catherine, The Log Lady is touring all month in cities nationwide. Click here for a complete list of screenings.