History of Cool and Next Step Studios have announced that Richard Green’s “I Know Catherine, The Log Lady,” will premiere in Hollywood on April 17 as the Closing Night Film of the American Cinematheque’s This is Not A Fiction Film Festival. The moving and intimate documentary looks at the life and final performance of stage and screen actress and David Lynch collaborator Catherine Coulson.
Weeks after David Lynch announced the return, 25 years later, of his 1990 groundbreaking TV series Twin Peaks, Catherine, best known as the iconic Log Lady, learned she had terminal cancer. Not wanting to disappoint Lynch, her fans, and her cast, Catherine struggled to live long enough to play the part of the Log Lady one more time before her death days later. “The show must go on”.
The documentary tells the true story of the extraordinary death and life of Catherine Coulson. Oscar-winning director David Lynch and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Robert Schenkkan each created new works for her. Celebrated actors, directors, writers, and crew, who worked with Catherine across stage and screen, came together with her loved ones at her deathbed, to help her play her most iconic role one last time.
“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,” said Green. “In their own words, Catherine’s friends weave a riveting tale of who Catherine was and how and why the show must go on.”
Following its Hollywood premiere, the documentary film will continue screening around the United States, including a weeklong run in Los Angeles at the Laemmle Glendale beginning May 9. In New York, the doc will premiere May 1 at the IFC Center, with an encore screening May 4. A complete list of upcoming screenings can be found at IKnowCatherine.com.
