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Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 27/10/17, 05:00:20
by _Marcus_
Sure, no deleted scenes but MAN there's a lot of extras in that package!

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 27/10/17, 11:18:28
by _Marcus_
I really liked this theory.


Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 27/10/17, 14:29:47
by TC
yep, very interesting. food for thought.

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 23/11/18, 06:50:09
by TC
Bloody Disgusting wrote:Real Life Murder Mystery That Inspired “Twin Peaks” is Getting a Television Docuseries

No, Laura Palmer wasn’t a real person, but the murder mystery at the center of David Lynch’s television series “Twin Peaks” was actually inspired by a real-life case. Story goes that co-creator Mark Frost was told about the 1908 murder of Hazel Irene Drew by his grandmother as a child, which ended up serving as the basis for “Twin Peaks.”

Authors David Bushman and Mark Givens (host of the “Twin Peaks” podcast “Deer Meadow Radio”) are diving deep into the mystery surrounding Drew’s unsolved murder in Blonde, Beautiful, and Dead: The Murder Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks, a Metabook scheduled for release in 2019. Via The Wrap, the Metabook is then getting a TV adaptation.

Part2 Pictures has optioned the project, which they plan on turning into a TV docuseries. Part2 and Metabook Films will shop it to premium cable networks and streaming platforms.

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 23/04/19, 08:24:41
by TC
great thinkpiece on audrey by one of our own: https://25yearslatersite.com/2019/04/15 ... ut-audrey/

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 29/10/19, 15:46:20
by TC
ok, you may have seen this link. i added it to my watch list. took a few days to really consume it, as it's 4.5h long, but i did watch it. this guy has some really, really good theories (or really, one unifying theory). just a fascinating take (providing you can ignore his terrible DL impression). i do recommend watching it. it's not just some wanna-be click bait, he's clearly put a ton of thought into this.



i really think this guy nailed it.

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 01/06/21, 12:06:48
by TC
saw a guy post this in the Lynchland FB group. he got completely and instantly ripped for being a racist, of course, which is ridiculous. this seems like a perfectly valid observation about color palette. seems pretty over the top to be accidental. regardless, it's an interesting observation to think about the role of rabbits in TP.
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Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 24/06/22, 18:28:57
by darkness
I cut out the lengthy opening where the author blathers on a lot.
Fangoria wrote: Trent Reznor On TWIN PEAKS: THE RETURN PART 8, Five Years Later
In which the frontman of The Nine Inch Nails helps us celebrate one of the most iconic episodes of TV ever aired.

Last week, I saw something on Twitter that reminded me that Part 8's fifth anniversary was creeping up on us, and I wanted to put together a little piece to mark the occasion. Amidst one of the best summers of my life, a summer which was an embarrassment of Lynchian riches to begin with, I'd witnessed one of the greatest hours of television ever aired, featuring what remains my favorite band of all time, and here I was – five years later! – still shellshocked by the moment. So I did what any reasonable person would do in this situation: I reached out to Nine Inch Nails frontman and Oscar-winning composer Trent Reznor to see if he'd be willing to answer a handful of questions about the experience and his long-standing relationship with David Lynch.

Here's what he had to say…

FANGORIA: You and David Lynch have worked together on a number of occasions, and I know you're a lifelong fan of his work. So, I'm curious what your first interactions with him were like?

TRENT REZNOR: David Lynch was a hero [of mine]. Kind of a mythical creature. I'm sure the word had been put out regarding my respect for him and, particularly, how important Blue Velvet had been in the alternate trajectory of my life and certainly my artistic life. Walking into that theater not knowing what I was getting into, seeing that – my mind was blown.

So, I forget exactly how it came up, but I remember management calling me up and saying, "Hey, David Lynch wants to get together to work on sound design and some other stuff for his new film." I was living in New Orleans [at the time]. And that was a message I just couldn't believe I was even hearing. I remember a sense of panic, like – when? How? What's he wanna do? "He wants to come to New Orleans for a few days, hang out, and just work on some sounds." Yes.

Well, I forget the exact circumstance, but for some reason, I invited Peter Christopherson, from Coil, who I'd been around and working with a bit, to also join us in the studio. Peter was a great sound designer but also a weird guy, and I thought it might help to have a buffer between (Lynch) and me, the dude who's legitimately freaked to be on the scene.

Smart.

So, the night David Lynch shows up, we're in my studio, which was in uptown New Orleans, on Magazine Street. It's kind of a residential area. Well, it was also foggy that night, so we went to wait outside because we knew he was headed there. I guess he was driven and dropped off, because he suddenly emerges from the fog and – at that exact moment, from down a side street – two completely naked dudes also come walking out of the fog (laughs). It wasn't planned, just one of those random New Orleans experiences. I'll never forget the look on [Lynch's] face, like, "What the fuck is going on here?"

That set the stage for a pretty incredible couple of days of being in the studio with him. And he's exactly like what you'd think he'd be like. He talks loud. He speaks in riddles. Most of the agenda wasn't to compose music but to listen to noise. We had heard that the sound designer he'd worked with previously had recently passed away, and he was looking for someone to fill in the gaps. He was very knowledgeable about what he liked and didn't like. One of the more memorable bits was him grabbing a piece of paper and a pen and just scribbling with it, saying, "I want it to sound like that." So, it was equally intimidating and surreal and incredible. I wasn't at my best at that time – I was about to bottom out with drugs and alcohol – but he didn't disappoint, and that started a friendship that's lasted over the years. It's always great to hear from him, and [to know] that someone I truly appreciate is out there in the world, making it a better place.

Then we flash-forward some years, and here comes Twin Peaks: The Return.

Yeah, when we got the call about Twin Peaks, the question was just, "Would you like to participate in Twin Peaks: The Return?" and the answer was, "Yes, of course!" and then he said, "I would like the band to be playing a show at the Roadhouse." No further information.

We didn't have a lot of time; it was maybe two, three weeks until [filming]. We were working on a piece that – and I haven't told anyone this – ultimately became the music for "This Isn't The Place," incorrectly thinking that he'd want something that was more … y'know, I was picturing Julee Cruise, something that was a bit more broken down or open and David Lynch-ish.

But when we turned the track in, he was comfortable enough with me to write or call me back and say, "Y'know, I'm looking for something a little less … this just isn't what I want. I want something that feels menacing and unpleasant." I think probably most of the people that were called [about performing in the Roadhouse] had the same thought we did, to go a little more Badalamenti-ish, something you'd expect to be playing in there.

So in about another day, we quickly turned around "She's Gone Away" and immediately got the response of, "Thank you, yes, this is exactly what I was looking for! Appreciate the extra effort!"

And you must've known nothing about the context of the performance, right?

Yeah, when we arrived at where they were shooting the Roadhouse sequences, somewhere out in Pasadena, the only thing we knew was that we were a band playing on a stage.

Y'know what? That's not true. There was some question beforehand where I asked him, "Are we Nine Inch Nails? Or are we just some band playing? If we are Nine Inch Nails in this reality, what's the circumstance – are we just playing in this little bar where we have no production?" I was trying to avoid breaking the fiction of whatever he was trying to create, while not knowing anything about the story around us or why we'd be there, or what might be leading people into that place to begin with.

And we talked about having some sort of [on-stage] projection, something that'd feel like what you might bring if you were a band the size of a band that'd be playing in a bar like that. We did a little film test on our own just to show [Lynch] what we meant by "production," something that'd be a bit more than just house lights at the Roadhouse, and he loved it! We knew there wouldn't be a lot of time on set to experiment with it, so we did as much pre-production as we could, wrapping everyone's heads around it. So, when we went in there, we knew what the plan was and that everything would be ironed out. I think we were the last band to perform that day, but it was great.

I'm curious if "The Nine Inch Nails" was a line in the script or something that happened on the day.

The "The Nine Inch Nails" thing came from the announcer guy, who kept fucking up [the line reading]. It was funny, so we all decided, "Let's just keep it!"

And how long was it between filming and you seeing the scene in context when the episode aired?

I had no knowledge whatsoever as to what was going to happen in The Return, at all, and I got a call from David maybe a month after we'd performed where he said, "Hey, will you come over and take a look at what I've edited, tell me if you're cool with it and your performance." Fuck yes, I'll come over! So I go over there and he's got a cool place to work, this little theater in his house, and he says, "I'm gonna play you a segment." He starts it, and he begins one frame before we start playing and stops it one frame after. So, I had no idea how that would fit into what was happening inside the show. "Nothing personal," he said, "Just gotta keep everything locked down!"

So, when we saw it on television with the rest of the world, that was the first time we'd seen the performance in context of what was happening. To say that my mind and Atticus' mind were blown by it would be a massive understatement. I could tell … look, I loved The Return, and I loved how uncompromised it was from the beginning. It wasn't catering to an audience of any kind, it was pure in what it was, and that episode, in particular, I felt – for whatever reason – was just the most mind-bending, experimental, beautiful, "I can't believe I'm seeing this" thing. To have us in the middle of that was incredibly flattering, in whatever little way we contributed to it.

I've been meaning to go back and rewatch the whole thing recently, too, given the time that's passed between now and when it happened. When I think back to that summer, it feels like a really magical time.


Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 22/08/24, 07:53:38
by TC
we decided it was time to rewatch TP. doing so in chronological order, which is how i was introduced to it. started with FWWM (complete assembled cut), just wrapped the original run last night. it really is a shame Iger kind of fucked lynch out of his own show, as when it's good, it's fucking great, but so much nonsense in s2. ironically, when they stopped doing "Invitation To Love" and decided to just make the entire show a pure soap was when it went south. so thankful lynch returned to direct the finale though, which is fucking peak amazement. can't imagine people watching it at the time, complete with commercials, hoping for some grand resolution. must have been madness. then when they heard there was going to be a TP movie, thinking "Ah! Finally we find out what happens!" NOPE. sad because if this show had been on today, no one would care that DL had to film WaH. they would have let him have whatever break he needed then picked up s2 whenever it was time. shit, two or three years between seasons of prestige shows seems common. would have changed the entire course of television even more. but nope, that wasn't how TV worked at the time, so we got what we got. Going to start the s3 rewatch tonight.

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 24/08/24, 08:01:24
by klimov
I guess now we know why s4 didn't happen. Sad news and I guess 'that's it folks' from Lynch.

Would be nice to talk to the other DLDB alumni it, but prevented from doing so by the bullying DNC millionaire.

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 24/08/24, 08:45:49
by TC
Don’t know what the last part of that is about, but I don’t think Lynch having COPD and his weird fear of Covid prevents him from filming something. Correct me if I’m wrong, but didn’t Inland Empire start by him buying a digital camera then calling Laura to come over and fuck around with it? Lots of that was filmed in his homes, IIRC. So, you know, anything’s possible, especially if he has a 2AD he trusts. At least, this is what I keep telling myself. He just can’t be done done.

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 24/08/24, 09:36:06
by klimov
It's not a weird fear for someone with advanced emphysema. The animation project makes sense, as that's something he can direct remotely, but seems the funding hasn't come together as yet.

Re: Twin Peaks [2017]

Posted: 03/09/24, 16:00:19
by TC
Alexhead wrote: 08/09/17, 10:15:08 Here's some pretty good food for thought. http://www.waggish.org/2017/twin-peaks-finale/
came back here to write about finishing s3 rewatch, but paged through the s3 related posts in this thread. completely forgot about this article but just read it. with everything fresh in my mind, it makes complete sense in the TP universe. incredible amount of work there. well done.

as for the season itself, i'll start by saying i hate calling it a season. i think that greatly diminishes what this is. as we've all said, this is essentially an 18h movie from Lynch. when watching "live" as it aired, dividing this into 18 parts separated by a week (aside from the first two and last two), it made for a pretty frustrating experience. you want all the seemingly (at the time) side stories to go the fuck away so we can get on with the "real" story. this is more fans demanding something from Lynch, which is not how he works as we all know, and part of the reason he left the show to begin with. so i do think part of this is intentional, on at the very least a subconscious level. but, when re-watching at my own pace, sometimes two, sometimes four episodes in one sitting, i have a new appreciation for what was done here. this is truly an incredible masterpiece of long form storytelling. i can't begin to fathom how Lynch's mind works, but this is a "season" where every episode has something to do with the central lore of TP (white/black lodge, judy, tulpas, blue rose, etc.), which is a massive 180 from s2 and very welcome. on the whole, it has very few throw-away scenes or arcs that i wish would just go away - again in stark contrast to s2. one i can think of immediately where a rewatch didn't change my opinion is wally brando. fuck that entire character and scene. i understand that there are andy and lucy superfans out there that probably demanded some kind of resolution to their plot lines, and this was that, but it really felt like extraneous fan service. cera's ridiculous acting and accent didn't help. The Return also - depending on what theories you believe or have yourself - completely rewrites the timeline of the entire show at the very minimum, if not completely eliminating them, while exponentially expanding the "core" lore. it's been a couple days and i'm still exhilarated by what i saw. it is information overload, and the thought of regularly rewatching these 18 episodes give me some anxiety, but i have to believe subsequent viewings will elicit entirely new thoughts/opinions/feelings. Lynch has given us a gift that keeps on giving. i couldn't possibly be more grateful to him that this exists, let alone his filmography on the whole. i pray to the gods of cinema and great art that he grants us at least one more film. but we will always have TP and specifically The Return, which i believe will remain evergreen, in pure appropriate homage to the region.