NP Twin Peaks Return, season 1

[Johnny Marr]

Anybody else feel Twin Peaks: The Return bears certain parallels with
Against The Day?

On Sunday, August 6, 2017, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's talk that it's the last TV/film thing he'll do (I imagine
> he'll keep painting).
> I'm struck by how self-reflexive the show is now. The movie Fire Walk
> With Me opens with a TV screen being destroyed but this season has so
> many moments that seem to be speaking directly to the expectations
> people have of Lynch himself.
> From the radio signal in part 8 to the New York box, there's lots of
> meta-commentary on the insidious possibilities of media injure or
> corrupt, but now we have the auteur himself appearing early on to say
> "I don't understand this situation at all"!
> There's a great recap of the last episode that notes how the extended
> exit of Lynch's French lady-friend is so deliberate:
>
> "Watch the look of pure joy on Lynch-as-Gordon’s face as Gordon’s
> French date sloooooowly makes her exit: She puts on her shoes, shows
> off her legs, straightens her clothes, checks her makeup, reapplies
> her lipstick, takes another sip of wine, and kisses him goodbye,
> dragging everything out as long as humanly possible. And Gordon is
> just thrilled to pieces.
>
> Albert, watching, is less pleased. He wants to sit down with Gordon
> and talk business. When Gordon suggests that he get back to his date
> and his glass of wine, Albert is stonefaced.
>
> Gordon puts a comforting arm on his shoulder. “Albert,” he says,
> “sometimes I really worry about you.”
>
> The idea of talking business on this show is worrying. It’s as if the
> show itself is asking why the audience is so invested in the idea of a
> resolution. Why devote so much emotional energy to trying to solve the
> mysteries when, after all, there is good wine to be drunk, and when
> there are beautiful women to chat up? Twin Peaks wants you to relax.
> Enjoy yourself."
>
> On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 7:42 AM, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > Very happy to read this message. Glad other people are experiencing this
> > similarly.
> >
> > I was thinking today that one of the most distinctive things about the
> > return, to me, in addition to how good it is, is the prominence of Lynch
> on
> > screen. His character is probably eclipsing Cooper as the closest thing
> we
> > have to a protagonist/hero we have--at least through the first dozen
> > episodes or so.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 10:15 PM, Ian Livingston <igrlivingston at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> Absolutely.
> >>
> >> On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 7:40 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I love the last half of episode 8.  The Kubrick reference to the post
> >>> Bomb couldn't have bee more literal.  Then things get freaky.  Pure
> Lynch.
> >>> Such a treat.
> >>>
> >>> David Morris
> >>
> >>
> >
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