NP: Latest Twin Peaks

[John Bailey]

I haven't seen the last four as I'm waiting for enough new ones to be
released that I can watch them all in one hit, but a critic I know
described the latest episode as the polar opposite of jumping the
shark. I can't imagine what that might mean but can't wait to find
out.
Having just finished watching all of the old Twin Peaks (including the
feature-length "Missing Pieces" of scenes dropped from Fire Walk With
Me) I can confirm that season 2 is one of the great tragedies of
contemporary television. Lynch must have been meditating 23 hours a
day to come to peace with some of the awful subplots forced onto the
show.

On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:47 AM, Johnny Marr <marrja at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm not sure how much it depends on the context of the third Twin Peaks
> season, but I'd definitely agree that episode eight is one of the most
> extraordinary things ever broadcast for television
>
>
> On Wednesday, June 28, 2017, Smoke Teff <smoketeff at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> If you haven't been watching the return of Twin Peaks, I'd recommend
>> checking out the most recent episode (the eighth of the series). Lynch is
>> usually to my taste and I'm a fan, so I'm not a great critic, but this
>> episode is some of the most compelling video art of any kind that I can
>> remember seeing.
>>
>> Lots of Kubrickian ancestry (which I'm always curious about with Lynch) in
>> the middle to sensually astonish. Bookended by Lynch at his weird
>> expressionist best, beginning and end both fucking horrifying.
>>
>> Plus it functions fairly well as a standalone piece of expressionist film,
>> not being too overtly connected to the story lines thus far.
>>
>> I knew a lot of people--TP fans--who were skeptical about the show's
>> return. It seemed wrong, to me, to worry that--especially at this point in
>> his career--Lynch would attach himself to this project in particular if he
>> didn't feel genuinely inspired.
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