A lot goes into a good performance – from research to blocking to facial expressions and beyond. But at its core, an acting performance comes down to reading lines of dialogue on a piece of paper. Many actors do their level best to read the lines as written. Some other actors, bless them, like to get a little more creative.
Television and film are filled with fascinating line readings from actors. Whether it’s an emphasis on an unusual syllable or just an outright scream, certain performers are able to make dialogue feel particularly vibrant. As pop culture travelers ourselves, we’ve come across many interesting line readings over the years. What follows are some of our favorites. Be sure to share yours in the comments as well!
“There were a lot of…fatalities.”
Jonah Hill in This is the End
It’s hard to pull off the “actors-playing-themselves” gambit in...
Television and film are filled with fascinating line readings from actors. Whether it’s an emphasis on an unusual syllable or just an outright scream, certain performers are able to make dialogue feel particularly vibrant. As pop culture travelers ourselves, we’ve come across many interesting line readings over the years. What follows are some of our favorites. Be sure to share yours in the comments as well!
“There were a lot of…fatalities.”
Jonah Hill in This is the End
It’s hard to pull off the “actors-playing-themselves” gambit in...
- 4/19/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Tom Sizemore, the actor best known for his appearance in Saving Private Ryan, has died aged 61.
Sizemore died in his sleep on Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager Charles Lago confirmed.
He had been in a coma in an intensive care unit since he suffered a brain aneurysm on 18 February at his home in Los Angeles.
“It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore … passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank. His Brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger were at his side,” Mr Lago said.
Last Thursday (28 February), doctors caring for Sizemore said there was “no further hope” for his recovery after he suffered the brain aneurysm.
Born in 1961, Sizemore made one of his first movie appearances in Oliver Stone’s 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July. He later starred...
Sizemore died in his sleep on Friday at a hospital in Burbank, California, his manager Charles Lago confirmed.
He had been in a coma in an intensive care unit since he suffered a brain aneurysm on 18 February at his home in Los Angeles.
“It is with great sadness and sorrow I have to announce that actor Thomas Edward Sizemore … passed away peacefully in his sleep today at St Joseph’s Hospital Burbank. His Brother Paul and twin boys Jayden and Jagger were at his side,” Mr Lago said.
Last Thursday (28 February), doctors caring for Sizemore said there was “no further hope” for his recovery after he suffered the brain aneurysm.
Born in 1961, Sizemore made one of his first movie appearances in Oliver Stone’s 1989 film Born on the Fourth of July. He later starred...
- 3/4/2023
- by Namita Singh
- The Independent - Film
His work is freaky and frightening, yet today the Twin Peaks director cuts an almost cosy figure. As he turns 77 – a number of significance – we explore how real life caught up with his dark visions
Beyond his holiness Saint Keanu, if there is another universally beloved figure online it is David Lynch. He is the internet’s eccentric grandpa: unfailingly ringing in the day with his daily weather reports, banging the gong for transcendental meditation and crafting miniature farmyard barns for his youngest daughter, Lula.
His other line, perhaps the most overtly Lynchian, is his daily lottery in which – for seemingly no other reason than gratuitous delight and enigma – he draws a random numbered ball. A confirmed numerologist, his preferred integer is seven. Dorothy Vallens’s apartment – the nexus of lust, violence and voyeurism in Blue Velvet – was on the seventh floor. So was the Philadelphia office of Gordon Cole,...
Beyond his holiness Saint Keanu, if there is another universally beloved figure online it is David Lynch. He is the internet’s eccentric grandpa: unfailingly ringing in the day with his daily weather reports, banging the gong for transcendental meditation and crafting miniature farmyard barns for his youngest daughter, Lula.
His other line, perhaps the most overtly Lynchian, is his daily lottery in which – for seemingly no other reason than gratuitous delight and enigma – he draws a random numbered ball. A confirmed numerologist, his preferred integer is seven. Dorothy Vallens’s apartment – the nexus of lust, violence and voyeurism in Blue Velvet – was on the seventh floor. So was the Philadelphia office of Gordon Cole,...
- 1/9/2023
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
David Lynch is proudly a man of mystery, and thus it’s no surprise to ask yourself: What has this writer-director been in, besides his own works?
Well, the “Twin Peaks” creator seems to take his acting career in stride. One of the few filmmakers — or rather, people in general — who has a movement named after him, Lynch’s onscreen appearances are, well, inherently pretty Lynchian.
From voicing a cartoon bartender on “The Cleveland Show” to famously portraying far-out FBI agent Gordon Cole in “Twin Peaks,” Lynch’s performances have evolved over the course of over 40 years. Now, Lynch is set to appear in Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film “The Fabelmans,” as announced by Variety.
Spielberg is directing the film, which also stars Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Julia Butters, and newcomer Gabriel Labelle. Williams and Dano are rumored to portray Spielberg’s parents; according to Deadline,...
Well, the “Twin Peaks” creator seems to take his acting career in stride. One of the few filmmakers — or rather, people in general — who has a movement named after him, Lynch’s onscreen appearances are, well, inherently pretty Lynchian.
From voicing a cartoon bartender on “The Cleveland Show” to famously portraying far-out FBI agent Gordon Cole in “Twin Peaks,” Lynch’s performances have evolved over the course of over 40 years. Now, Lynch is set to appear in Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical film “The Fabelmans,” as announced by Variety.
Spielberg is directing the film, which also stars Seth Rogen, Michelle Williams, Paul Dano, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Julia Butters, and newcomer Gabriel Labelle. Williams and Dano are rumored to portray Spielberg’s parents; according to Deadline,...
- 7/22/2022
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Steven Spielberg’s semi-autobiographical coming-of-age drama “The Fabelmans” just got a new twist in its casting. Variety reports that Oscar-winning “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” filmmaker David Lynch has joined the cast of the ensemble drama in a top-secret, closely guarded role. Lynch is no stranger to being in front of the camera, as he has starred in many of his own projects, including as loud-talking FBI agent Gordon Cole in the original “Twin Peaks” and its revival, “The Return,” and he also starred in the prequel film “Fire Walk with Me.” He also lent his voice to “Family Guy” and “Robot Chicken.”
Lynch joins a cast that already includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Julia Butters, and rising star Gabriel Labelle. The movie is written by Spielberg with Tony Kushner, who most recently penned the screenplay for Spielberg’s Oscar contender “West Side Story.
Lynch joins a cast that already includes Michelle Williams, Seth Rogen, Paul Dano, “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood” breakout Julia Butters, and rising star Gabriel Labelle. The movie is written by Spielberg with Tony Kushner, who most recently penned the screenplay for Spielberg’s Oscar contender “West Side Story.
- 2/4/2022
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
David Lynch has joined the cast of Steven Spielberg’s upcoming drama “The Fabelmans,” Variety has learned. His role remains a closely guarded secret.
“The Fabelmans” will mark the first collaboration between Lynch and Spielberg, both seminal directorial talents that emerged in the 1970’s. Lynch has accumulated a celebrated body of work over the course of his filmmaking career, drawing acclaim for directing films such as “Mulholland Drive,” “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet,” “The Straight Story” and “Lost Highway.” His 1980 historical drama “The Elephant Man” received eight Oscar nominations, including one for Lynch’s directing, while his crime romance “Wild at Heart” won the Palme d’Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Lynch received Oscar nominations for best director for “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” His most recent feature, “Inland Empire,” was released in 2006, inspiring praise from critics groups.
Lynch is also one of the minds behind the television series “Twin Peaks,...
“The Fabelmans” will mark the first collaboration between Lynch and Spielberg, both seminal directorial talents that emerged in the 1970’s. Lynch has accumulated a celebrated body of work over the course of his filmmaking career, drawing acclaim for directing films such as “Mulholland Drive,” “Eraserhead,” “Blue Velvet,” “The Straight Story” and “Lost Highway.” His 1980 historical drama “The Elephant Man” received eight Oscar nominations, including one for Lynch’s directing, while his crime romance “Wild at Heart” won the Palme d’Or at the 1990 Cannes Film Festival. Lynch received Oscar nominations for best director for “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive.” His most recent feature, “Inland Empire,” was released in 2006, inspiring praise from critics groups.
Lynch is also one of the minds behind the television series “Twin Peaks,...
- 2/4/2022
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
“I am a product of my dream. Even as a child, I wanted to be an actress and enter this world, even though it was very far from my reality,” said Monica Bellucci at the Torino Film Festival, where she accepted the Stella Della Mole Award for Artistic Innovation.
Bellucci also held a masterclass at the National Cinema Museum of Turin, discussing her career alongside Antongiulio Panizzi, who directed her recently in “The Girl in the Fountain.” In the film, which screened for the first time at the festival, Bellucci plays Anita Ekberg, the Swedish star famous for her role in “La Dolce Vita.”
“Back then, Italian women would exist mostly within the domestic world. When Ekberg, already so different physically, arrived and allowed herself to be so free, also economically, it was as if a bomb exploded in that society,” said Bellucci, discussing Ekberg’s rapid ascent and then her descent,...
Bellucci also held a masterclass at the National Cinema Museum of Turin, discussing her career alongside Antongiulio Panizzi, who directed her recently in “The Girl in the Fountain.” In the film, which screened for the first time at the festival, Bellucci plays Anita Ekberg, the Swedish star famous for her role in “La Dolce Vita.”
“Back then, Italian women would exist mostly within the domestic world. When Ekberg, already so different physically, arrived and allowed herself to be so free, also economically, it was as if a bomb exploded in that society,” said Bellucci, discussing Ekberg’s rapid ascent and then her descent,...
- 12/4/2021
- by Marta Balaga
- Variety Film + TV
With “Twin Peaks: The Return” having come and gone, the world needs more David Lynch content. To celebrate the filmmaker’s 74th birthday, it seems Netflix heard everyone’s pleas, as the streaming platform released a new short film by Lynch titled “What Did Jack Do?” which clocks in at 17 minutes and has as crazy and enticing a logline as you’d expect from David Lynch: “A detective investigates a monkey who is suspected of murder.”
The black-and-white short has Lynch portray a slightly more restrained version of his “Twin Peaks” character Gordon Cole, and he is seen at a train station’s diner interrogating a monkey in a tiny suit (the monkey does talk).
The black-and-white short has Lynch portray a slightly more restrained version of his “Twin Peaks” character Gordon Cole, and he is seen at a train station’s diner interrogating a monkey in a tiny suit (the monkey does talk).
- 1/20/2020
- by Rafael Motamayor
- The Playlist
Editor’s note: This story originally ran on June 13 as Emmy nomination-round voting began. After David Lynch’s Twin Peaks bowed on ABC in April 1990, it became a cultural phenomenon, producing two Emmys and 18 nominations. All these years later, Lynch is back in the running with three nominations for Showtime’s follow-up series Twin Peaks: The Return.
“And last night, I had another Monica Bellucci dream…” In Episode 14 of Twin Peaks: The Return, FBI man Gordon Cole (played by series creator David Lynch himself) describes a dream he’s just had. He was in a café in Paris. Agent Cooper was there, but Cole couldn’t see his face, and then Monica Bellucci appeared, wearing a fitted leather maxi coat, flanked by two friends, one male, one female. The dream was not inspired by one of Lynch’s own, he says, though the location of the café does have personal...
“And last night, I had another Monica Bellucci dream…” In Episode 14 of Twin Peaks: The Return, FBI man Gordon Cole (played by series creator David Lynch himself) describes a dream he’s just had. He was in a café in Paris. Agent Cooper was there, but Cole couldn’t see his face, and then Monica Bellucci appeared, wearing a fitted leather maxi coat, flanked by two friends, one male, one female. The dream was not inspired by one of Lynch’s own, he says, though the location of the café does have personal...
- 8/20/2018
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
The return of “Twin Peaks” to Showtime was met with much fanfare after its 25-plus-year hiatus off the air. Sadly, its reception among the Academy was not as warm when it came to the major categories. Thursday morning, it was shut out of major races, including in all the acting categories.
That meant that Kyle MacLachlan was snubbed for his portrayal of three different characters — Agent Cooper (as Dougie), the evil Mr. C, and Dougie himself — and Laura Dern’s dramatic turn as Diane was overlooked (although the Academy did honor her with a nod for “The Tale.”) While those are the most egregious omissions, many more cast members were also worthy of nominations, among them are Catherine E. Coulson as the late, great Log Lady and Grace Zabriskie as Sarah Palmer. Alas, that also means that David Lynch wasn’t recognized for his role of Gordon Cole.
It wasn...
That meant that Kyle MacLachlan was snubbed for his portrayal of three different characters — Agent Cooper (as Dougie), the evil Mr. C, and Dougie himself — and Laura Dern’s dramatic turn as Diane was overlooked (although the Academy did honor her with a nod for “The Tale.”) While those are the most egregious omissions, many more cast members were also worthy of nominations, among them are Catherine E. Coulson as the late, great Log Lady and Grace Zabriskie as Sarah Palmer. Alas, that also means that David Lynch wasn’t recognized for his role of Gordon Cole.
It wasn...
- 7/12/2018
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
David Lynch stands a good chance of receiving writing and directing nominations at the Emmys for “Twin Peaks: The Return” given the show’s high profile and acclaim — it ranks second in our predictions for Best Limited Series. But can he compete for acting as well? The TV academy often loves to shower accolades on auteurs who wear multiple hats.
In addition to directing and co-writing (with Mark Frost) all 18 episodes of the Showtime revival, Lynch reprised his role as FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole, who’s on the hunt for missing Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan). Lynch is on the Emmy ballot for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor for the performance.
See ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Emmy submissions: Showtime revival goes all-in on mind-bending ‘Part 8’ on the ballot
Lynch wouldn’t be the first person to score multiple nominations for working both in front of and behind the camera.
In addition to directing and co-writing (with Mark Frost) all 18 episodes of the Showtime revival, Lynch reprised his role as FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole, who’s on the hunt for missing Special Agent Dale Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan). Lynch is on the Emmy ballot for Best Movie/Mini Supporting Actor for the performance.
See ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Emmy submissions: Showtime revival goes all-in on mind-bending ‘Part 8’ on the ballot
Lynch wouldn’t be the first person to score multiple nominations for working both in front of and behind the camera.
- 7/8/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
David Lynch already has five Emmy nominations under his belt thanks to the first season of “Twin Peaks,” but the legendary director should be adding some more next month when nominations for the 2018 ceremony are announced. “Twin Peaks: The Return,” one of the most critically acclaimed shows of the decade, is preparing to make a big impression in this year’s limited series categories, and Showtime is hopeful Lynch can land nominations for directing and acting.
Showtime has released a series of “For Your Consideration” videos for the “Twin Peaks” actors receiving Emmys campaigns this year and included among heavyweights like Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan is none other than Lynch. The director reprised his role as FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole and was one of the primary characters featured in “The Return.” A nomination for Lynch’s performance as Cole would give the director the most high profile acting nomination of his career.
Showtime has released a series of “For Your Consideration” videos for the “Twin Peaks” actors receiving Emmys campaigns this year and included among heavyweights like Laura Dern and Kyle MacLachlan is none other than Lynch. The director reprised his role as FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole and was one of the primary characters featured in “The Return.” A nomination for Lynch’s performance as Cole would give the director the most high profile acting nomination of his career.
- 6/5/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Emmy voters returned to the strange world of “Twin Peaks” recently with an Emmy Fyc event for Showtime’s revival, “The Return.” Gold Derby was on-hand at Paramount Studios for the Q&A with director David Lynch and stars Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern, which followed a screening of the finale. Listen to the entire 47-minute Q&A above.
See ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Emmy Fyc event: Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern ‘don’t know the answers to David Lynch’s worlds’ [Red Carpet Interviews]
A great sense of mystery surrounded “The Return,” which picks up 25 years after the original series left off. Details were kept tightly under wraps, especially the shocking conclusion. “I was thrilled at the ending,” revealed MacLachlan, who reprised his iconic role as Dale Cooper, an FBI Agent investigating the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in a small Pacific Northwestern town (he also managed to play...
See ‘Twin Peaks: The Return’ Emmy Fyc event: Kyle MacLachlan and Laura Dern ‘don’t know the answers to David Lynch’s worlds’ [Red Carpet Interviews]
A great sense of mystery surrounded “The Return,” which picks up 25 years after the original series left off. Details were kept tightly under wraps, especially the shocking conclusion. “I was thrilled at the ending,” revealed MacLachlan, who reprised his iconic role as Dale Cooper, an FBI Agent investigating the murder of homecoming queen Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) in a small Pacific Northwestern town (he also managed to play...
- 5/25/2018
- by Zach Laws
- Gold Derby
Before “Twin Peaks” turned Kyle MacLachlan into the iconic Agent Dale Cooper, he was Jeffrey Beaumont, a college kid who uncovers the dark underbelly of his North Carolina hometown in David Lynch’s 1986 Oscar-nominated film “Blue Velvet.” At Lynch’s 2018 Festival of Disruption in Brooklyn, MacLachlan was joined by his co-star Isabella Rossellini, who played troubled nightclub singer Dorothy Vallens, and the two stars looked back on filming one of Lynch’s most memorable and haunting films.
Although “Blue Velvet” tackles some disturbing material — the film’s plot kicks off when Jeffrey (MacLachlan) finds a severed ear in a field, and he later witnesses Dorothy’s (Rossellini) horrifying ritualistic rape — Rossellini says the atmosphere on set was anything but troubling, and stressed the importance of an on-set environment where actors feel both safe and happy.
“You Become More Creative and More Daring”
“It was a very warm set,” she explained.
Although “Blue Velvet” tackles some disturbing material — the film’s plot kicks off when Jeffrey (MacLachlan) finds a severed ear in a field, and he later witnesses Dorothy’s (Rossellini) horrifying ritualistic rape — Rossellini says the atmosphere on set was anything but troubling, and stressed the importance of an on-set environment where actors feel both safe and happy.
“You Become More Creative and More Daring”
“It was a very warm set,” she explained.
- 5/24/2018
- by Jamie Righetti
- Indiewire
Ever since David Lynch ended his return trip to “Twin Peaks” with a finale that’s up for interpretation, fans have been clamoring to know two things: What does it mean, and will there be more?
At the Showtime limited series’ Fyc event Wednesday night, the typically close-mouthed Lynch held true to his beliefs, but he did provide a few insights into the ending that had just screened for Emmy voters.
When asked by moderator (and self-confessed super fan) Andy Greenwald if he knew this was the ending and if he was writing toward this ending, Lynch replied quickly.
“This is the ending,” he said.
“You knew this was the ending?” Greenwald asked.
“This is the ending,” Lynch said. “It’s right there. You all just saw the ending.”
Whether that means Lynch is writing off the possibility for Season 4 remains unclear, as the director used most of his time...
At the Showtime limited series’ Fyc event Wednesday night, the typically close-mouthed Lynch held true to his beliefs, but he did provide a few insights into the ending that had just screened for Emmy voters.
When asked by moderator (and self-confessed super fan) Andy Greenwald if he knew this was the ending and if he was writing toward this ending, Lynch replied quickly.
“This is the ending,” he said.
“You knew this was the ending?” Greenwald asked.
“This is the ending,” Lynch said. “It’s right there. You all just saw the ending.”
Whether that means Lynch is writing off the possibility for Season 4 remains unclear, as the director used most of his time...
- 5/3/2018
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
“We’re like the dreamer, who dreams and then lives inside a dream. But who is the dreamer?” Monica Bellucci asks David Lynch himself this question, in a dream sequence. It's a black and white flashback, in which not only are we being told about something that already happened, we're also being shown footage from the present and the past. Interestingly enough, it's also a recurring a dream—which means it'll probably happen again.The world of Twin Peaks lives in the dream of time and space. Surrounded by a haunting and mysterious magical forest, after a quarter of century we’re still fascinated by this enigmatic universe. A pivotal, tragic moment seems to define this town and world, and to an extent, Lynch’s work. The killing of young beauty, prom queen Laura Palmer. “This is the girl,” Justin Theroux’s film director character is told in Mulholland Dr....
- 1/23/2018
- MUBI
“Twin Peaks” is relying on Laura Palmer to help it face off in this year’s Golden Globes race.
IndieWire has managed to secure the Showtime show’s “For Your Consideration” mailer for Hollywood Foreign Press Association members, and it’s definitely a must-see collectible for any fan of the David Lynch revival.
Because “Twin Peaks” aired during the summer, it wasn’t eligible for this past September’s Emmys — which means this represents the revival’s first shot at awards consideration. The show is competing in the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category, and it’s considered a front-runner.
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But leaving nothing to chance, hellooooo, the awards team at Showtime came up with a rather cool package meant to be sent exclusively to Globes voters.
The...
IndieWire has managed to secure the Showtime show’s “For Your Consideration” mailer for Hollywood Foreign Press Association members, and it’s definitely a must-see collectible for any fan of the David Lynch revival.
Because “Twin Peaks” aired during the summer, it wasn’t eligible for this past September’s Emmys — which means this represents the revival’s first shot at awards consideration. The show is competing in the Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television category, and it’s considered a front-runner.
Read More:Twin Peaks’ Season 4: Mark Frost Is Considering Making New Episodes, Showtime ‘Musing as Well’ — Exclusive
But leaving nothing to chance, hellooooo, the awards team at Showtime came up with a rather cool package meant to be sent exclusively to Globes voters.
The...
- 11/30/2017
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
The return to Twin Peaks did not begin with this summer’s third, possibly final season of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s medium-shaking television project — despite what almost everything, from general public perception to the kind-of-sort-of-but-not-really subtitle, would have you believe — but through last year’s The Secret History of Twin Peaks, a visually dense, textually opaque epistolary novel penned by Frost. Though initially perplexing in scope (it begins with Lewis and Clark, folds the likes of Richard Nixon and L. Rob Hubbard into the Peaks mythos, and only hits the original series’ events at book’s end), it proved a more-or-less-perfect tee-up: plenty was said, seemingly nothing revealed — perhaps the most notable exception being the existence of Agent Tamara Preston, played in the new series by Chrysta Bell — and its tethers to events we’d eventually follow (or at least observe) week after week proved, in hindsight, rather deep.
- 11/7/2017
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
[Editor’s Note: The following review contains spoilers from “Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier,” a new book by Mark Frost, and “Twin Peaks: The Return.”]
To get right to it: For anyone interested enough to click on this article, “Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier” is almost certainly worth reading in full. (And with the holidays coming up, why not put it on your wish list?) Engrossing, efficient, and with just the right amount of personality, Mark Frost’s 145-page novel provides both necessary and superfluous information related to the series — especially “The Return” — all of which can be digested quickly and enjoyably.
Framed as a report from FBI Agent and newly inducted Blue Rose Task Force member Tamara Preston (played by Chrysta Bell in “The Return”) to her boss and FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole (David Lynch), the book consists mainly of case files. Most cover individuals ranging from Shelly Johnson to Windom Earle, but there are also sections on The Double R Diner, Twin Peaks (the town), and a briefing near the end simply titled “Today.
To get right to it: For anyone interested enough to click on this article, “Twin Peaks: The Final Dossier” is almost certainly worth reading in full. (And with the holidays coming up, why not put it on your wish list?) Engrossing, efficient, and with just the right amount of personality, Mark Frost’s 145-page novel provides both necessary and superfluous information related to the series — especially “The Return” — all of which can be digested quickly and enjoyably.
Framed as a report from FBI Agent and newly inducted Blue Rose Task Force member Tamara Preston (played by Chrysta Bell in “The Return”) to her boss and FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole (David Lynch), the book consists mainly of case files. Most cover individuals ranging from Shelly Johnson to Windom Earle, but there are also sections on The Double R Diner, Twin Peaks (the town), and a briefing near the end simply titled “Today.
- 11/7/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
David Duchovny was not completely satisfied with Showtime’s Twin Peaks revival — and he wouldn’t have had it any other way.
The X-Files vet‚ who reprised his role as transgender DEA agent Denise Bryson in the 18-episode continuation, admits to TVLine that “yes, of course” he was thrown by the time warp-y cliffhanger ending involving Laura Palmer and Agent Cooper, before quickly adding that series co-creator David Lynch “is not trying to give you what you want. He’s trying to give you what you need.
“He’s just working on a different level,” Duchovny continues. “[TV] is not a...
The X-Files vet‚ who reprised his role as transgender DEA agent Denise Bryson in the 18-episode continuation, admits to TVLine that “yes, of course” he was thrown by the time warp-y cliffhanger ending involving Laura Palmer and Agent Cooper, before quickly adding that series co-creator David Lynch “is not trying to give you what you want. He’s trying to give you what you need.
“He’s just working on a different level,” Duchovny continues. “[TV] is not a...
- 10/24/2017
- TVLine.com
Here’s a strange thought: David Lynch has been in front of the camera more often in the last 10 years than he’s been behind it. Though rarely thought of as an actor in the same manner as other on-camera directors, Lynch has appeared not only in several of his own projects — most recently the “Twin Peaks” revival, in which his Gordon Cole became one of the main characters — but an expectedly far-flung range of others as well. Though he only lends his voice to some of them, he imbues each role with his nonpareil essence.
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Lynch made no feature-length films or TV series in the 11 long years between the release of “Inland Empire” and this new “Twin Peaks,” but he did grace us with his presence onscreen several times. Most prominently — and weirdly, and hilariously — that...
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Lynch made no feature-length films or TV series in the 11 long years between the release of “Inland Empire” and this new “Twin Peaks,” but he did grace us with his presence onscreen several times. Most prominently — and weirdly, and hilariously — that...
- 9/29/2017
- by Michael Nordine
- Indiewire
The “Twin Peaks” finale probably left you with more than a handful of questions for David Lynch, and now you have the chance to pick his brain in person. Lynch has launched a fundraising campaign tied to his Festival of Disruption in which one fan will win an ultimate VIP treatment that ends with having some cherry pie and donuts with the director and “Twin Peaks” icon Sheryl Lee. That’s right: You, Gordon Cole, Laura Palmer, and damn good pie could all be in the same room.
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Lynch launched the campaign on Omaze and the winner will be determined based on the donation given. All proceeds will go to the David Lynch Foundation. The winner and one guest will be invited to Los Angeles and receive the following perks:
VIP tickets to...
Read More:David Lynch Finally Shares His Thoughts on the ‘Twin Peaks’ Finale, Confirms Season 4 is Possible
Lynch launched the campaign on Omaze and the winner will be determined based on the donation given. All proceeds will go to the David Lynch Foundation. The winner and one guest will be invited to Los Angeles and receive the following perks:
VIP tickets to...
- 9/15/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The beauty of how David Lynch and Mark Frost ended “Twin Peaks” is that so many clues have been left open to interpretation. IndieWire wrote about one theory, in which Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) has been positioned as the savior, a white knight for good who will attempt to save Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) over and over again against the forces of evil.
But while “The Return” traced Cooper’s slow awakening from his Dougie stupor to the familiar coffee-loving FBI agent, the season also marked a gradual transition from the depiction of women as victims of violence to figures who have actively been locked in the fight all along. It turns out that this has been a battle with female forces on both sides, ranging from the deep evil known as Judy and the frightening Sarah Palmer (Grace Zabriskie) to Laura as “The One” and even Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn...
But while “The Return” traced Cooper’s slow awakening from his Dougie stupor to the familiar coffee-loving FBI agent, the season also marked a gradual transition from the depiction of women as victims of violence to figures who have actively been locked in the fight all along. It turns out that this has been a battle with female forces on both sides, ranging from the deep evil known as Judy and the frightening Sarah Palmer (Grace Zabriskie) to Laura as “The One” and even Audrey Horne (Sherilyn Fenn...
- 9/6/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
“Twin Peaks: The Return” came to its end with Dale Cooper wondering what year it was, while Carrie Page began to remember her roots as Laura Palmer and let out a horrified scream. The minute the screen smash cut to black, viewers were not only left with a new head-scratching puzzle to put together, but also so many unresolved questions that the idea of a Season 4 proved instantly attractive. Showtime has no plans at this time to continue the series, and Kyle MacLachlan told Deadline after the finale there are “no discussions” for more episodes, which may frustrate fans desperate for answers, but it’s unquestionably the right decision on Lynch’s part.
No more “Twin Peaks” is a hard reality to accept, especially because thinking about what a potential Season 4 would look like yields a lot of enticing opportunities for Lynch and Mark Frost. Every fan of the...
No more “Twin Peaks” is a hard reality to accept, especially because thinking about what a potential Season 4 would look like yields a lot of enticing opportunities for Lynch and Mark Frost. Every fan of the...
- 9/5/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
The final hour of “Twin Peaks: The Return” ended David Lynch’s series on a baffling, brilliant high by returning to the show’s most important figure: Laura Palmer. Dale Cooper went back to the past to stop Laura’s murder, but his attempt was corrupted by Judy, an “extreme negative force” who plucked Laura from the timeline we’re most familiar with and put her somewhere else entirely. Cooper ended up preventing Laura’s death, as her corpse on the beach from the pilot episode disappeared, but he didn’t save her. In fact, he only prevented her death in one timeline.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Finale: David Lynch Ended the Series on the Most Powerful Final Shot
Wherever Judy sent Laura was where Lynch decided to set the last half hour of the entire series, and it’s here where most viewers were left scratching their heads.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Finale: David Lynch Ended the Series on the Most Powerful Final Shot
Wherever Judy sent Laura was where Lynch decided to set the last half hour of the entire series, and it’s here where most viewers were left scratching their heads.
- 9/4/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
“Twin Peaks: The Return” came to an end after 16 indescribable hours with a mind-bending two-part finale that is bound to leave fans hunting for answers and drawing up theories for months to come. Whatever questions viewers had heading into Part 18 were thrown aside as Lynch ended his grand saga with a baffling trip to the past…or maybe the future…or maybe an alternate reality…and ended on a final image so terrifying and so tragic that it provided the most essential ending imaginable for the series.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Finale Review: David Lynch Steps Outside of the Dream for a Brilliant, Mindbending Final Journey
The finale all came down to the series’ most important figure: Laura Palmer. Cooper entered the Black Lodge and was granted entry into the past from Phillip Jeffries. Suddenly the viewer was back watching Laura and James break up during the climax of...
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Finale Review: David Lynch Steps Outside of the Dream for a Brilliant, Mindbending Final Journey
The finale all came down to the series’ most important figure: Laura Palmer. Cooper entered the Black Lodge and was granted entry into the past from Phillip Jeffries. Suddenly the viewer was back watching Laura and James break up during the climax of...
- 9/4/2017
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
Joe Matar Sep 5, 2017
As gripping as it is disappointing, Twin Peaks: The Return once again ends with more questions than answers. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
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With the season finale distinctly divided into two separate episodes, Part 17 of Twin Peaks: The Return is unquestionably the more climactic of the two. Considering the unhurried pace at which David Lynch and Mark Frost eased into Cooper’s return in Part 16 (and, well, the entire series), the pacing of this episode is practically breakneck.
Beginning with a joke about how Gordon Cole’s penis is still functional (yeesh), we then get a big chunk of exposition about the infamous Judy, who is an evil entity (so, I’ve narrowed that down to either Bob or that ghostly thing that came out of...
As gripping as it is disappointing, Twin Peaks: The Return once again ends with more questions than answers. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
See related Here's your first look at Murder On The Orient Express Part 17 “The past dictates the future.”
With the season finale distinctly divided into two separate episodes, Part 17 of Twin Peaks: The Return is unquestionably the more climactic of the two. Considering the unhurried pace at which David Lynch and Mark Frost eased into Cooper’s return in Part 16 (and, well, the entire series), the pacing of this episode is practically breakneck.
Beginning with a joke about how Gordon Cole’s penis is still functional (yeesh), we then get a big chunk of exposition about the infamous Judy, who is an evil entity (so, I’ve narrowed that down to either Bob or that ghostly thing that came out of...
- 9/4/2017
- Den of Geek
It ended with a scream, and a million questions, only one of which really matters: How could it have ended any other way?
The two-part finale of Twin Peaks' long-awaited third season/reboot/revival/"Return" marks the conclusion of the most elaborate bait-and-switch in television history. For 18 episodes, co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost deftly played on a quarter century of audience hopes, fears and great expectations created by the show's two original seasons, a prequel film and a host of fake dossiers and diaries. We wanted to see lost loves reunited,...
The two-part finale of Twin Peaks' long-awaited third season/reboot/revival/"Return" marks the conclusion of the most elaborate bait-and-switch in television history. For 18 episodes, co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost deftly played on a quarter century of audience hopes, fears and great expectations created by the show's two original seasons, a prequel film and a host of fake dossiers and diaries. We wanted to see lost loves reunited,...
- 9/4/2017
- Rollingstone.com
In episode four of Twin Peaks: The Return, an older gentleman has an obscure conversation with Gordon Cole (David Lynch) as he escorts him to the office of FBI Chief of Staff, Denise Bryson (David Duchovny). Their scene together is short but just by his brief appearance Richard Chamberlain evokes a mass of associations in the viewers who recognizes him, maybe as Cannon Films’ Allen Quartermain, maybe as the ambitious priest with impure thoughts of Rachel Ward in The Thornbirds, or maybe as Julie Christie’s husband in Petulia. An icon of classic television thanks to his performance in the prime-time […]...
- 8/31/2017
- by Gillian Wallace Horvat
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
In David Lynch, we trust. That should be what all Twin Peaks fans are thinking right now. What he and Mark Frost have given us in the 16th episode in this return is nothing short of perfect, and is sum of all of the parts that have come before it. Now next week, we have the two episodes that will hopefully cap off one of the best television shows to ever make it to the screen.
After Dougie’s (Kyle MacLachlan) encounter with the electricity outlet an old friend finally makes his return and has one destination in mind; Twin Peaks. Meanwhile Evil Coop and Richard Horne (Eamon Farren) follow co-ordinates to a rock, with dire consequences for Horne. While all this is happening, Diane (Laura Dern) finally remembers what happened at her last encounter with Cooper.
For all the complaints that this season of Twin Peaks was moving slow,...
After Dougie’s (Kyle MacLachlan) encounter with the electricity outlet an old friend finally makes his return and has one destination in mind; Twin Peaks. Meanwhile Evil Coop and Richard Horne (Eamon Farren) follow co-ordinates to a rock, with dire consequences for Horne. While all this is happening, Diane (Laura Dern) finally remembers what happened at her last encounter with Cooper.
For all the complaints that this season of Twin Peaks was moving slow,...
- 8/29/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Twin Peaks: The Return” (Season 3) through Episode 16, “Part 16.”]
David Lynch’s persistence is paying off.
It’s not like after hearing some fans and critics complain about lengthy, redundant scenes (like five minutes of floor sweeping) and/or characters arcs (“Dougie”), the writer and director — as well as his partner in crime, Mark Frost — could change course midway through “The Return.” But those questioning whether or not the two creators are in complete control of their story — after being given absolute artistic license to make “Twin Peaks” however they see fit — well, those doubters can rest easy.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Review: Rewarding ’Part 16’ Confirms Theories and Evokes Nostalgia to Prepare for Final Gambit
“Part 16” illustrated Lynch’s precise vision more clearly than anything prior, and it did so with a whole lot going on. From tulpa mania to Agent Cooper’s (Kyle MacLachlan) recovery, the penultimate week of “Twin Peaks” featured quite a bit of development that quickly pushed the story forward.
David Lynch’s persistence is paying off.
It’s not like after hearing some fans and critics complain about lengthy, redundant scenes (like five minutes of floor sweeping) and/or characters arcs (“Dougie”), the writer and director — as well as his partner in crime, Mark Frost — could change course midway through “The Return.” But those questioning whether or not the two creators are in complete control of their story — after being given absolute artistic license to make “Twin Peaks” however they see fit — well, those doubters can rest easy.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Review: Rewarding ’Part 16’ Confirms Theories and Evokes Nostalgia to Prepare for Final Gambit
“Part 16” illustrated Lynch’s precise vision more clearly than anything prior, and it did so with a whole lot going on. From tulpa mania to Agent Cooper’s (Kyle MacLachlan) recovery, the penultimate week of “Twin Peaks” featured quite a bit of development that quickly pushed the story forward.
- 8/28/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
It's officially called Twin Peaks: The Return – and this week, David Lynch and Mark Frost's remarkable revisit of the world they created over 25 years ago finally lived up to the name. Dale Cooper is back. And Audrey is too.
With only one week and two hours remaining, this season/series revival had spent nearly its entire running time chronicling the (mis)adventures of a Coop far from the one we knew and loved all those years ago – and that's not even counting the evil doppelganger who escaped the Black Lodge into our world.
With only one week and two hours remaining, this season/series revival had spent nearly its entire running time chronicling the (mis)adventures of a Coop far from the one we knew and loved all those years ago – and that's not even counting the evil doppelganger who escaped the Black Lodge into our world.
- 8/28/2017
- Rollingstone.com
As “Twin Peaks” starts nearing its end, David Lynch has been kind enough to start giving the series a little bit of closure when it comes to the familiar characters in the town. The central mystery, however, is more baffling than ever, and the most recent question on everyone’s mind is the fate of Special Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan).
In the last episode, Cooper is living his best Dougie life by digging into some chocolate cake when he catches on TV the portion of “Sunset Boulevard” that mentions Gordon Cole, which happens to be the same name as his old FBI Director pal, played by Lynch. Recognition spurs Cooper into action, and he sticks a fork into the electrical socket. Cut to outside of the house as the sounds of Dougie’s wife Janey-e (Naomi Watts) screaming within can be heard.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Just Explained How Dougie...
In the last episode, Cooper is living his best Dougie life by digging into some chocolate cake when he catches on TV the portion of “Sunset Boulevard” that mentions Gordon Cole, which happens to be the same name as his old FBI Director pal, played by Lynch. Recognition spurs Cooper into action, and he sticks a fork into the electrical socket. Cut to outside of the house as the sounds of Dougie’s wife Janey-e (Naomi Watts) screaming within can be heard.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Just Explained How Dougie...
- 8/25/2017
- by Hanh Nguyen
- Indiewire
Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.The best things come to those who wait, and Big Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) has long been dreaming of the moment that opens Part 15 of Mark Frost and David Lynch's Twin Peaks revival. "I've been a selfish bitch to you all these years," says his one-eyed wife Nadine (Wendy Robie), who's walked a long way—a Dr. Jacoby/Dr. Amp gold, shit-digging shovel slung over her shoulder—to the cash-only Gas Farm that Ed has run for most of his life. She states the obvious: Ed is in love with Rr Diner propietor Norma Jennings (Peggy Lipton), and she, Nadine, has always stood in his way. Those days are finally over. Ed is reluctant to think of this as anything beyond another of his spouse's manic episodes.
- 8/22/2017
- MUBI
In this week’s Twin Peaks, we were given a journey through different emotions. Through happiness, love, sadness and despair, this was an episode to give any Twin Peaks fans major feels. It may also hint that next week we are finally getting what we want.
In this week’s episode, we get the nostalgia of a romance finally coming together. Evil Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) meets with the Woodsmen to take a trip to see Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie), and we also say goodbye to a much-loved character.
At the beginning of the episode, it is hard to not get emotional for Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) who is finally put in a position where he can be with Norma (Peggy Lipton). It is in this moment that we see him truly give up on the relationship, and Lynch directs the scene perfectly. We get to feel that heart-breaking feel of abandonment,...
In this week’s episode, we get the nostalgia of a romance finally coming together. Evil Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) meets with the Woodsmen to take a trip to see Phillip Jeffries (David Bowie), and we also say goodbye to a much-loved character.
At the beginning of the episode, it is hard to not get emotional for Ed Hurley (Everett McGill) who is finally put in a position where he can be with Norma (Peggy Lipton). It is in this moment that we see him truly give up on the relationship, and Lynch directs the scene perfectly. We get to feel that heart-breaking feel of abandonment,...
- 8/22/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Welcome to Dark Mood Woods: A Twin Peaks Podcast, in which Managing Editor Nick Newman and contributor Ethan Vestby discuss David Lynch’s return to long-form filmmaking. This summer, join us as we offer insight and knowledge only devoted fans can bring, along with the curiosity of what, exactly, has been happening in the Pacific Northwest these last 25 years.
In this discussion of Episode 15, Abbey Bender joins us to talk the latest hour of Twin Peaks: The Return, including Ed and Norma’s resolution, Jeffries’ new state, Cooper/Dougie hearing Gordon Cole’s name and reacting, a touching send-off for The Log Lady, and more.
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In this discussion of Episode 15, Abbey Bender joins us to talk the latest hour of Twin Peaks: The Return, including Ed and Norma’s resolution, Jeffries’ new state, Cooper/Dougie hearing Gordon Cole’s name and reacting, a touching send-off for The Log Lady, and more.
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- 8/22/2017
- by Ethan Vestby
- The Film Stage
Twin Peaks is a show about respect. This, perhaps, is a strange thing to say about a series that routinely violates time, space, sanity and basic human decency. And that's to say nothing of the relatively run-of-the mill mockery it makes of its many lovable goofballs, from Dr. Jacoby to Dougie Jones. But this week's episode demonstrates the tremendous reverence and compassion with which co-creators David Lynch and Mark Frost depict people at their most defenseless.
Let's start with the unexpectedly happy ending the show serves up to Big Ed Hurley and Norma Jennings,...
Let's start with the unexpectedly happy ending the show serves up to Big Ed Hurley and Norma Jennings,...
- 8/21/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Norma and Ed seem to have finally found their happy ending. Nadine, still riding a high from Dr. Amp’s vlog, marches to Big Ed’s gas farm, golden sh-t shovel in hand, and releases Ed from their marriage. She claims to be “better” now. She only wants Ed to be happy. And then, to the sounds of Otis Redding wailing “I’ve Been Loving You Too Long,” Ed goes to the Double R Diner to take Norma into his arms. Momentary jeopardy arises when Norma must first dispense with Walter and his diner franchise plans. But while he waits,...
- 8/21/2017
- TVLine.com
Joe Matar Aug 21, 2017
Twin Peaks does what it does best in episode fifteen - mingling soap opera, police procedural and the otherworldly. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
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3.15 There's Some Fear In Letting Go
As we draw close to the end of this limited series, bombshells are dropping more consistently. This part was a rip-roaring cocktail of murder, love, and deeply sad goodbyes.
Most of the episode is tragic and violent, so it starts us off with a huge, wonderful reward: the long-delayed union of Big Ed and Norma. I’ll admit, it was abrupt. I suppose we’re meant to understand that Nadine and Jacoby (alias Dr. Amp)’s connection two episodes back led to her decision to let Ed go, but it still...
Twin Peaks does what it does best in episode fifteen - mingling soap opera, police procedural and the otherworldly. Spoilers ahead...
This review contains spoilers.
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3.15 There's Some Fear In Letting Go
As we draw close to the end of this limited series, bombshells are dropping more consistently. This part was a rip-roaring cocktail of murder, love, and deeply sad goodbyes.
Most of the episode is tragic and violent, so it starts us off with a huge, wonderful reward: the long-delayed union of Big Ed and Norma. I’ll admit, it was abrupt. I suppose we’re meant to understand that Nadine and Jacoby (alias Dr. Amp)’s connection two episodes back led to her decision to let Ed go, but it still...
- 8/21/2017
- Den of Geek
If there is one thing we’ve needed from Twin Peaks, it has been answers. This week it seems it is time to get down to business and get things moving. Which is a good thing as this is episode 14 out of 18!
In this week’s Twin Peaks, the focus appears to be on dreams. Gordon Cole (David Lynch) has a Monica Bellucci dream which may provide him some answers. Meanwhile in Twin Peaks Sheriff Truman (Robert Forester), Bobby (Dana Ashbrook), Hawk (Michael Horse), and Andy (Harry Goaz) make their way into the forest.
Twin Peaks in many ways is a world full of dreams, but mostly nightmares. This week instead of taking its time, episode 14 decides to provide some answers. With Cole having his dream, and Andy visiting the Fireman they are being pushed on a path to the truth (hopefully).
What is important though is to listen to...
In this week’s Twin Peaks, the focus appears to be on dreams. Gordon Cole (David Lynch) has a Monica Bellucci dream which may provide him some answers. Meanwhile in Twin Peaks Sheriff Truman (Robert Forester), Bobby (Dana Ashbrook), Hawk (Michael Horse), and Andy (Harry Goaz) make their way into the forest.
Twin Peaks in many ways is a world full of dreams, but mostly nightmares. This week instead of taking its time, episode 14 decides to provide some answers. With Cole having his dream, and Andy visiting the Fireman they are being pushed on a path to the truth (hopefully).
What is important though is to listen to...
- 8/15/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.It's James Hurley's (James Marshall) birthday and he wants a present. Not that he's demanding it—no, no. James is cool. He's always been cool. So in that affable way of his that can be equal parts endearing and insufferable, he asks his going-on-23-year-old coworker, Freddie Sykes (Jake Wardle)—a U.K. to U.S. transplant who, like James, is a security guard at the Great Northern Hotel—to explain why he's always wearing a green gardener's glove on his right hand. "Tell me the story," he says to Freddie. The young man obliges the birthday boy with a captivating tale ("you ain't gonna believe me anyway," he prefaces) of a man in the sky called The Fireman, who told him to buy the glove,...
- 8/15/2017
- MUBI
So, who ordered the plain cheese? Andy, big of heart and small of mind, ordered it. Of course, he did. That’s what makes him so incredibly special. In South Dakota, Agent Gordon Cole begins to unravel the mystery of the death of Major Briggs and the existence of two Coopers. Meanwhile, in Twin Peaks, Deputy […]...
- 8/15/2017
- by Rick Austin
- Fortress of Solitude - TV News
David Bowie Makes a Posthumous 'Twin Peaks' Cameo -- See David Lynch's Tribute to the Late Rock Star
David Lynch paid tribute to David Bowie on Sunday, after the late star made a posthumous cameo appearance in the latest episode of Twin Peaks: The Return.
After the original series ended in 1991, Lynch directed Fire Walk With Me in 1992, a feature film that served as a cryptic prequel to the beloved surreal drama. Bowie briefly appeared in the film, playing the mentally unhinged FBI agent Phillip Jeffries.
More: 'Twin Peaks': A Comprehensive Guide to Every New Character in the Revival
The rock icon, who died in January 2016, was reportedly supposed to play a part in the current revival series, but was unable to film his scenes before his death.
However, he still made an appearance in Sunday's episode -- through the use of archival footage shot for Fire Walk With Me -- in a scene that was part of a dream sequence FBI agent Gordon Cole (played by Lynch) described to Albert Rosenfield...
After the original series ended in 1991, Lynch directed Fire Walk With Me in 1992, a feature film that served as a cryptic prequel to the beloved surreal drama. Bowie briefly appeared in the film, playing the mentally unhinged FBI agent Phillip Jeffries.
More: 'Twin Peaks': A Comprehensive Guide to Every New Character in the Revival
The rock icon, who died in January 2016, was reportedly supposed to play a part in the current revival series, but was unable to film his scenes before his death.
However, he still made an appearance in Sunday's episode -- through the use of archival footage shot for Fire Walk With Me -- in a scene that was part of a dream sequence FBI agent Gordon Cole (played by Lynch) described to Albert Rosenfield...
- 8/15/2017
- Entertainment Tonight
[Editor’s Note: The following article contains spoilers for “Twin Peaks: The Return” Episode 14, “Part 14.”]
“We’re like the dreamer who dreams and lives inside the dream. But who is the dreamer?”
The explicit answer to Monica Bellucci’s question from “Part 14” of “Twin Peaks: The Return” is Gordon Cole. David Lynch’s FBI director is describing a dream he had the night prior when his dream girl poses the query. He is the dreamer.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Review: Big Secrets Spill Out in ‘Part 14,’ But the Truth Lies Within David Lynch’s Dreams
But nothing about the latest episode begs for explicit understanding, so why look for explicit answers? “Part 14” is built on dream logic, as stories are shared and information is given that cannot be trusted. Three scenes stand out for the ideas and reactions they provoke, but also for who’s provoking them. All three center around women, and one may hold a more fitting answer to Bellucci’s question.
“We’re like the dreamer who dreams and lives inside the dream. But who is the dreamer?”
The explicit answer to Monica Bellucci’s question from “Part 14” of “Twin Peaks: The Return” is Gordon Cole. David Lynch’s FBI director is describing a dream he had the night prior when his dream girl poses the query. He is the dreamer.
Read More:‘Twin Peaks’ Review: Big Secrets Spill Out in ‘Part 14,’ But the Truth Lies Within David Lynch’s Dreams
But nothing about the latest episode begs for explicit understanding, so why look for explicit answers? “Part 14” is built on dream logic, as stories are shared and information is given that cannot be trusted. Three scenes stand out for the ideas and reactions they provoke, but also for who’s provoking them. All three center around women, and one may hold a more fitting answer to Bellucci’s question.
- 8/14/2017
- by Ben Travers
- Indiewire
Joe Matar Aug 14, 2017
Gripping, weird as hell, and season three's most surreal episode in a while. Spoilers ahead in our review of We Are Like The Dreamer...
This review contains spoilers.
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3.14 We Are Like The Dreamer
This is easily the most surreal episode since Part 8: Gotta Light? Still, though there was lot of insane stuff I can hardly guess at the meaning of, there was also a lot of plot development and scenes of the police and the FBI finding things out and getting stuff done. It’s the sublime version of Twin Peaks I see in my mind’s eye where surrealism and police procedural coexist comfortably alongside one another. (Let’s not forget that even the original series often was not like this. The surreal moments were largely confined to specific episodes.)
Part 14 has two great sequences of spiritual policework.
Gripping, weird as hell, and season three's most surreal episode in a while. Spoilers ahead in our review of We Are Like The Dreamer...
This review contains spoilers.
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3.14 We Are Like The Dreamer
This is easily the most surreal episode since Part 8: Gotta Light? Still, though there was lot of insane stuff I can hardly guess at the meaning of, there was also a lot of plot development and scenes of the police and the FBI finding things out and getting stuff done. It’s the sublime version of Twin Peaks I see in my mind’s eye where surrealism and police procedural coexist comfortably alongside one another. (Let’s not forget that even the original series often was not like this. The surreal moments were largely confined to specific episodes.)
Part 14 has two great sequences of spiritual policework.
- 8/14/2017
- Den of Geek
You never know how and when Twin Peaks will push you to the brink of tears – all you know is that it will. Perhaps it happened in this week's episode when FBI Director Gordon Cole recalled the last sighting of his old partner, Agent Philip Jeffries – played by David Bowie, shown alive and well 25 years ago in a clip from Fire Walk With Me. Maybe it was when Sarah Palmer staggered into a local bar for a drink, all but begging a loudmouth goon down the bar to leave her alone.
- 8/14/2017
- Rollingstone.com
Nope, no Audrey Horne on Twin Peaks this week. I think the solution to her ever-deepening mystery won’t be wrapped up for at least a few more episodes. And for the record, I do not believe she is an actress or somehow trapped inside the soap opera “Invitation To Love” from the original series. I mean, c’mon, think about it, that makes no sense. She’s an actress in a soap opera playing a character with her own name? A soap opera that references events taking place in her hometown? That’s completely absurd (right??). That theory is...
- 8/14/2017
- TVLine.com
You may not realize it, but Lara Flynn Boyle’s Donna — the heart of the original series, the activated burgeoning girl detective, my one true love — returned to Twin Peaks Sunday.
Where exactly was she in the show? Well, it’s complicated. First, her face appeared in an old framed photo (of Laura and Donna, from the original series) sitting on a side table in Sarah Palmer’s living room. Then her voice (it was indeed Boyle’s voice) wafted out over the Road House as James Hurley sang his sweet, crazy, retro 50’s ballad “Just You And I” from Season 2. (Yes,...
Where exactly was she in the show? Well, it’s complicated. First, her face appeared in an old framed photo (of Laura and Donna, from the original series) sitting on a side table in Sarah Palmer’s living room. Then her voice (it was indeed Boyle’s voice) wafted out over the Road House as James Hurley sang his sweet, crazy, retro 50’s ballad “Just You And I” from Season 2. (Yes,...
- 8/7/2017
- TVLine.com
Twin Peaks Recap is a weekly column by Keith Uhlich covering David Lynch and Mark Frost's limited, 18-episode continuation of the Twin Peaks television series.It's great to be in the know. To have a moment (hopefully more than one) when the veil drops and, per that old song, the mysteries of love (of life) come clear. Part 12 of Mark Frost and David Lynch's revived Twin Peaks opens with just such a scene, as FBI Agent Tammy Preston (Chrysta Bell) is initiated into the Blue Rose Task Force by her superiors Albert Rosenfield (Miguel Ferrer) and Gordon Cole (Lynch). The references Albert drops—to things like "Project Blue Book" and to people like "Chet Desmond"—will be familiar to any Peaks obsessive who has pored over the original series, the Fire Walk with Me movie, or Frost's 2016 tie-in novel The Secret History of Twin Peaks. But remember that...
- 8/1/2017
- MUBI
If you were looking for any big revelations this week in Twin Peaks, it looks like you are out of luck. One thing that is obvious though is a storm is brewing, and it is always the quietest before the storm…
While Dougie (Kyle MacLachlan) is living his Las Vegas life, It looks evil Cooper is using Diane (Laura Dern) to keep a check on if the FBI are making their way there yet. Meanwhile in Twin Peaks, Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) finds out about his grandson’s latest bad behaviour, and another Horne finally makes a reappearance.
If Twin Peaks fans know anything, it is that you need to have patience with David Lynch and Matt Frost’s show. This week though some fans will really feel like they are being tested. In my view there are reasons things are moving so slow, and it is to prepare us...
While Dougie (Kyle MacLachlan) is living his Las Vegas life, It looks evil Cooper is using Diane (Laura Dern) to keep a check on if the FBI are making their way there yet. Meanwhile in Twin Peaks, Ben Horne (Richard Beymer) finds out about his grandson’s latest bad behaviour, and another Horne finally makes a reappearance.
If Twin Peaks fans know anything, it is that you need to have patience with David Lynch and Matt Frost’s show. This week though some fans will really feel like they are being tested. In my view there are reasons things are moving so slow, and it is to prepare us...
- 8/1/2017
- by Paul Metcalf
- Nerdly
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