tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post179470965962688083..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: Twin Peaks: Rest in PainJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-54182357856923363372008-09-07T12:57:00.000-04:002008-09-07T12:57:00.000-04:00Tony, sorry - I didn't see the second part of the ...Tony, sorry - I didn't see the second part of the comment on first reading.<BR/><BR/>I got the titles from an episode guide and I use them because it's a more interesting way to distinguish between the episodes. Aesthetically, it's more interesting to look on the sidebar or the top of the blog and see "Twin Peaks: Zen, or the Skill to Find a Killer" than "Twin Peaks: Season 1, Episode 2." To me, it's a silly enough detail that it doesn't detract from the seriousness of my analysis and meanwhile has kind of a campy charm (much like the show itself at times).Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-22538077877592769402008-09-07T07:14:00.000-04:002008-09-07T07:14:00.000-04:00You didn't address my comment on the episode title...You didn't address my comment on the episode titles, so I wasn't sure if you were ignoring it or not. But in the meantime I found this quote on http://www.lynchnet.com/tp/episodes.html :<BR/><BR/>"The episode titles were given to each episode by German Television and are not really official..."<BR/><BR/>Just an FYI in the interest of accuracy.Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-56832569815538671682008-09-06T14:05:00.000-04:002008-09-06T14:05:00.000-04:00Tony, you may be right - a similar thought occurre...Tony, you may be right - a similar thought occurred to me, though I couldn't reconcile the drawing of the sketch with it (I guess that footage was going to be part of the dream sequence too).<BR/><BR/>You're right about the ebb and flow, but after I just watched the next episode, a market improvement on this one, I could see in evern sharper relief what this one was missing. (That review will probably be up tomorrow.)Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-75637909871742655292008-09-06T08:42:00.000-04:002008-09-06T08:42:00.000-04:00Like in any serialized show, this is an example of...Like in any serialized show, this is an example of how there is an ebb and flow in the life of the series. Not every episode can maintain the "upping the stakes" quality you mention. The show would soon descend into melodrama. In "Twin Peaks", especially, this is a danger because of the heightened reality of the soap opera dilemma's already at work here.<BR/><BR/>So I forgive this one because it has some of my favorite moments of the series, like every exchange involving Albert. But my favorite moment involves Shelley (as many of my favorites do), in which she is animatedly describing Leland's jump onto the casket to some of the locals.<BR/><BR/>Regarding "a rather unnecessary recap of last episode's dream sequence - which oddly enough, gets the description wrong", oddly enough, I never understood this glaring error either, until I saw the last half hour of the European version of the pilot. The description accurately matches up what occurs then. I suspect that the dream sequence may have originally been planned to be shown in full, then had to be cut for time.<BR/><BR/>I must admit, your references to these episodes by titles bothers me. According to Lynch, they were never meant to be referred to by titles, and in fact, every video release has referenced each episode by number only. So I'm not sure where you're getting these titles from. I guess part of my problem with them is that they seem a little prosaic. And I wonder if one of the reasons Lynch eschewed titles was because he saw each episode as chapters to a single story (as in soap opera).<BR/><BR/>Lynch is very conscientious about sticking to structural conventions (in this case TV's). This is evident in his disdain for chapter stops on DVDs of his movies, and his hatred of the iPhone for the way it downscales the scope of the moving picture:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWkWGXXIHw8Tony Dayoubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04632329277519635858noreply@blogger.com