August 2019 Patreon podcasts: LOST IN TWIN PEAKS #7 - Season 1 Episode 7 and LOST IN THE MOVIES #58 - Twin Peaks Cinema: Our Town (+ favorites films archive #23 - 13: My Night at Maud's, The Virgin Spring, On the Waterfront, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather, Nights of Cabiria, Star Wars, Meshes of the Afternoon, The Third Man, Taxi Driver, The Mirror & Twin Peaks Reflections: Heidi, Julie, Ronette, the train car, the Packard Saw Mill, official Laura Palmer investigation/The Elephant Man)

Originally I planned to feature a more tangential "Twin Peaks Cinema" entry this month, but Turner Classic Movies came to the rescue by airing the 1940 adaptation of Our Town in May. Fascinated by the correspondences and differences, I just had to bump it up in my coverage and was delighted to discover soon after that Thornton Wilder is Mark Frost's favorite playwright.

On the $5/month front, the Lost in Twin Peaks rewatch embraces my favorite non-Lynch episode of the series, a real peak for Audrey in particular...

Lost in Twin Peaks #7 - S1E7 (Realization Time/"Episode 6")

The main podcast combines the extensive Our Town overview with a look at some characters and locations tied to the pilot, and observes echoes between how the Laura Palmer investigation slowly draws us closer to Laura while The Elephant Man slowly draws us closer to John Merrick. And the Favorites re-reading reaches some of my most repeatedly viewed movies including another Lynch title. Stay tuned for the very end of the podcast where I added a special bonus clip, whose subject is related to an upcoming video (my first to be published in two and a half years)...

Lost in the Movies Episode 58: Twin Peaks Cinema - Our Town (+ favorites films archive #23 - 13: My Night at Maud's, The Virgin Spring, On the Waterfront, Mulholland Drive, The Godfather, Nights of Cabiria, Star Wars, Meshes of the Afternoon, The Third Man, Taxi Driver, The Mirror & Twin Peaks Reflections: Heidi, Julie, Ronette, the train car, the Packard Saw Mill, official Laura Palmer investigation/The Elephant Man

And the $1/month tier gains access to one of the earliest episodes of Lost in Twin Peaks, exploring the pilot of the series with an entire standalone chapter devoted to the history of its creation (this was unlocked for all patrons on the anniversary of my first Twin Peaks post many, many years ago - eleven to be precise)...

bonus: NOW AVAILABLE: Lost in Twin Peaks #1 (The Pilot) open to all patrons

Podcast Line-Ups for:

Lost in Twin Peaks #7

INTRO

THE OPENING OF THE EPISODE

DIRECTOR/WRITER

PRODUCTION & TV CONTEXT (when it aired, ratings, surrounding shows)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT (#1 movie, world events: WHO & homosexuality, TIME cover)

MEDIA COVERAGE

FAN RECEPTION w/ Usenet quotes, dugpa forum comment, my personal reception

THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE

THE STRUCTURE OF THE EPISODE

WHO KILLED LAURA PALMER? (new clues, the big picture)

SCENES ORGANIZED BY LAURA STORY
Murder / Family / Bobby / James / Donna / Therapy / Leo / Employment / Mystery Man / Maddy

SCENES ORGANIZED BY NON-LAURA STORY
Briggs family / Ghostwood deal & Saw Mill fire / Shelly, Bobby & Leo / James & Donna / Nadine's drape runners / Ed & Norma / Hank on parole / Josie & Harry / Cooper & Audrey / Ben & One Eyed Jack's / Invitation to Love / Andrew's death / Andy & Lucy / Cooper history

LOCATIONS

CHARACTERS (introductions, first interactions, rankings)

COFFEE, PIE & DONUTS (+ other food & cigarettes) - no uncanny this episode

WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?

WHO IS AGENT COOPER?

WHO IS LAURA PALMER?

READINGS FROM MY OTHER WORK

SHAPE OF THE SHOW & SPECULATION (later context of the show):
EPISODE RANK & MEDIA COVERAGE & FAN SPECULATION & READING FROM MY OTHER WORKS
NEXT ON TWIN PEAKS & LOG LADY INTRO 

SPOILER SECTION (for future episodes):
CHARACTER MILESTONES & RANDOM OBSERVATIONS


Lost in the Movies Episode 58

INTRO

TWIN PEAKS REFLECTIONS: Julie, Heidi, Ronette / Packard Saw Mill, train car / official Laura Palmer investigation + The Elephant Man

TWIN PEAKS CINEMA: Our Town

OPENING THE ARCHIVE - Continuing the Favorites
#23 MY NIGHT AT MAUD'S
#22 THE VIRGIN SPRING
#21 ON THE WATERFRONT
#20 MULHOLLAND DRIVE
#19 THE GODFATHER
#18 THE NIGHTS OF CABIRIA
#17 STAR WARS
#16 MESHES OF THE AFTERNOON
#15 THE THIRD MAN
#14 TAXI DRIVER
#13 THE MIRROR

OUTRO

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