October 2019 Patreon podcasts: LOST IN TWIN PEAKS #9 - The Season 2 Premiere and LOST IN THE MOVIES #60 - Twin Peaks Cinema: La Dolce Vita (+ favorite films archive #1: Masculin Feminin & Twin Peaks Reflections: Johnny, Sylvia, Mike, the Red Room, the room above the convenience store & Nadine's drape runners/Part 13)

At first glance, the bursting cornucopia of early sixties Fellini and the enveloping fever dream of early nineties Lynch couldn't be further apart. Yet I've always been drawn to the structural similarities between La Dolce Vita and Fire Walk With Me. This month's podcast gave me an opportunity to linger over this thread, as well as other correspondences and counterpoints between the two works (and the TV series which more closely shared La Dolce Vita's meteoric, flamboyant success).

For $5/month patrons, my Lost in Twin Peaks rewatch celebrates Lynch's memorable return to his own show with a two-parter, one of my longest podcast episodes so far...

Lost in Twin Peaks #9A - S2E1, Part 1 (May the Giant Be With You/"Episode 8")

Lost in Twin Peaks #9B - S2E1, Part 2 (May the Giant Be With You/"Episode 8")

The "Twin Peaks Cinema" coverage of La Dolce Vita, my longest yet, is bookended by another sixties Euro icon, since the climactic entry of my favorites series is Jean-Luc Godard's multifaceted New Wave treasure Masculin Feminin, and more Twin Peaks reflections: on the legacy of Nadine's drape runners in Part 13 of The Return, three characters who were (temporarily) swallowed up after making a mark early in season one, and a couple spiritual locales...

Lost in the Movies Episode 60: Twin Peaks Cinema - La Dolce Vita (+ favorite films archive #1: Masculin Feminin & Twin Peaks Reflections: Johnny, Sylvia, Mike, the Red Room, the room above the convenience store, Nadine's drape runners/Part 13)

On the fifth anniversary of Lynch and Frost tweeting "That gum you like is going to come back in style" to announce season three, I opened my Lost in Twin Peaks coverage of the original Red Room episode for the $1/month tier...

bonus: NOW AVAILABLE: Lost in Twin Peaks #3 ("Episode 2") open to all patrons


Podcast Line-Ups for:

Lost in Twin Peaks #9A

INTRO

THE OPENING OF THE EPISODE

DIRECTOR/WRITERS

PRODUCTION CONTEXT

TV CONTEXT (when it aired, ratings, surrounding shows including Married...with Children)

HISTORICAL CONTEXT (#1 movie: Pacific Heights, world events including Patrick White's death, TIME cover: King Fahd)

MEDIA COVERAGE 32:43 FAN RECEPTION w/ Usenet quotes, dugpa forum comment

PERSONAL RECEPTION

THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE

THE STRUCTURE OF THE EPISODE (ending with ABC promo special clip)


Lost in Twin Peaks #9B

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

SCENES ORGANIZED BY LAURA STORY
Murder / Family / James / Donna / Therapy / Addiction / Leo / Charity / Flesh World / Spirituality / Employment / The One-Armed Man / Mystery Man / Ben / Maddy

SCENES ORGANIZED BY NON-LAURA STORY
Packard family / Briggs family / Horne family / Saw Mill fire / Shelly, Bobby & Leo / James & Donna / Nadine's drape runners / Teresa Banks case / Ed & Norma / Norma & Hank / Josie & Harry / Cooper & Audrey / Drugs in Twin Peaks / Ben & One Eyed Jack's / Albert vs. Twin Peaks / retiring Andy's misfire / Andy & Lucy / Cooper's shooting
new: Giant clues / Leo's boots / Leo's shooting / Jacques' murder / Josie's caller

LOCATIONS

CHARACTERS (introductions, first interactions, rankings, absences)

COFFEE, PIE & DONUTS (+ other food & cigarettes)

THE UNCANNY

WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?

WHO IS AGENT COOPER?

WHO IS LAURA PALMER?

READINGS/CLIPS FROM MY OTHER WORK

SHAPE OF THE SHOW & SPECULATION (later context of the show):
HOWARD ROSENBERG'S BOB THEORY (L.A. Times article from the time)
EPISODE RANK & READINGS FROM MY OTHER WORK
FAN SPECULATION (from Usenet & dugpa)
NEXT TIME PREVIEW & LOG LADY INTRO
COMMENTARY on Jennifer Lynch's THE SECRET DIARY OF LAURA PALMER (from Usenet & dugpa)

SPOILER SECTION (for future episodes):
CHARACTER MILESTONES
MORE COMMENTARY on THE SECRET DIARY OF LAURA PALMER (from dugpa & myself)
RANDOM OBSERVATIONS


Lost in the Movies Episode 60

INTRO

TWIN PEAKS REFLECTIONS: Johnny, Sylvia, Mike / Red Room, room above the convenience store / Nadine's drape runners + Part 13

TWIN PEAKS CINEMA: La Dolce Vita

OPENING THE ARCHIVE - Finishing the Favorites: #1 MASCULIN FEMININ

OUTRO

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