I was shocked by how little I remembered the plot twists and character turns in the great fifties noir Angel Face, even though I watched it only a few years ago. All I recalled was the central plot conceit resembling the much-maligned James/Evelyn storyline of Twin Peaks' second season - as does David Lynch's own feature follow-up to Peaks, Lost Highway. All three concern a seductive, mysterious woman trapped in an unhealthy relationship, who ensnares a moody, handsome mechanic in a murder plot. Yet each work takes this premise in radically different directions, of varying interest. I enjoyed discovering these developments all over again as I re-visited the Otto Preminger film, comparing both it and Lost Highway to the Peaks subplot (another inadvertent connection: David Bowie croons the opening song for the Lynch film and also stars in one of the Peaks locations I highlight this week, the Philadelphia FBI office).
Elsewhere on this month's main podcast, I re-iterate my new behind-the-scenes schedule and what it means for upcoming projects, and I celebrate the eightieth anniversary of Citizen Kane by sharing an extensive essay from my own archive, written the year that Kane turned seventy. Orson Welles' masterpiece has been featured many times on my own site, from an ongoing video series I just dipped back into to brief comparisons in reviews of other films, so I gathered all of these mentions into their own bonus podcast; I also decided to publicly share my reading of the great Francois Truffaut essay on the film as another bonus. And earlier in May, I released another four bonus episodes - two on feedback, two on film capsules - finally catching up with material from the past year. Among the many capsules, including several political documentaries and nineties favorites, I went on a digression about Twin Peaks' Dougie sequences and how office workplaces have been depicted in the past several decades of pop culture. There's a lot to dig into this month, frankly more than I expected going in, and I hope you enjoy whatever interests you - and maybe even some things you didn't think would.
belated release (in early June)
Podcast Line-Ups for...
Lost in the Movies #79
INTRO
MONTHLY UPDATE
Brief overview of recently published & other information
2021 - 22 SCHEDULE
Full outline of "The Path back to Journey Through Twin Peaks"
(including recent behind-the-scenes on June podcast)
TWIN PEAKS REFLECTIONS
Evelyn, Jacoby / Windom's cabin, Philadelphia FBI office / Evelyn Marsh saga + Lost Highway
TWIN PEAKS CINEMA
Angel Face
OPENING THE ARCHIVE, Pt. 1
more on Angel Face & Twin Peaks
OPENING THE ARCHIVE, Pt. 2
Citizen Kane
OUTRO
Lost in the Movies #79 bonus - Film Capsules (1 of 2)
includes...
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am / The Angel Wore Red
prelude to Office Space: preparing Twin Peaks & Dougie video by with offices in 80s & 90s film/TV including Christmas Vacation, Mr. Destiny, Dilbert
preliminary comments on Office Space, The Matrix, Falling Down
focus on Office Space
coda to Office Space: later office depictions including the U.S. & UK versions of The Office & Twin Peaks' Dougie storyline
Dougie w/ E.T. connection
Frontline: Growing Up Poor in America / The Story of Fascism in Europe / Statecraft: The Bush 41 Team
And She Could Be Next
coda to And She Could Be Next: on progressives as partisans
Raul Julia: The World's a Stage / The Devil and Daniel Webster / Independence Day: Resurgence
Terminator 2: Judgment Day
coda to Terminator 2: 90s zeitgeist
intro to The Civil War: The Confederate mythos
The Civil War
The Pilgrims
Lost in the Movies #79 bonus - Film Capsules (2 of 2)
including Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project / Irma Vep / The Symbol of the Unconquered / Children of a Lesser God / The Night of the Iguana / Buck and the Preacher / The Fugitive / Parnell / Mayor / Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President / King in the Wilderness / Hill Street Blues season 6 / Trumbo / Alien / JFK / Back to the Future / Great Expectations (1998 version) / Great Expectations (1946 version)
Lost in the Movies #79 bonus - Reader/Viewer Feedback
Maus, Spielberg, and An American Tail / The Wire & my viewing diary / Fire Walk With Me & The Return / Q2’s Fire Walk With Me fanedit / Donna & the real Mrs. Tremond / Criticism of the Piper at the Gates of Dawn chapter in The Wind in the Willows / Wisteria Lane & possible Lynch/Frost collaboration / What Mark Frost brings to narrative / Twin Perfect’s video analysis / National narratives, Germany, post-Communist society & the US Constitution / The structure of Journey Through Twin Peaks / Lynchian identity loss / Watching Fire Walk With Me before the series
Lost in the Movies #79 bonus - Viewer Feedback
More thoughts on Twin Perfect's video analysis / Part 18 theory: rescuing Laura from "Judy's nightmare" (illustration by Rinaldo Zoontjes) / The woodsmen as Lincoln & Lynch/Frost's Americana / Lynch's view of The Tree of Life / Diner continuity as intentional or accidental / Michael Mann vs. David Lynch as digital filmmakers / Editing in Twin Peaks season 3 / Yet more thoughts on Twin Perfect's video analysis / Availability of Return of the Secaucus 7 & other films / Waiting to discuss season 3 / Laura's angels / Laura/Donna conversation as insight into Laura's mind / Cooper's and Laura's shared dreams / Abandoned Cooper/Audrey storyline / Cooper's Lodge fate as test rather than failure / Leland's vs. Bob's responsibility
Lost in Twin Peaks #28 - S2E20 (The Path to the Black Lodge/"Episode 27")
INTRO
THE OPENING OF THE EPISODE
DIRECTOR/WRITERS
PRODUCTION & TV CONTEXT
THE OPENING OF THE EPISODE
DIRECTOR/WRITERS
PRODUCTION & TV CONTEXT
(when it aired, ratings, surrounding shows)
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
(#1 movie: Out for Justice, Congress ends rail strike, 1990 census undercount, TIME cover: Kurdish rebellion + pieces on the Gulf War, humanitarian intervention, Reagan's legacy & more)
MEDIA COVERAGE
FAN RECEPTION w/ Usenet quotes
& PERSONAL RECEPTION
THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE
THE STRUCTURE OF THE EPISODE
THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE
THE STRUCTURE OF THE EPISODE
(including "previously on" recap & top storyline)
SCENES ORGANIZED BY STORY
Packard family / Ghostwood / Shelly & Bobby & Leo / Josie & Harry / Lucy’s pregnancy / Windom Earle & Cooper's history / Bobby's new job / Mystery of the woods / Milford bride / Ben goes good / Audrey & JJW / Annie & Cooper / Mystery box / Ben & Eileen / Miss Twin Peaks / Gordon & Shelly
LOCATIONS
CHARACTERS
SCENES ORGANIZED BY STORY
Packard family / Ghostwood / Shelly & Bobby & Leo / Josie & Harry / Lucy’s pregnancy / Windom Earle & Cooper's history / Bobby's new job / Mystery of the woods / Milford bride / Ben goes good / Audrey & JJW / Annie & Cooper / Mystery box / Ben & Eileen / Miss Twin Peaks / Gordon & Shelly
LOCATIONS
CHARACTERS
(introductions, first interactions, rankings, hot streaks, absences, returns)
COFFEE, PIE & DONUTS
COFFEE, PIE & DONUTS
(+ other food & smoking)
MYTHOLOGY
WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?
WHO IS AGENT COOPER?
WHO IS LAURA PALMER?
CLIP/READING FROM MY OTHER WORK
LOG LADY INTRO & NEXT TIME PREVIEW
SPOILER SECTION
MYTHOLOGY
WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?
WHO IS AGENT COOPER?
WHO IS LAURA PALMER?
CLIP/READING FROM MY OTHER WORK
LOG LADY INTRO & NEXT TIME PREVIEW
SPOILER SECTION
(for future episodes)
CHARACTER MILESTONES & EPISODE RANK + RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
CHARACTER MILESTONES & EPISODE RANK + RANDOM OBSERVATIONS
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