belated July 2021 Patreon podcasts: LOST IN THE MOVIES #81 - Twin Peaks Cinema: The Vanishing (+ Twin Peaks Reflections: Andrew, JJW, Josie, Blue Pine Lodge, Wind River, Josie's intrigue/Part 16, listener/viewer feedback, Rebecca & more)

Until recently, I waited until Thursdays to publish Patreon and public podcasts alike.

From now on, the following schedule will apply:

Sunday:

monthly Patreon update or guest appearance on other podcasts (update: also, monthly Twin Peaks conversations)

Thursday:

weekly public podcast for Lost in the Movies, Left of the Movies, or Twin Peaks Cinema

Saturday:

round-up for upcoming week of public Lost in Twin Peaks podcast (starting in October)

My patron podcast is finally back after its longest-ever delay, coincidentally to talk about a disappearance. The Vanishing, one of the most haunting, fascinating, and disturbing European films of its time (or any other) exists in a fascinating dance with Twin Peaks. They were released around the same time, as the eighties transitioned into the nineties and a more open, quasi-mystic mood overtook the zeitgeist. They both dwell on an obsessive man, driven by dreams, trying to find out what happened to a beautiful young woman whose smiling portrait becomes iconic, although in The Vanishing he's her husband rather than an official detective, and she went missing rather than turning up dead. Both works also have highly unusual narrative structures, with the Dutch movie arguably trumping the (initially) more straightforward Twin Peaks in its presentation of the central "mystery" (we got many answers early on, in some cases before the actual disappearance itself, which somehow only piques our curiosity). This is one of my longer "Twin Peaks Cinema" topics, as there was so much to dig into in both the film itself and its Peaks connections. Other parts of the episode link up to this theme: an archive reading in which I review yet another work about the overpowering draw of an absent woman (Alfred Hitchcock's Rebecca), several more general meditations on poignant passage of time in my listener/viewer feedback, and some discussion of Josie's intrigue in Twin Peaks (alongside related characters, locations, and season 3 stories).

Episode 81: Twin Peaks Cinema - The Vanishing (+ Twin Peaks Reflections: Andrew, JJW, Josie, Blue Pine Lodge, Wind River, Josie's intrigue/Part 16, listener/viewer feedback, Rebecca & more)

Josie's fate is also the focus of the Lost in Twin Peaks episode I opened to all patrons in July.

NOW AVAILABLE: 2-part Lost in Twin Peaks #24 (the "drawer pull" one) open to all patrons

The $5/month tier got their Lost in Twin Peaks episode a month early as an advance (I covered the season two finale in three parts for the thirtieth anniversary this June). My planned bonus conversation with other podcasters has been pushed back along with much else, but the next monthly episode is already out; I'll wait till next week to officially cross-post it alongside my extensive Lost in Twin Peaks coverage of Fire Walk With Me, which is presently ongoing.

Podcast Line-Ups for...

Lost in the Movies #81

INTRO

MONTHLY UPDATE

(mostly behind the scenes for 2 months)

Mad Men season 5 viewing diary currently, Mad Men seasons 6 & 7 viewing diaries, essay on Journey Through Twin Peaks, public podcasts on Eraserhead/Inland Empire & Blade Runner 2049, guest on PeaksChatz for killer's reveal

Technical note on audio for next 3 monthly podcasts

TWIN PEAKS REFLECTIONS

Andrew, JJW, Josie / Blue Pine Lodge, Wind River / Josie's intrigue + Part 16

TWIN PEAKS CINEMA

The Vanishing

OPENING THE ARCHIVE

The Vanishing clips & lists

(+ some more Twin Peaks connections)

OPENING THE ARCHIVE

Rebecca

LISTENER FEEDBACK

including Generational differences w/ Twin Peaks, passage of time in 2014 vs. 2021 & more, Back to the Future Part II vs. Part III, Field of Dreams & Twin Peaks, 25-year jump in Cooper's dream, Pro wrestling/Twin Peaks connection - Vince's daughter kidnapping

VIEWER FEEDBACK

from YouTube including European ending of Twin Peaks pilot, Lynch's absence from season 2, Season 3 about the passage of time, baby boomer etymology

OUTRO