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What do you think of Twin Peaks?
After several months, I finally finished watching the entire Twin Peaks series and the movie Fire Walk with Me. For me, there’s no doubt that it’s a masterpiece, in fact, I think the movie can only be understood after watching the third season. What do you think of Twin Peaks? Do you think you understood it? What’s your take on it?
Replying to @xiao@sh.itjust.works
I think anyone who claims to fully understand it can be safely ignored. It’s not supposed to be understood, it’s supposed to be felt. Lynch intentionally tries to invoke a dreamlike feeling, where things simultaneously feel internally consistent and incomprehensibly bizarre. There are certainly things to understand, but there are also things which are meant more to inspire an idea of something that could be understood, without having a concrete explanation. That’s part of the magic.
I think the middle of season 2, when he stepped away to work on Blue Velvet, is frustratingly weak, but they got there in the end. I think The Return was good, but not quite as good.
Overall I love it and reference it frequently.
Replying to @agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
James was always cool.
Replying to @agamemnonymous@sh.itjust.works
Blue Velvet was released in 1986, years before TP. I think you mean Wild at Heart, as it’s frequently said that he left the show to work on that. However that’s not actually the case either. He just stepped back from the show because he was unhappy with being forced to reveal the killer.