Twin Peaks FAQ: All That's Left to Know About a Place Both Wonderful and Strange

by David Bushman, Arthur Smith

Overview

(FAQ). Twin Peaks , the infamously strange, seductive, and confounding murder mystery that made network television safe for surrealism, is returning to the small screen after 25 years. Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, the series enjoys a hallowed standing in popular culture and remains a touchstone in the evolution of TV as an artistic medium. For its many intensely devoted fans, Twin Peaks continues to beguile and disturb and delight; it's a bottomless well of allusions, symbols, conundrums to ponder and images to unpack, an endlessly engrossing puzzle box, an obsessive's dream. Twin Peaks FAQ will guide longtime fans and the newly initiated through the origins of the series, take them behind the scenes during its production, and transport readers deep into the rich mythology that made Twin Peaks a cultural phenomenon. The book features detailed episode guides, character breakdowns, and explorations of the show's distinctive music, fashion, and locations. With a sometimes snarky, always thoughtful (but never dry or academic) analysis of Twin Peaks ' myriad oddities, mysteries, references, and delicious insanity, Twin Peaks FAQ is a comprehensive, immersive, and irresistible reference for experts and newbies alike.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781495063893
Publisher:	Applause Theatre & Cinema Books
Publication date:	05/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	400
File size:	21 MB
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About the Author

David Bushman (New York City) is a television curator at the Paley Center for Media in New York, a position he has held since 1992, with the exception of a two-year diversion as program director at TV Land. In a previous life, he was a television editor at Variety. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, two daughters, and dog, who is named after Agent Cooper.



Arthur Smith (Brooklyn, New York) is an assistant curator at the Paley Center for Media in New York and a freelance writer. He fronts a retro rock outfit called Zombies of the Stratosphere, watches movies with his precocious son, and goofs around with his talented and beautiful wife in Brooklyn. He first encountered the work of David Lynch as a teenager, recovering from surgery on painkillers, which explains a lot.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments ix

Introduction: I'll See You Again in Twenty-Five Years xi

1 It Was Almost Fun Not Knowing: From Concept to Cancellation 1

2 All That We See in This World Is Based on Someone's Ideas: Key Creative Personnel 15

3 In a Dream, Are All the Characters Really You? Dossiers: Principal Characters 29

4 It's Not Really a Place, It's a Feeling: Significant Locations and Landmarks 47

5 The Usual Bumper Crop of Rural Know-Nothings and Drunken Fly-Fishermen: Dossiers: Locals 57

6 The Quiet Elegance of the Dark Suit and Tie: Fashion in Twin Peaks 90

7 Another Great Moment in Law Enforcement History: Dossiers: Lawmen 96

8 Let's Rock: The Music of Twin Peaks 100

9 Break the Code, Solve the Crime: Dossiers: G-Men 105

10 Take Another Look, Sonny: Totems, Themes, Motifs, and Other Significant Recurring Details 117

11 You May Be Fearless in This World, but There Are Other Worlds: Dossiers: Spirits and Other Mysterious Entities 129

12 The Magician Longs to See: The Mystery and Mythology of Twin Peaks 154

13 Guaranteed to Cause Some Sleepless Nights: Dossiers: Persons of Interest 188

14 The Bookhouse: Twin Peaks in Print 193

15 The Only Thing Columbus Discovered Was That He Was Lost: Dossiers: Outsiders and Interlopers 199

16 I Feel Like I'm Going to Dream Tonight: Fire Walk with Me 208

17 Morons and Half-Wits: Dossiers: Deer Meadow 229

18 I'm Ready to Lay the Whole Thing Out: A Twin Peaks Timeline 235

19 I Have No Idea Where This Will Lead Us: A Twin Peaks Episode Guide 250

20 There Was a Fish in the Percolator: Memorable Moments in Twin Peaks 337

21 You Remind Me Today of a Small Mexican Chihuahua: Twin Peaks Ephemera, Tributes, and Homages 347

Twin Peaks Timeline 357

Appendix: Two Thumbs-Up 361

Selected Bibliography 365

Index 369