Lost in Twin Peaks

Welcome to S1E3 (Zen, or the Skill to Catch a Killer/"Episode 2") - How was Twin Peaks created?


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Episode 3A Notes: The 3 questions, the feel of the episode, director/writers & production context - alternate "European version" pilot ending

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Episode 0: Introducing the podcast (show format) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-the-podcast-show-format/id1588350903?i=1000537195013

The illustrated companion to this week's episodes is https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/10/lost-in-twin-peaks-3-s1e3-zen-or-skill.html

0:00 INTRO

3:28 WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?

5:45 WHO IS AGENT COOPER?

7:16 WHO IS LAURA PALMER?

8:56 THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE

13:35 DIRECTOR & WRITERS: David Lynch + Mark Frost & Lynch (14:04)

15:15 THE ALTERNATE "EUROPEAN VERSION" PILOT ENDING...

Background / First half - finding the killer (17:27) / Possible plan for S1E2 dream (20:30) / Lynch's epiphanies: Bob & Mike (22:25) / Lynch's epiphanies: Red Room sequence (25:52)

29:23 PRODUCTION CONTEXT FOR THE REST OF THE EPISODE

My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHlB-wesGPVETlNFLsGCKL-SFjW8wrJf & Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now) https://vimeo.com/showcase/7281266

EPISODE LINKS

Laura on Twin Peaks Cinema podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/laura-whats-in-a-name-1/id1587597259?i=1000538443766

MY PREVIOUS DIRECTOR/WRITER LOST IN TWIN PEAKS EPISODES:

Pilot (directed by David Lynch & written by Lynch & Mark Frost) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/10/lost-in-twin-peaks-1-pilot-s1e1.html & S1E2 (written by Lynch & Frost) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2021/10/lost-in-twin-peaks-2-s1e2-traces-to.html

(the following links may contain Twin Peaks spoilers...)

MY OTHER DIRECTOR/WRITERS PODCASTS:

Halloweentown (directed by Duwayne Dunham) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/films-by-twin-peaks-episode-directors-halloweentown/id1587597259?i=1000536658422

Storyville (written by Frost) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mark-frosts-storyville-creator-prologue-2/id1587597259?i=1000536661723

written & directed by David Lynch: Blue Velvet https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/blue-velvet/id1521758273?i=1000516140442 & Introducing Eraserhead & Inland Empirehttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/introducing-eraserhead-inland-empire/id1521758273?i=1000533973650 & 10 Connections between Eraserhead & Inland Empire https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/10-connections-between-eraserhead-inland-empire/id1521758273?i=1000534779822

MY OTHER DIRECTOR/WRITERS VIDEO ESSAYS:

clips from Lynch's other work in David Lynch & Mary Sweeney: Dream Souls https://vimeo.com/430539967 (+ Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 27 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qAG5FHHT9OY) & clips/quotes from Frost's other work in Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 35 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vN-qUgESVGs

ALL MY COVERAGE OF OTHER DAVID LYNCH WORK https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-david-lynch.html

My other podcasts include:

Lost in the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/patreon-podcast.html
Twin Peaks Cinema https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/twin-peaks-cinema.html
Left of the Movies https://www.lostinthemovies.com/p/left-of-movies.html

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