Twin Peaks febricity is in high spirits out front of the show ’s return next year , so there ’s no undecomposed time for Twin Peaks FAQ : All That ’s Left to Know About a Place Both Wonderful and Strange . The book is a damn hunky-dory tribute to the show and the movie , full of awing facts , trivia , and some intriguing insights into the show ’s many linger question .
compose by mega - fans David Bushman and Arthur Smith , who both function as television conservator at New York ’s Paley Center for Media , Twin Peaks FAQ is an insanely detailed , thoroughly researched Holy Scripture . Though it ’s mostly direct at the Twin Peaks close , even newbies will enjoy its jam - packed pages , which are written with adequate parts exuberance and noesis , and are therefore dandy fun to say . But even diehards will in all probability unearth some info they were unaware of — for instance …
1) The Twin Peaks actually have names
According to a Lynch - describe map , they are White Tail Mountain and Blue Pine Mountain — though the actual peaks glimpse in the show comprise Mount Si in North Bend , Washington , where many of the exteriors were filmed .
2) Twin Peaks, Washington was almost Twin Peaks, North Dakota
Lynch and his Twin Peaks co - creator , Mark Frost , first intended their mystery to unfold amid the isolation of the Great Plains , but abandoned that idea after realizing evergreen plant forests would offer a more cryptic visual background than barren prairies .
3) David Patrick Kelly (Jerry Horne) played Luther in The Warriors
How have I never note this before ?
Twin Peaks :
The Warriors :
Mind . Blown .
4) The part of Josie Packard was originally conceived for a different foreign actress
And one who ’d work with David Lynch and Kyle MacLachlan before : Isabella Rossellini . Joan Chen ended up play the femme fatale role instead . ( Sir Frederick Handley Page 83 )
5) David Lynch never liked Windom Earle
Agent Cooper ’s former partner arrives in township late in Season Two , and he was model by Arthur Conan Doyle fan Mark Frost after Sherlock Holmes ’ curse , Professor Moriarty . But Lynch “ reportedly found the character unsubtle and uninteresting , ” and rewrite a slew of the conclusion to supplant Earle with Bob in the final skirmish with Cooper .
6) This is David Lynch’s favorite song
It ’s “ Song to the Siren , ” by Tim Buckley . It ’s mentioned by the source because when Lynch was ineffectual to secure the call ’s use in Blue Velvet , he collaborated with composer Angelo Badalamenti on a different tune that ’s sung by Julee Cruise in that movie . A few twelvemonth later , Badalamenti compose Twin Peaks ’ now - iconic themes , while Cruise popped up as the ethereal bar chanteuse at the Roadhouse .
7) There’s a reason for all those pies, donuts, and cups of coffee
8) Twin Peaks’ many connections to classic film noir include this inspired casting choice
Twin Peaks FAQ delves into how films like Vertigo and Laura influenced the show , and also maneuver out that Norma Jennings ’ crabby mother , Vivian ( the undercover restaurant critic ! ) , is played by Jane Greer — star of iconic 1947 noir Out of the Past .
9) Harry Dean Stanton’s weirdest moment in Fire Walk With Me was improvised
Legendary actorHarry Dean Stanton — who ’s suppose to appear in the 2017 Twin Peaks revival — turns up in the Twin Peaks movie as the handler of the trailer park where pre - Laura Palmer execution victim Teresa Banks once lived . He ’s friendly to the FBI agents who are conducting an investigation , but there ’s a abbreviated moment where he drifts off and muttering , “ I ’ve already gone place … I just want to stay where I am . ” allot to a source cited in Twin Peaks FAQ , these lines came from an “ unrehearsed on - set coaction ” between director and actor .
10) The show’s most embattled episode was …
time of year two , episode 11 : “ Laura ’s Secret Diary . ” This episode has four scripters listed : Jerry Stahl , Mark Frost , Harley Peyton , and Robert Engles . Stahl , who ’d worked on ALF and Moonlighting and after chronicled his drug addiction in his memoir , Permanent Midnight , was apparently a threat to influence with . Mark Frost described Stahl ’s meter on the show as “ an rank car shipwreck ” but alas , does n’t offer more dish than that .
11) Twin Peaks was referenced on an episode of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
During its import of cultural ubiquity , it also got call - out in places as unlikely as Friends and Scooby Doo ! Mystery Incorporated , and inspire band name ( effective : Dale Cooper and the Dictaphones ; worst : ArmsBendBack ) and songs , including grungy ballad “ Black Lodge ” by Anthrax . Yep , that ’s Jenna Elfman as a vaguely Teresa Banks - ish vagabond in the video recording :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUP7NSKXftE
Twin Peaks FAQ : All That ’s leave behind to have it off About a Place Both Wonderful and unknown is now available onApplause Theatre and Cinema Books .
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