Twin Peaks FAQ
All That's Left to Know About a Place Both Wonderful and Strange
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2016
400 pages
978-1-4950-6390-9 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United States
Publishing group
Hal Leonard Corporation
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-4950-6390-9 (9781495063909)
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05/2016
Applause Theatre Book Publishers
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Person
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.
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.
Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: I'll See You Again in Twenty-Five Years
- 1. It Was Almost Fun Not Knowing: From Concept to Cancellation
- 2. All That We See in This World Is Based on Someone's Ideas: Key Creative Personnel
- 3. In a Dream, Are All the Characters Really You? Dossiers: Principal Characters
- 4. It's Not Really a Place, It's a Feeling: Significant Locations and Landmarks
- 5. The Usual Bumper Crop of Rural Know-Nothings and Drunken Fly-Fishermen: Dossiers: Locals
- 6. The Quiet Elegance of the Dark Suit and Tie: Fashion in Twin Peaks
- 7. Another Great Moment in Law Enforcement History: Dossiers: Lawmen
- 8. Let's Rock: The Music of Twin Peaks
- 9. Break the Code, Solve the Crime: Dossiers: G-Men
- 10. Take Another Look, Sonny: Totems, Themes, Motifs, and Other Significant Recurring Details
- 11. You May Be Fearless in This World, but There Are Other Worlds: Dossiers: Spirits and Other Mysterious Entities
- 12. The Magician Longs to See: The Mystery and Mythology of Twin Peaks
- 13. Guaranteed to Cause Some Sleepless Nights: Dossiers: Persons of Interest
- 14. The Bookhouse: Twin Peaks in Print
- 15. The Only Thing Columbus Discovered Was That He Was Lost: Dossiers: Outsiders and Interlopers
- 16. I Feel Like I'm Going to Dream Tonight: Fire Walk with Me
- 17. Morons and Half-Wits: Dossiers: Deer Meadow
- 18. I'm Ready to Lay the Whole Thing Out: A Twin Peaks Timeline
- 19. I Have No Idea Where This Will Lead Us: A Twin Peaks Episode Guide
- 20. There Was a Fish in the Percolator: Memorable Moments in Twin Peaks
- 21. You Remind Me Today of a Small Mexican Chihuahua: Twin Peaks Ephemera, Tributes, and Homages
- Twin Peaks Timeline
- Appendix: Two Thumbs-Up
- Selected Bibliography
