So the show of this week is the cult classic Twin Peaks. Created by David Lynch and Mark Frost. I cant say I am a huge Lynch fan, mostly because I havent seen enough of his stuff to know if I really liked it. I kind of watched Mullholand Dr- but I feel asleep through some of it so I didnt really get the gist of it. (I hear that doesnt really matter in most of his stuff though)
But so far this show is really good. Here is the overview:
As with much of Lynch's other work (notably Blue Velvet), Twin Peaks explores the gulf between the veneer of small-town respectability and the seedier layers of life lurking beneath it. Each character from the town leads a double life that is slowly uncovered as the series progresses, as it attempts to expose the dark side of seemingly innocent lives. The show further resembles Lynch's previous and subsequent work, in that it is difficult to place in a defined genre: stylistically, the program borrows the unsettling tone and supernatural premises of horror films, and simultaneously offers a bizarrely comical parody of American soap operas with a campy, melodramatic presentation of the morally dubious activities of its quirky characters. Finally, like the rest of Lynch's oeuvre, the show represents an earnest moral inquiry distinguished by both weird humor and a deep vein of surrealism.
There is a prequel called Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me and Im planning on watching that as soon as this is done. Its only two seasons so it will be a fun little spooky little number to enjoy.
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