- David Lynch •
Although
"Muholland Road was originally intended to be made into a TV series. We filmed a pilot tape: Open End It makes people want to watch more stories. I heard that the person from ABC who decided to accept the pilot tape tried it at six o’clock in the morning. He was drinking coffee, talking on the phone, and watching the TV in the corner of the room. . He didn’t like the content he saw. He felt so boring, so he turned down the show.” From
this point of view, we have to thank
The place where I have lived for four years is only an hour’s drive from the location where Shuangfeng was filmed. I am probably very familiar with the environment and atmosphere, so I can’t put it down. Next, I will analyze my own eyes in detail from several aspects. "The Twin Peaks", its mystery, its details, its attractiveness.
1. Background
Why does Shuangfeng say that Lynch’s best gift to the state of Washington? Washington State is the most northwestern state of the continental United States. It is located similar to Yining and Altay in China. This is an important city for emerging industries. Boeing, Microsoft, Amazon, and Starbucks are much better, but it is also an area far away from the film industry. You can often see American movies in California, New York, DC, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Florida, Texas, Illinois, Virginia, Georgia, Nevada, but Washington? This place neither belongs to the old thirteen states, nor is it a traditional economic province, nor is it close to Hollywood. People can only think of days of rain and the beautiful scenery of snow-capped mountains and rainforests. It seems that there are not many selling points of the story. Count down some famous movies that have been shot in Huazhou,
But Seattle is Seattle, and the geographic characteristics of Washington are not reflected in the high-rise buildings of the Coffee City, but in the Cascade Mountains and the lakes and volcanic islands and valleys along the route, and because of its resistance to Bering. A quasi-stationary front created by low air pressure over the strait. Because Western Washington is isolated from the weather system of other parts of the United States, the hazy feeling of cold and humid without sunlight all day long is the most distinctive place in Washington. The first film to fully demonstrate this feature is
Obviously, David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" is ahead. Although Twin Peaks is a fictitious city, its location was located between Fall City and North Bend in Washington State. The important and recurring waterfall in the film is the famous Snoqualmie Falls in Washington State. As for why it is called Twin Peaks, it is actually between two peaks. My own guess is that Lynch himself should be the same as us. When climbing the mountain, he went to Twin Falls on the edge of North Bend. The scenery here is somewhat similar to that of the Olympic National Park, but there are no such patches of temperate rain forest and mountains above 2,000 meters above sea level. There are only two or four interstate highways between the town and the town, which are sparsely populated. , Dense fog, peaceful and quiet, birds and beasts often haunt the forest. Living here, there will be a feeling of isolation. This is exactly the place Lynch is looking for, a remote town, where residents live a gentle life that is not closely related to modern society, clean roads, and bright small houses. Wooden houses, beautiful living environment, comfortable living conditions. The atmosphere seemed peaceful enough. But, who knows, the waterfall smashes all the way down, and the deep pool under your feet will always be an unfathomable world.
2. The story trend
Although Lynch has a clear story frame in his heart, the production law of the TV series determines that he cannot completely control the story trend, just as he accidentally cooperated with Mark Frost, although Shuangfeng engraved Lynch’s distinctive brand, but it is also the result of many people’s common influence, such as Mark, executive directors, such as ABC. Lynch has repeatedly revealed that the original story is not like this. For example, the murderer may be either Leland or Benjamin. I didn’t want to make a Bob invasion so early and then the story turned to the direction of Windom Earle, but ABC believes that the ratings Has begun to reduce the need to find the murderer who killed Laura first. So after Leland madly died in the middle of the second season of Shuangfeng, the story felt that the propulsion was suddenly lost. Windom came out a bit inexplicable, and it can be felt that Lynch is somewhat at a loss after being under the pressure of the TV station. According to his own words, of course, the answer is left as late as possible to solve the better, but this way, Bob's lurking must be put on the agenda again.
The rhythm of the first season is a bit slow, but the characterization of each character in Shuangfeng Town can be described as painstaking. Although Cooper is not very straightforward to solve the case, the story happens to take advantage of the opportunity to sort out the interpersonal relationships in the town. . In the first season, Cooper was shot and it was a big cliffhanger. I thought it was Lynch who thought that Cooper who was always the same and different could take a break. I didn't expect that when the second season came out, Lynch's magical colors were clear at a glance. It could be said that it was a suspenseful case of a psychopathic murderer. Lynch felt that it was boring, so he turned it into a magical surrealist story. ABC was a bit rushed to work at the end, because Windom didn’t play much tricks, and finally let Cooper go deep into the red house to face Bob. Of course, this was also a section that Lynch had planned for a long time, and it was the only place he wanted to direct later. .
In the end, letting Cooper also infect Bob, which seemed to be something that made Lynch quite proud. He thought it would be interesting to play with the audience like this. The back reminder was that cliffhanger didn't do it, and ABC directly cut off Shuangfeng.
3.
Many images appearing in the double peaks of pictorial imagery are related to Lynch's interpretation of the story. One is water, which is different from the still water that Tarkovsky pays attention to. Lynch always tries to depict the flowing water here, which has a feeling of gently taking people away; the second is wood, which of course is also different from that. The shooting environment is related, but the lines on the log always make people interested in the mystery in the forest; the third is fire. Lynch likes to use bright lights in the indoor scenes here, which matches the fireplace. The fourth is the red, red curtains, red blood-red leaves, and the red house, which makes people enter the moment of rapid heartbeat; the fifth is the owl, every time an imminent danger is accompanied by an owl hanging on the branch Sharp eyes, this thing doesn't come out during the day, and when I see it at night, my eyes are bright, weird.
For an ordinary TV series, the picture does not have obvious imagery, and the language has it. On the contrary, Lynch only gave different characters with different language characteristics in Shuangfeng, but in the metaphor hidden in the picture, it gave a lot of space. This is why the critics were surprised when they saw Shuangfeng, because this is the practice of movies, and generally speaking, TV audiences are not easy to accept.
However, they accepted.
4. Actor Features
The actor is a section worthy of a big book. In most TV dramas, actors and actresses are very important. Just like novels, they tell not only stories, but also people. Most of the many characters in Shuangfeng have left a deep impression on the audience for a long period of time. For most actors who were not well-known before, it is a boost, and for those who are well-known in the film industry, it has formed some stereotyped impressions, which can be regarded as a double-edged sword.
Dale Cooper
Agent Cooper is the most important character in the whole play. MacLachlan has become the queen actor of Lynch before Shuangfeng, and he is quite familiar with the place where the whole play takes place-he himself is Yakima from Huazhou. I think he is very good in both looks and acting. Why did he fall into the trough after the sand dunes, blue velvet, and twin peaks, and still remain half red and not purple? Just as he himself did not want to appear in the Shuangfeng theater version, his high IQ style is different from ordinary people's sudden smile, full of thumbs, meticulous hair, and the tape recorder held in his hand all the time for MacLachlan. The imprint was so deep that he couldn't get out of Dale Cooper's shadow, and from then on, he could see Shuangfeng's influence back then. The role played by
Gordon Cole
Lynch himself is full of comedy. He guessed that he would be hard-earned and form a static and dramatic impact with Dale Cooper or Harry Truman.
Denise Bryson,
oh my god, this is Fox Mulder? When I saw the place where David Duchoni came out in the second season of Twin Peaks, I was so exclaimed. I didn’t expect to see Fox Mulder that I saw when I first came into contact with American TV series. , I didn't lie to me. Actually, I was acting here as an agent of the opposite sex who only appeared in the second season. At that time, the crew of Shuangfeng didn't expect that he would be the most famous one of the actors in the crew.
Harry Truman
The state trooper, who has the same name as President Truman, looks shrewd and capable, but he often can’t figure out the situation inside. Lynch’s intentions are not absolute suspense, but Harry and Dale always seem to be getting it done every time they are together. Then I never got it done until the end, not only was Chen Chong fooled, but he also killed Chen Chong.
The
rare comedy role in Andy Brennan Lynch’s works was created for the TV series to attract audiences. They are totally inconspicuous, but kind and cute. The most important thing is that she once suspected that she was useless, but she did not expect that little Lolita would be pregnant again. .
Hawk, the Tommy Hill
standard police detective, the shrewdness and calmness of the Indians, and the excellent tracking professional, saved Cooper once, but I think Lynch’s original creation of this role should have a deeper meaning, such as the secret society afterwards.
Lucy Moran has
to say that every woman in Twin Peaks is unique, including the little Lolita in this police station, who has a very loud voice, but sometimes behaves coldly. A handful of long curly blonde hair, after being pregnant, went to Seattle to deal with it. There was a tailor on one side and Andy on the other. The voice was very sweet when answering the phone, and it became disabled after a few years.
Laura Palmer / Maddy Ferguson
At first, Lynch just asked this little girl to pretend to be a dead person. Later, Yi admitted that it seemed too unnatural to let others run over just to play a dead person, so she used her sister Maddy Ferguson to borrow the corpse to resurrect her. The main character, the secret is very licentious, I also went to read the diary of Laura Palmer written by Lynch’s daughter, which is probably just that. She was stripped naked in the movie. She was blonde and coquettish, but I didn't think she was very beautiful. Maddy's words, getting together with James is a bit of a soap opera, but she really brought out the role of Leland.
Leland Palmer’s
father, one of the twin murderers that Lynch originally conceived, performed very well. He was dizzy with laughter, and then became crazy and perverted. Under grace, he turned his head for a night. At first, there were few scenes, but gradually increased.
Sarah Palmer
Mom is just a soy sauce maker.
Donna Hayward, the
main line girl, has been digging for the secrets of Laura's death by herself. Her features are exquisite, well-defined, and very classical and beautiful. Laura also has James, which is a bit of a triangle, not to mention that Laura was replaced by Maddy later. She is a brave and willing woman who has few shortcomings in the play. Lara Flynn Boyle is considered to be a big name among the female characters, but it is basically just a frequent visitor to TV series.
Benjamin Horne
has always suspected that he was the murderer, another character with excellent performance, a veritable boss in Twin Peaks, and his behavior is very style, especially the big cigar that never leaves his mouth. Of course, going crazy in the end to fight the Civil War was a bit of Lynch-style humor.
Audrey Horne,
another mainline girl, went out of interest to dig out the secret of Laura's death, or to attract Dale Cooper. With raised eyebrows and big eyes, he looks very beautiful, especially the beauty mole in the corner of his left eye. It is a little childish but full of courage, so he went to the brothel alone as an undercover agent. The figure is actually a bit of loli, but it was unsuccessful to seduce Dale! Hey, if I were Dale, I would decisively follow this little loli. In the end, the screenwriter had to let the cute little girl be a handsome assistant to her father. Sherilyn Fenn didn't seem to play a good role with such a good qualification, Elizabeth Taylor?
Josie Packard
finally got Chen Chong's turn. To be honest, before I saw the background of the story, I was shocked when I saw Chen Chong's appearance on the screen. Later, I thought it was quite suitable. The young Chen Chong had that graceful and mysterious temperament. The lonely little widow always appeared in black, which fascinated Pete and Harry.
Catherine Martell
is a ruthless character among women. The only one who can be calculated by Benjamin for a comeback in the future. Pete looks like her little pet in her eyes, and of course Josie is the type to play with.
Pete Martell
The role of Pete runs through the audience until the Cliffhanger in the final episode of the second season of Twin Peaks, but the reason why this role is more worthy of a special book is that the actor Jack Nance is regarded as an important figure in the success of Lynch's directorial career. As the protagonist in his debut rubber head, Lynch admitted that the rubber head was very difficult to shoot and broke several times. If Jack insisted on waiting for him, I was afraid that there would be no time for the film. Compared to Kyle, although Jack has not been "queen" so many times, he is an actor who has watched Lynch grow up all the way, and he plays Pete, a simple and honest role, which has the smell of the explosive head in the rubber head.
Garland Briggs
Bobby's father is more like a purely tandem character, and all his inner secrets look more like TV shows to attract audiences.
Bobby Briggs
The role of Bobby is very amazing. He has been messing up with Cooper from beginning to end, but neither Cooper nor Harry thought of trying to punish him. And just such a little wanderer, he can actually soak into a big beauty like Shelly, and later got a job from the miser Benjamin in a smooth manner, and then hooked up with the most attractive little loli Audrey, and the screenwriter treated him. That's great too! What's more, in later other TV series tribute to Shuangfeng, he still starred! Although the role of
Big Ed Hurley
appeared early, but in fact, the role is not too much, but in the end, he must be engaged with Norma. In fact, I've always been curious about how he married Nadine. It's a bit weird, and Lynch has never explained it. Compared with
Nadine Hurley
, any role is no stranger. An old woman, a one-eyed dragon, emotionally turned into a powerful superwoman after her possession, Lynch, are you too curious? The point is that not only is he infinitely powerful, he also acts as a handsome boy, and the second season is very engaging.
James Hurley
As a mainline character, this little guy is handsome, he is just a little silly, and Laura, Donna, and Maddy. Seeing him toss about every day, he is basically unhelpful, and finally he is tempted by an old woman. NS.
Norma Jennings
Norma has very few scenes in the first season. In the second season, it gradually surfaced because of the triangular relationship plot set by the TV series. In other words, even if the old relationship with Big Ed is rekindling, how did she insist on being with Hank in the first place?
Hank Jennings
said Hank was evil, and it seemed that there was nothing particularly evil. He said he was not evil, and he didn't do any good work. I can only say that he is an enhanced version of Bobby. I guess that if Lynch can continue the story into the third season, there should be more dramas about him. The appearance of
Annie Blackburn
Annie's role is obviously to allow the step-by-step TV series to continue to develop. Audrey hangs the handsome boy and has to place a victim to Cooper, this is Heather Graham. You said she had a vase, and you couldn't blame her, so she gave it a little time, and then she was taken away by Bob. You said it was soy sauce.
Leo Johnson
If Cooper is a big positive image, Leo has been a big villain from the very beginning. This guy is all evil, but at best he is just a small accomplice. In the second season, he can only act as a spitting vegetable. This is the true nature of an actor. not easy.
Shelly Johnson
Shelly belongs to the kind of beauty with clear and angular features. The lines are thick but they are actually pretty. It just says that although this character has a lot of drama, it always feels a bit silly. It's either being ravaged by Leo or deceived by Bobby. At the end of the first season, I almost thought she died, but the screenwriter was obviously not willing to sacrifice such a beauty.
Blacky O'Reilly
Let Renault not mention it, just to say that One Eyed Jacks should have been the key to Laura's death under the normal plot, and this old bustard, indeed, is full of charm. How many people will
Harold Smith
kill in a mystery drama? Even such a handsome and sensitive little guy with a flowery language will not let go. In Laura's diary written by Jennifer, Harold is the character who keeps appearing, because Laura's diary finally arrived in his hands. The character of
Log Lady
basically didn't say any useful information, but she was indeed Lynch’s iconic character. Lynch gave an image, not logic.
Windom Earle
should be the role of a big book and special book, but how to book it? Although it is the core villain of the second season, superb IQ, Cooper's love rival, every time he counts before him, but, please, Lynch, you are too at the mercy of ABC, Leland died, this Windom also appeared It's too inexplicable, I haven't mentioned it before. Moreover, there is not much room left for Windom, just a few episodes.
The character of The Man from Another Place is the
essence of Lynch’s creativity. The Red House was originally a spark of an instant, and this character who has no name "does not exist in this world", in fact, often wanders in the second season. In the core plot. And show off in the surrealism of the final episode.
The Giant
and the dwarf are just one tall and one short, but most of Giant's scenes are directly related to Cooper's decryption. But I always feel that this character is not a dwarf. It may appear too weird to make the second season’s style momentarily different from that of the first season. It is also possible that he always stands on Cooper's side fixedly. Less is good and evil. a feeling of.
BOB
The core of the core, the root of all evil. However, the appearance of this character is very interesting. According to Lynch, the messenger happened to appear in that place. Lynch's brain flashed, and it was him. Although this is a bit headstrong, the effect is actually quite good. A sloppy evil spirit, a sly smile and sharp eyes can scare people every time they appear.
5. After the silent ending, I
can only say that either Lynch’s bad luck, a strong TV station such as ABC did not give him a second chance, or it was this kind of movie-like TV series or it could not make the audience of soap operas very popular. It's hard to keep going. Such a work that is extremely sophisticated in every detail and has a sense of metaphor can only be cut in the middle after a clear cliffhanger.
Although Shuangfeng finally ended in a hurry, the cultural shock he brought has continued to the present, and you can still see analysis and papers about it from time to time, but this is not a work that can produce some classic beauty. If you ask now The American audience, do you have any impression of Shuangfeng? What they remember is probably Kyle's thumbs up.
Of course, without this attempt, there would not be the following film, Mulhollad Dr., which I believe is the best in the past 20 years. More than half a year ago, I drove along Mulhollland Dr. through Los Angeles. I personally felt the mystery of the swaying shadows of the trees in the dim light. I probably realized what Lynch felt when shooting such a movie, like you were walking in In the temperate rainforest around Seattle, from time to time, a deer flies over a vulture. You will pat your head and think of Lynch, ah, Twin Peaks should look like this.
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