When I watched the third season of Twin Peaks (I know that's not an official third season. But for me it is.) I found myself thinking "I can't believe this is television." It's unlike anything else on TV, at least anything I've ever seen. After 25 years, David Lynch and Mark Frost have really continued Twin Peaks with complete creative control. And they use that to really give something unique and utterly difficult to us.
Yes, the pace is quite slow. But then, at times, it accelarates like crazy and then developes a real impact.
If you want traditional storytelling, stay away from Twin Peaks. But if you aren't afraid of TV that is innovative, complex and dream-like, you will love it. Lynch does tell a story. He just tells it differently than anybody else.
I don't think that I understood everything that happened in the season. I don't even think that's possible or in Lynch's sense. The funny thing, and that's a big compliment for Lynch: Twin Peaks doesn't break down under all the mystery. Some episodes contain seemingly random scenes that make sense two episodes later. Others are pretty straight-forward while others are so experimental that they could also be placed in an art gallery. Sometimes Twin Peaks is also really funny, sometimes heartbreakingly sad.
Finally, I have to say I'm impressed what David Lynch has pulled off here. If you take a look at the making-of material on the blu-ray, you notice how David Lynch gives everything he has to this production. Every detail is important to him, nothing is coincidence. He directed all 18 episodes himself which is something he didn't do for the original series. I can't imagine how much power he had to put into the making of this 18 hour long movie. And it's a David Lynch movie! This really is David Lynch's baby.
And what a terrible, beautiful baby this is!
Yes, the pace is quite slow. But then, at times, it accelarates like crazy and then developes a real impact.
If you want traditional storytelling, stay away from Twin Peaks. But if you aren't afraid of TV that is innovative, complex and dream-like, you will love it. Lynch does tell a story. He just tells it differently than anybody else.
I don't think that I understood everything that happened in the season. I don't even think that's possible or in Lynch's sense. The funny thing, and that's a big compliment for Lynch: Twin Peaks doesn't break down under all the mystery. Some episodes contain seemingly random scenes that make sense two episodes later. Others are pretty straight-forward while others are so experimental that they could also be placed in an art gallery. Sometimes Twin Peaks is also really funny, sometimes heartbreakingly sad.
Finally, I have to say I'm impressed what David Lynch has pulled off here. If you take a look at the making-of material on the blu-ray, you notice how David Lynch gives everything he has to this production. Every detail is important to him, nothing is coincidence. He directed all 18 episodes himself which is something he didn't do for the original series. I can't imagine how much power he had to put into the making of this 18 hour long movie. And it's a David Lynch movie! This really is David Lynch's baby.
And what a terrible, beautiful baby this is!