Drink full: The TWIN PEAKS 2017 spoiler thread, part 2

https://happymag.tv/david-lynch-releases-two-singles-with-same-monkey-from-his-short-film/

btw, i thought that short was actually pretty good and funny! i was surprised because while a vein of lynch's sense of humor runs through all his work, i usually haven't enjoyed the things that place it at the forefront - on the air, the cowboy and the frenchmen.

my GOD, Audrey's reintroduction scene was as bad as I'd heard.

Any theories on what's happening there?

Lots

should I watch this for a third time? I should

I see on Wikipedia that Chrysta Bell's voice and musical style are described as “ethereal” and “sensual”.

From my observation, her acting style is "nonexistent".

audrey's stuff pays off miraculously but i def was like "wtf is this shit" on contact

bell's total lack of affect grew on me over time, it's bizarre

Miguel Ferrer's stony reaction shots while the French gamine took 2 minutes to leave Cole's room were textbook deadpan.

But ep 12 highlight was Dougie's game of catch with Sunny Jim.

Lots

arf

(do I remember that Morbs rewatched the old series before he started S3?)

Part 12 is the one that most tested my patience.

I did, sic, as I hadn't seen it in 25 years

Weird of Lynch to cast a musician with a flat affect whose acting style mainly involves moving their head around a lot

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I see on Wikipedia that Chrysta Bell's voice and musical style are described as “ethereal” and “sensual”.

From my observation, her acting style is "nonexistent".

― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Thursday, March 26, 2020 8:43 PM (yesterday) bookmarkflaglink

There is a fairly wide gulf between her singing and her acting, it's true.

I guess it was around the time of Twin Peaks where Lynch really started throwing together excellent actors with total non-actors. It may have happened earlier, but Leo Johnson is the first instance of this that really sticks out in my mind. Sometimes it works better than others but it's definitely a Lynch hallmark and often creates an interesting vibe. Could also have something to do with him never having actors read for parts.

The non-actor that played the Cowboy character in Mullholland Drive had to have his lines pinned to his acting partner's chest so he could read them like a cue card.

The non-actor that played the Cowboy character in Mullholland Drive had to have his lines pinned to his acting partner's chest so he could read them like a cue card.

The irony is that "total non-actor" actually gained fame in Hollywood by casting total non-actors in mostly lead roles (eg, Mick Jagger in Wings of Ash, Debbie Harry in Union City, Robert Gordon in The Loveless).

but Leo Johnson is the first instance of this that really sticks out

Always helps when your mom is David Lynch's regular casting director.

...but you missed the very biggest non-actor elephant in the room, Lynch himself!

i don't know if andy was a working actor or not but lynch found him working as a driver

The non-actor that played the Cowboy character in Mullholland Drive had to have his lines pinned to his acting partner's chest

same as Brando from Godfather on

The cowboy (Monty Montgomery) co-directed Katherine Bigelow’s first film!

C Bell's screen time in this series is several multiples of Isaak's in FWWM

also I don't remember him being this inept

btw doc you have heard at least one chrysta bell song, the very beautiful “polish song” from inland empire. Not hugely into her music otherwise tho I like it fine - acting-wise, as I say Tammy Preston = Chester Desmond

Oh xp I don’t find either inept as such, I think they do as required

Chris Isaak did a far better job

isaak was in married to the mob before FWWM. it's not a part that requires much heavy-duty acting but he had some experience at least.

lol ok

listen, you learn a lot about acting when you're dressed up like a clown and get shot by dean stockwell

You’ve convinced me, taking him out of the non-actor category

You're referring to Wally Brando I assume
xp

Isaak also acquitted hmself decently in Altman and Bertolucci films

seeing him in married to the mob reminded me that he had his own sitcom for like three seasons

Also had a little role in Silence of the Lambs

I thought Bowie's performance in FWWM was (at the time) and (upon rewatch) still is terrible... as bad as Isaak & Bell.

But Bowie actually became a decent actor, I thought he was excellent in The Prestige. For someone who doesn't follow his film career, when did he turn it around?

Chris Isaak is fine as an actor.

His sitcom was kind of ok.

Bowie was very good as far back as Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence, imo. I think he just tried an approach in FWWM that didn't work. I seem to remember reading that performance was his idea rather than Lynch's...?

All three are good in twin peaks to be clear

I think Bowie had a limited range and FWWM was a little outside of that. But again, it kind of depends on whether you accept it as a Lynchism or not. I seem to remember that he allowed Lynch to use the FWWM footage for season 3 but not his voice because he was embarrassed by it.

Bowie admitted he was a competen tamateur in Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence... used more as a model in that and the Roeg movie.

He's quite good in his single scene as Pilate in Last Temptation of Christ, I think.

he's doing some wild vaguely southern accent in FWWM which is terrible, always kind of got more of a campy effect from it than was perhaps intended (that scene is very creepy)

I frankly... don't remember anything about the performance except when he "zoned"

I liked him in The Hunger.

btw I was first exposed to Rob Knepper, the Mitchum brother opposite Jim Belushi, as a Shakespearean actor at the Public Theater in the mid '80s: as Lysander in A Midsummer Night's Dream (opp Elizabeth McGovern and F Murray Abraham) and Tybalt in Romeo and Juliet (opp Cynthia Nixon).

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Have seen little of his TV/film work.

tbqh a lot of the Roadhouse acts are shit

A member of one of the bands who played at the roadhouse lives around the corner from me and our kids are friends so we're parent friends. Was over their house and she had a signed note of thanks from Lynch on her dresser. I thought that was really cool.

oo is she an Au Revoir Simone? because I really like them

No slight to the performers, but my favorite thing on the Roadhouse stage was the volume knob.

The best in-show music bit was the pitched down American Woman.

yes she is an au revoir simone

Nice. They played Lynch's wedding too, I believe.

i think i'm assuming correctly that david bowie in fwwm acted exactly how lynch wanted him to.

He probably wouldn’t have asked for his voice to be replaced in S3 if he felt he’d given Lynch exactly the performance Lynch wanted.

Well, that may be because there were a bunch more Philip Jefferies lines in the show and he didn’t feel up to recording them / had other fish to fry