i've been watching it on netflix. am i missing something? trying to figure out whats so great about it and why it is beloved. just seems like a mystery/soap opera. maybe it was great in it's day but hasn't aged well?
+Raffi N It's not something we can explain and I won't say you have a poor taste. It's just you have a different taste. For many people including me, Twin Peaks is a deviant and amazing world which get them obsessed. Maybe it simply doesn't appeal to you or you didn't watch it in a good atmosphere or mood.
It's normal for you to feel so. The rave is not understandable actually. The world of Twin Peaks is just extremely mesmerizing to me and to many others so that it became a cult phenomenon. But not everyone in the world is the same, right? And one can never explain well his taste in words and neither can he understand other's.
Yeah he's odd in some ways and he's authenticity is probably considered odd to some too. That's one of the most important characteristics of a person I think. You can act in a film but real shame if you can't really be yourself at all too.
As funny as he is, this is one of the most serious interviews I've seen Letterman conducting with a celebrity. Almost no joke or interruptions. It's apparent the kind of respect he has for Mr. Lynch.
@@elchewbacco don't think it's a clue moreso that it's subtle world building. Later on in the show and film, we learn that Gordon actually will say a phrase that seems absurd but is actually code for something else relating to a blue rose case. I'm not sure what it means but i think that is what's happening here.
YouMustYouLust I thought the same. It seems like Letterman really has an appreciation for Lynch’s work while Leno sees Lynch as “some weird guy who makes stuff that makes no sense.”
"But you know the truth of it is, if you stop and think about it, it seems like it might be the kind of show that would kind of have a limited run and then become a classic forever and ever..." --- Dave was absolutely right, and that's exactly what happened.
This video always makes me smile. It's amazing how many people mistake being genuinely funny and an authentically good guy for being weird or odd. Maybe that is indeed so rare for Hollywood, salute to Sir David Lynch.
Clearly the best of the best in his own category is Stanley Kubrick. And after Twin Peaks The Return, I have to say David Lynch comes second. He was in shared second position with couple of others, but now he clearly is second on his own. Appreciation of Kubrick will only rise during to following decades when people have enough understanding on his totally amazing work. And same can be said of Lynch. The Return is his most complex creation, it has multiple layers and multiple different goals. In this sense its like Kubrick's films. I truly hope we will get more from Lynch.
Great Destroyer yes. Because unlike Kubrick, bunuel’s work (with the exception of Nazarin and Andalusian dog) is a huge dreary bubble of tastelessness.
@@Actiomedey What does it matter if it were the early 90s'? You do know that people were assholes back then aswell? Also, when Letterman says that, you can clearly see that David took exeption to it.
Ive always seen letterman as a pretty nice guy but lynch blows him out of the water when it comes to being nice. You can see him sincerely trying to be as pleasant as he can. Dennis hopper said lynch couldnt even swear and would refer to cussing in the script as "that word". Lynch is a cutie patootie
Lynch is so goofy. I really like him. I like that he isnt Hollywood AT ALL. Not even a sliver of that - he is always just him and a little off and you can see that while looking at this interview. Love.
The difference between this interview of David Lynch and the Jay Leno one shows how great a host Dave Letterman was. Being funny and also respectful. Jay Leno's legacy will be fucking over Conan.
T.V. shows in general have an advantage over films because of their nature. While FWWM is one of the best and most CRIMINALLY underappreciated films of all time and one of my favorites, Twin Peaks on HBO would've A) Given each episode 10 to 15 extra minutes B) Given the series the time it DESERVED to properly develop C) Given the show its "proper" ending D) Gotten rid of those pesky censorship restraints E) Gave Lynch and Frost a HELL of a lot more control over the show and its direction.
OMC DubKrett Official I believe only two of the cast members have died so since Twin peaks aired (Killer Bob and Pete silva) And from what I've seen Kyle maclachan has actually aged pretty damn well.
I liked it more than the original seasons, personally (and that's some of the best tv, period). Then again, they're all kind of one thing even though each installment has an incredibly different vibe. Also - even though I've read about the reasons why and I sort of get it - I'll never truly understand how the critics largely disliked and even hated Fire Walk With Me. I put off seeing it b/c of the bad reviews, but it ranks right up there with the best of Lynch's work for me. What caught me from the pilot episode of Twin Peaks was largely the most earnest and brutal display of grief I had ever seen. Forever haunting. FWWM, again, is so affecting in its portrayal of sexual abuse and incest (very much so because of Sheryl Lee's Oscar-worthy performance)...it's terrifying, but an absolutely amazing film. Maybe it has its missteps, but idk how critics walked away disappointed. I feel like critics should be open to anything, and the film not delivering on more Cooper and coffee and donuts seems like it should be irrelevant.
i see this guy at work here in san francisco. he's always dressed up very nicely and always has nice things to say. he's a bit goofy, and he reminds me of david lynch. the gray hair, even the soft spoken voice. i always imagine that every time i see him in a strange way david lynch is playing a trick on me like in all of his movies. its either that or i've just been watching too much david lynch lately. there could be no other better explanations than those two and neither one sounds far off.
Man, what a time warp. Takes me back to that weird, brief moment in yesteryear when David Lynch had a prominent position in mainstream pop culture. How the hell did that happen? That was such a formative moment for me, with "Twin Peaks" leading me to the rest of his work, which in turn expanded my mind as a moviewatcher. It's easy to forget that he got so overexposed for a couple years there that a lot of critics turned against him (and even I got tired of him for a while).
At the time Lynch had won a Palme d'or at Cannes, but I guess it was not worth mentioning compared to being a nominee for the Academy Awards. What is international recognition worth after all?
+Patrick Gogan It's still not as televised. Most people I know don't even know don't even know what the Cannes Film Festival is. And one of them was in Cannes a week before the festival.
I agree that Cannes (and anything foreign) is still largely ignored here in the U.S., but it's wayyyyy more visible, paid-attention to, and respected by Americans today than it was nearly 3 decades ago.
2:14 Wise and prophetic words from Letterman here. To a tee he's predicted the exact evolution of Twin Peaks' run. Sadly it did only have a limited run. Sadly it has only recently had a revival of popularity, and sadly it has forever maintained a cult status/following. Some might argue this is the very element that breeds it's appeal - it's niche underground following it's disregard of mainstream, and it part I'd agree, but you would also say the show was worthy of much more recognition.
"the truth of it is, if you stop and think about it, it seems like it might be the kind of show that would be, you know, kind of have a limited run - and then would become a classic forever and ever." you don't say.
MirumExMachina Lynch just does what he wants to do, if he doesn't feel like working on a project it won't happen, which is why he hasn't made a new movie in 11 years.
If we could post letters into the past, with the amount of interest that Twin Peaks has generated in the years since it was axed, it would definitely have been saved :-(
