Twin Peaks (1990-91)
Country: US
Technical: col/1.33:1 TV series: 1,410m
Director: David Lynch, Mark Frost, many others
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Everett McGill, Joan Chen, Jack Nance, Piper Laurie, Ray Wise, Russ Tamblyn
Synopsis:
An FBI special agent arrives in the sleepy lumber town of Twin Peaks, WA, to investigate the apparent murder of its prom queen, and finds a community in shock, but also riven with a myriad human dramas themselves on the verge of erupting - or in danger of causing closeted evil to emerge and prey on them.
Review:
The TV event of 1990, Frost and Lynch's creation built on ideas (and characters) from the director's Blue Velvet (1986) and signalled the arrival of the adult-themed television serial that would come to dominate the schedules with the rise of HBO and Netflix. Production-wise it was still a step away from what the cinema offered, but nothing had prepared audiences for the odd mixture of soap opera, police procedural and the uncanny. As the second season grew more weird and wonderful, performances tipped into parody and some scenes attained terrorising status.
Country: US
Technical: col/1.33:1 TV series: 1,410m
Director: David Lynch, Mark Frost, many others
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Everett McGill, Joan Chen, Jack Nance, Piper Laurie, Ray Wise, Russ Tamblyn
Synopsis:
An FBI special agent arrives in the sleepy lumber town of Twin Peaks, WA, to investigate the apparent murder of its prom queen, and finds a community in shock, but also riven with a myriad human dramas themselves on the verge of erupting - or in danger of causing closeted evil to emerge and prey on them.
Review:
The TV event of 1990, Frost and Lynch's creation built on ideas (and characters) from the director's Blue Velvet (1986) and signalled the arrival of the adult-themed television serial that would come to dominate the schedules with the rise of HBO and Netflix. Production-wise it was still a step away from what the cinema offered, but nothing had prepared audiences for the odd mixture of soap opera, police procedural and the uncanny. As the second season grew more weird and wonderful, performances tipped into parody and some scenes attained terrorising status.
Country: US
Technical: col/1.33:1 TV series: 1,410m
Director: David Lynch, Mark Frost, many others
Cast: Kyle MacLachlan, Michael Ontkean, Mädchen Amick, Dana Ashbrook, Richard Beymer, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sherilyn Fenn, Everett McGill, Joan Chen, Jack Nance, Piper Laurie, Ray Wise, Russ Tamblyn
Synopsis:
An FBI special agent arrives in the sleepy lumber town of Twin Peaks, WA, to investigate the apparent murder of its prom queen, and finds a community in shock, but also riven with a myriad human dramas themselves on the verge of erupting - or in danger of causing closeted evil to emerge and prey on them.
Review:
The TV event of 1990, Frost and Lynch's creation built on ideas (and characters) from the director's Blue Velvet (1986) and signalled the arrival of the adult-themed television serial that would come to dominate the schedules with the rise of HBO and Netflix. Production-wise it was still a step away from what the cinema offered, but nothing had prepared audiences for the odd mixture of soap opera, police procedural and the uncanny. As the second season grew more weird and wonderful, performances tipped into parody and some scenes attained terrorising status.