David Lynch, Visionary Filmmaker and Director of TWIN PEAKS, Dies at 78

 
And now it's dark.

David Lynch, the visionary director, writer and actor whose imagination and creativity explored places both wonderful and strange, died today at the age of 78.

Lynch's family announced his death in a Facebook post, following the announcement last year that he had been diagnosed with emphysema after a lifetime of smoking, and would likely not be able to leave his house to direct any longer.

Lynch received critical acclaim for his films, which are often distinguished by their surrealist, dreamlike qualities.  His first feature-length film was the independent surrealist film Eraserhead (1977), which found success as a midnight movie. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for the biographical drama The Elephant Man (1980), Best Director for the neo-noir thriller Blue Velvet (1986), and Best Director for the surrealist mystery Mulholland Drive (2001). His romantic crime drama Wild at Heart (1990) won the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. In addition, he also directed the space opera adaptation Dune (1984), the surrealist neo-noir Lost Highway (1997), the biographical drama The Straight Story (1999), and the experimental film Inland Empire (2006). In 2019, Lynch was given the Academy Honorary Award at the Academy Awards for "for fearlessly breaking boundaries in pursuit of his singular cinematic vision."

Lynch and Mark Frost created the ABC series Twin Peaks (1990–91), which was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series, and Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series. Lynch co-wrote and directed its film prequel, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992), and its revival series Twin Peaks: The Return (2017). The revival was nominated for four Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series or Movie and Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series or Movie. In addition to directing the series, Lynch also portrayed FBI Deputy Director Gordon Cole, Special Agent Dale Cooper's supervisor.

In a post on Instagram, Twin Peaks, Dune and Blue Velvet star Kyle MacLachlan remarked, "David was in tune with the universe and his own imagination on a level that seemed to be the best version of human. He was not interested in answers because he understood that questions are the drive that make us who we are. They are our breath. While the world has lost a remarkable artist, I’ve lost a dear friend who imagined a future for me and allowed me to travel in worlds I could never have conceived on my own."

DRUNK CINEMA 057: Wild at Heart" Is Up!

 
"Baby, you'd better get me back to that hotel. You got me hotter than Georgia asphalt."
-- Lula Fortune to Sailor Ripley, Wild at Heart

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we watch Wild at Heart, the 1990 romantic crime drama film directed by David Lynch, featuring Laura Dern as Lula Fortune, Nicolas Cage as Sailor Ripley, Diane Ladd as Marietta Fortune, and Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like Xan hanging out with a ghost in Room 237 and attending GalaxyCon Richmond, Xan buying the infamous Dune: Part Two Fuckbucket from AMC Theaters, Xan and I already breaking down Wild at Heart on Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, Diane Ladd being nominated for Best Supporting Actress, David Letterman's recurring gag about Isabella Rossellini, Sailor getting his snakeskin jacket, Laura Dern switching her raised arms behind her head, our advice to stop smoking, wondering how long it took Diane Ladd to get the red lipstick off her face and hands, why you should expect Twin Peaks references from us, Sherilyn Fenn dying and ruining Sailor and Lula's day, Isabella Rossellini channeling Frida Kahlo, Bobby Peru being all kinds of disgusting, my beating Xan in our Oscar Picks pool, wondering where Sailor and Lula get their money, Sailor singing "Love Me Tender" to Lula, new Drunk Mail from Dave Proctor, Xan's upcoming birthday movie, and more!

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Be sure to come back in one month as Xan and I celebrate Xan's birthday by watching An American Werewolf in London, the 1981 comedy horror film directed by John Landis, starring David Naughton as David Kessler, Jenny Agutter as Nurse Alex Price, and Griffin Dunne as Jack Goodman!

DRUNK CINEMA 052: "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" Is Up!

 
"Do you think that if you were falling in space...that you would slow down after a while, or go faster and faster?"
"Faster and faster. And for a long time you wouldn't feel anything. And then you'd burst into fire...forever. And the angels wouldn't help you."
-- Donna Hayward and Laura Palmer, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me

Hello again, movie fans!  My wonderful co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Drunk Cinema! This time, we're watching Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, the 1992 psychological horror film directed by David Lynch, featuring Sheryl Lee as Laura Palmer, Ray Wise as Leland Palmer, Moira Kelly as Donna Hayward, and Kyle MacLachlan as Special Agent Dale Cooper!

This time, Xan and I discuss things like my mom passing away, Fire Walk With Me being the source of a lot of our pop culture references, Fire Walk With Me being our first David Lynch film on Drunk Cinema, people who went to see Fire Walk With Me in theaters without watching Twin Peaks first, my being jealous of Xan's copy of Julee Cruise's Floating into the Night on vinyl, the theory that "Lil" was Diane Evans in disguise, Sam Stanley being very literal, hearing about that little girl who got murdered, my surprise at there being music in Chris Isaak's "Wicked Game" music video, our sadness at never learning what happened to Special Agent Chester Desmond after he finds the mound of dirt, not having an explanation of how James and Laura hooked up, our old Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast game "BOB or Leland?", the Log Lady's ominous message to Laura, giving credit to Sheryl Lee for making out with Walter Olkewicz, Xan being triggered by Frank Silva as BOB, the angels abandoning Laura, new Drunk Mail from Aaron Case, my favorite female Bond villain, and more!

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Be sure to come back soon as Xan and I watch Never Say Never Again, the 1983 unofficial James Bond film directed by Irvin Kershner, starring Sean Connery as James Bond, Klaus Maria Brandauer as Maximillian Largo, Kim Basinger as Domino Petachi, and Bernie Casey as Felix Leiter!

GHOSTWOOD 126: "Inland Empire" is Up!

 
"I figured one day I'd just wake up and and find out what the hell yesterday was all about. I'm not too keen on thinkin' about tomorrow...and today's slipping by."
-- Nikki Grace, Inland Empire

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  In this final (?) episode, we finally discuss Inland Empire, the 2006 psychological thriller film directed by David Lynch, featuring Laura Dern as Nikki Grace/Sue Blue, Jeremy Irons as Kingsley Stewart, Justin Theroux as Devon Berk/Billy Side, and Harry Dean Stanton as Freddie Howard!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like the past seven years of Ghostwood bringing us closer together as friends, where we've been for the past three months, the strange coincidence of 126 being our Inland Empire episode number, Inland Empire being the David Lynch film that disturbs Xan the most, Grace Zabriskie being great at playing uncomfortable characters, running down the various Twin Peaks and David Lynch veterans in this film, Inland Empire being the first Lynch feature shot on digital in standard definition, what the film's title actually refers to, Axxon N. originally being planned as a 9-episode mystery drama series for David Lynch's website, Lynch introducing screenings of the film with a quote from the Brihadaranyaka Upanishad that included the words "We are like the dreamer who dreams and then lives in the dream", Inland Empire having a very limited theatrical run, Nikki's bizarre encounter with her new neighbor Visitor #1, Nikki's husband Piotrek not being happy that Nikki got her movie role, Nikki and Devon's appearance on The Marilyn Levens Starlight Celebrity Show, the movie On High in Blue Tomorrows being a remake of a movie that was never finished that was based on a Polish folk story said to be cursed, the mysterious Valley Girls, Sue and Smithy's backyard party, Sue's encounter with Visitor #2, Smithy beating Sue because she's pregnant and he can't father children, Sue dying on Hollywood Blvd. with a bunch of street people, Sue's reality transitioning back to Nikki's, Nikki shooting the Phantom and kissing the Lost Girl, the Lost Girl being reunited with her family, the end credits sequence where the Valley Girls dance to Nina Simone's "Sinnerman", former Playboy centerfold Dorothy Stratten, this film being David Lynch's commentary on infidelity, Inland Empire not being as rewatchable as other David Lynch films, the glaring absence of Angelo Badalamenti in this film, why we're ending Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, hoping our Ghostwood listeners join us over on Drunk Cinema, the two best ways to end a Twin Peaks podcast, and more!

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GHOSTWOOD 125: "The Short Films of David Lynch" Is Up!

 
"By golly, Slim...He's got French fries!"
"By golly, Slim...He got French fries."
"Hell, shoot, French fries! Well then, by golly, I'll bet you a nickel we got ourselves a Frenchman here."
-- Pete, Dusty and Slim, The Cowboy and the Frenchman

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we discuss The Short Films of David Lynch, the 2002 DVD collection of the early student and commissioned film work of David Lynch, including his short films The Alphabet, The Grandmother, The Amputee, and The Cowboy and the Frenchman!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan and I going to see Peter Gabriel in concert later this year, why it took us six weeks to get this episode recorded, Xan hooking me up with a couple of Twin Peaks replica artifacts, how you can find The Short Films of David Lynch on DVD, the short films of David Lynch that aren't on the the 2002 DVD, thinking about all the years it took for Lynch to finish Eraserhead, the annoying AF siren in Six Men Getting Sick (Six Times), Lynch's early short films building on top of one another, The Alphabet as a terrifying version of Sesame Street, the boy in The Grandmother growing a grandmother because his parents are abusive assholes, Xan wondering if David Lynch got the name Mot from the Looney Tunes cartoon Rocket-Bye-Baby, Lynch's The Grandmother defying categorization at the American Film Institute, the strange positivity of David Lynch, the Log Lady intros made for the Bravo cable channel broadcasts of Twin Peaks, more of Twin Peaks on VHS, Catherine Coulson in The Amputee, our attempt to understand the amputee's letter, wondering if Lynch and Frost named Jack Nance's character Pete Martell after Nance's character Pete in The Cowboy and the Frenchman, Michael Horse playing a stereotypical Native American of mysterious tribal descent, our joy learning that Tracey Walter appeared in a David Lynch film, the film shot with a Lumière camera involving a train coming right at the audience, European filmmaking being at the forefront of creativity, the rivalry between Nikola Tesla and Thomas Edison, wishing Sean Pertwee would portray his father Jon's character the Third Doctor, our finally getting to discuss Inland Empire, the annoying snoring guy who ruined the ending of the Inland Empire for me, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 126 of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast, as Xan and I finally discuss Inland Empire, the 2006 psychological thriller film directed by David Lynch, featuring Laura Dern as Nikki Grace/Sue Blue, Jeremy Irons as Kingsley Stewart, Justin Theroux as Devon Berk/Billy Side, and Harry Dean Stanton as Freddie Howard!

GHOSTWOOD 124: "Murder at Teal's Pond" Is Up!

"Both Laura and Hazel dreamed of escape and reinvention; in the end, fate determined otherwise."
-- David Bushman & Mark T. Givens, Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we discuss Murder at Teal's Pond: Hazel Drew and the Mystery That Inspired Twin Peaks, the 2022 true crime book by David Bushman and Mark T. Givens that investigates the unsolved 1908 murder of Hazel Drew that inspired the Laura Palmer mystery on Twin Peaks!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like venturing into true crime podcast territory, the book's foreword by Mark Frost, the writers playing up the Twin Peaks references, the offbeat cast of characters in the book resembling Twin Peaks characters, Mark Frost thinking Hazel Drew's name was Hazel Grey, a special appearance by Xan's cat Willie, Hazel's body being found by two kids who were part of a camping group, the initial autopsy of Hazel's body, the 1906 murder of Grace Brown, Rensselaer County District Attorney James O'Brien and his deputy Duncan C. Kaye heading up the investigation, Hazel's parents being clueless about what was going on in their daughter's life, Hazel's horrible uncle William Taylor not bothering to tell his sister that Hazel was believed to be the murdered body, the dichotomy of Hazel being poor but somehow having fancy clothes and being able to afford going on all kinds of trips, sensationalist reporter William Clemens glossing himself "The Sherlock Holmes of America", the team effort of Republicans trying to look like they're investigating Hazel's murder but not coming up with someone to charge, the unanswered question of why Hazel suddenly took a train back to Troy the day she was murdered, Hazel's aunt Minnie telling reporters that Hazel was hypnotized, Bushman and Givens' theory of who murdered Hazel Drew, Mark Marshall's theory of how the murderers met Hazel at Teal's Pond and why they killed her, Xan and I making plans to watch the short films of David Lynch together, and more!

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GHOSTWOOD 123: "The Wizard of Oz" Is Up!

 
"Weren't you frightened?"
"Frightened? Child, you're talking to a man who's laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe...I was petrified."
-- Dorothy Gale and The Wizard of Oz, The Wizard of Oz (1939)

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we conclude our retrospective of The Films That Inspired David Lynch by discussing The Wizard of Oz, the 1939 musical fantasy film directed by Victor Fleming, featuring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz, and Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan's smoky voice, Victor Fleming leaving The Wizard of Oz for Gone With the Wind, Sherlock Holmes entering the public domain, The Wizard of Oz dominating David Lynch's work, people not thinking of The Wizard of Oz as a weird movie, Xan making The Wizard of Oz appointment television, people taping The Wizard of Oz on VHS instead of buying it, the visual pop from switching from a dull sepia tone to bright Technicolor, Ray Bolger appearing on The Love Boat and Battlestar Galactica, Margaret Hamilton reprising the Wicked Witch on the 1976 Paul Lynde Halloween Special, Margaret Hamilton appearing on a banned episode of Sesame Street, costume designers on fantasy films being more creative than costume designers on period films, my being a huge Thin Man movie buff, the original book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum being darker than the film, Xan's recommendation of Return to Oz, the film's multiple directors, Buddy Ebsen being the original Tin Man, Victor Fleming slapping Judy Garland for having the giggles, Margaret Hamilton getting second and third-degree burns on her hands and face, the urban legend of the Hanging Munchkin, how the "Surrender Dorothy" skywriting scene was made, the deleted sequence "The Jitterbug", the various Wizard of Oz references in David Lynch's Wild at Heart, various Wizard of Oz references on Twin Peaks, Alexandre O. Phillipe's documentary Lynch/Oz, our learning of the death of Lisa Marie Presley, the David Lynch films with happy endings, the almost-redemption of Leo Johnson, Xan and I preparing to discuss Johnny Dangerously on Drunk Cinema, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 123, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of films that inspired David Lynch by discussing The Wizard of Oz, the 1939 musical fantasy film directed by Victor Fleming, featuring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz, and Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West!

GHOSTWOOD 122: "8 1/2" Is Up!

 
"I thought my ideas were so clear. I wanted to make an honest film. No lies whatsoever. I thought I had something so simple to say. Something useful to everybody. A film that could help bury forever all those dead things we carry within ourselves. Instead, I'm the one without the courage to bury anything at all. When did I go wrong? I really have nothing to say, but I want to say it all the same."
-- Guido Anselmi, 8½

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we're joined by special guest DJ Nik as we pay tribute to Angelo Badalamenti & Al Strobel and continue our retrospective of The Films That Inspired David Lynch by discussing 8½, the 1963 surrealist dramedy directed by Federico Fellini, featuring Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, Anouk Aimée as Luisa Anselmi, and Claudia Cardinale as Claudia!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan, DJ Nik and I discuss things like Xan returning from COVID Hell, Xan and I hanging out together at GalaxyCon in Columbus, Nik being our expert on Italian cinema, the double blow of losing Angelo Badalamenti and Al Strobel after our previous episode, Al Strobel living on in our Ghostwood opening theme, Angelo Badalamenti being David Lynch's favorite composer for his films, the announcement that Inland Empire is finally getting a Criterion Collection release, other films of Federico Fellini, Claudia Cardinale appearing in the original Pink Panther movie, the film's five Oscar nominations, score composer Nino Rota giving an early tease of The Godfather theme, Xan completely understanding why 8½ is David Lynch's favorite movie, why 8½ is called 8½, how Fellini got the idea for the film, the phrase "Asa nisi masa" being a reference to the word "Anima", Fellini being on the edge of the counterculture movement, David Lynch's explanation for why 8½ is his favorite movie, Lois Lane being a terrible speller, Guido keeping a harem in his brain, the original ending to the film, Guido's dream about flying into the sky, Daumier constantly giving Guido crap about his film project, the assembly-line operation of the health spa, Guido's dream about his mother transforming into his wife, the scene that probably inspired Lynch's Mulholland Drive, wondering why Guido invited his wife to come out to the spa where his mistress is, Guido getting pressure from the Catholic cardinal, Guido's daydream about when he and other Catholic schoolboys were caught watching Saraghina dance the rumba on the beach, Guido's fantasy about all his favorite women are devoting themselves to his pleasure, Jacqueline Bonbon freaking out that she's over the hill at 30, wanting being different from having, Claudia listening to Guido's explanation of his film about a man not being able to commit to anything, Guido imagining shooting himself in the head, Guido's decision to cancel production of the film, the film's ending with Guido as a youth leading five circus musicians, how Xan would react to talking to Isabella Rossellini, some Instagram love for Ghostwood from Nick Alexander, The Wizard of Oz heavily influencing Lynch's Wild at Heart, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 123, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of films that inspired David Lynch by discussing The Wizard of Oz, the 1939 musical fantasy film directed by Victor Fleming, featuring Judy Garland as Dorothy Gale, Frank Morgan as Professor Marvel/The Wizard of Oz, and Margaret Hamilton as Almira Gulch/The Wicked Witch of the West!

GHOSTWOOD 121: "Sunset Boulevard" Is Up!

 
"And I promise you I'll never desert you again because after Salome, we'll make another picture and another picture. You see, this is my life! It always will be! Nothing else! Just us, and the cameras, and those wonderful people out there in the dark! All right, Mr. DeMille, I'm ready for my close-up!"
-- Norma Desmond, Sunset Boulevard

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we continue our retrospective of The Films That Inspired David Lynch by discussing Sunset Boulevard, the 1950 dark comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder, starring William Holden as Joe Gillis, Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, and Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like getting to finally see one another in the three-dimensional world, Xan being obsessed with silent film, Gloria Swanson coming from a silent movie background, Gloria Swanson understanding the evolution of film better than Norma Desmond, the difficulty in going back to silent films in the 1950s, everyone thinking Norma Desmond was dead, Xan sending a fan letter to a celebrity that she now regrets, John Travolta's comeback in the '90s, Jack Webb looking a little like Lou Diamond Phillips in this movie, Sunset Boulevard earning 11 Oscar nominations but only winning 3, who Norma Desmond was based upon, Billy Wilder wanting Mae West and Marlon Brando for the leads, Montgomery Clift withdrawing from the role of Joe Gillis because he was having an affair with a much older woman, the original opening with a scene inside a morgue, some Biblical background on Salome, Sunset Boulevard being an important part of Twin Peaks Season 3, Mulholland Drive being a flipped version of Sunset Boulevard, David Lynch's quotes about loving Sunset Boulevard, Norma living in an alternate reality, Norma having zero interest in keeping up the outside of the manor, the 1929 Isotta Fraschini rotting in the garage, Max enabling Norma's delusion while rationalizing it, Joe settling into the idea of Norma being his Sugar Mama, Cecil B. DeMille telling Gordon Cole to forget about Norma's car, Joe sneaking out to write a script with Betty, wondering how Max made the transition from film director to butler of his ex-wife, Norma killing Joe, Norma's descent down the grand staircase, my problem with Joe's ghost narration, my return to Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast, waiting for Hive Social to get back up and running, our upcoming discussion of 8½, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 122, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of films that inspired David Lynch by discussing 8½, the 1963 surrealist dramedy directed by Federico Fellini, featuring Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, Claudia Cardinale as Claudia, and Anouk Aimée as Luisa Anselmi!

GHOSTWOOD 120: "Rear Window" Is Up!

 
"We’ve become a race of Peeping Toms. What people ought to do is get outside their house and look in for a change."
-- Stella, Rear Window

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we begin our retrospective of The Films That Inspired David Lynch by discussing Rear Window, the 1954 mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring Jimmy Stewart as L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies, Grace Kelly as Lisa Fremont, and Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like the miles not coming off Xan's car, both of thinking Rear Window is Alfred Hitchcock's best film, Xan's family tradition of watching Rear Window when you're sick, recording more than one movie on VHS back in the '80s, the porn industry dictating video formats, Anthony Perkins saving Psycho II, our friend Rachel Frend hating It's a Wonderful Life, Thelma Ritter's four Best Supporting Actress nominations in a row that she never won, Stella having zero filter and not being afraid of talking about something gruesome, Raymond Burr as the original Perry Mason and the American in Godzilla: King of the Monsters, the original short story "It Had to Be Murder" by Cornell Woolrich, David Lynch's quotes on Rear Window, the decision to build working apartments and a drainage system for the Greenwich Village courtyard, the Thalberg Award being the Consolation Oscar, Alfred Hitchcock coming on to Tippi Hedren's daughter, Lisa telling Jeff that he's being too risky with his job as a photographer, Jeff using his job as reason not to commit to their relationship, Hitchcock working from Jeff's "apartment", Stella taking on the role of Jeff's Jewish mother, Lisa being mortified by Stella's bluntness about the murder, Thorwald's dick move by killing the dog, Lisa's terribly unsubtle job at pointing out Mrs.Thorwald's wedding ring to Jeff, Ms. Lonelyhearts' suicide attempt, wondering why Thorwald didn't close his eyes to lunge at Jeff, Lisa reading Beyond the Himalayas by Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas until Jeff falls asleep, comparing and contrasting David Lynch and Alfred Hitchcock, some Ghostwood feedback from Nick Alexander, The Godfather being the gold standard of mafia movies, our upcoming discussion of The Silence of the Lambs on Gold Standard: The Oscars Podcast, Weird: The Al Yankovic Story, Xan and I paying tribute to the late Kevin Conroy on Drunk Cinema, our upcoming discussion of Sunset Boulevard, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 121, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of films that inspired David Lynch by discussing Sunset Bouelvard, the 1950 dark comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder, featuring William Holden as Joe Gillis, Gloria Swanson as Norma Desmond, and Erich von Stroheim as Max von Mayerling!

GHOSTWOOD 119: "Criterion Highway" Is Up!

 
"We've met before, haven't we."
"I don't think so. Where was it you think we met?"
"At your house. Don't you remember?"
"No. No, I don't. Are you sure?"
"Of course. As a matter of fact, I'm there right now."
-- Mystery Man and Fred Madison, Lost Highway

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we discuss the 2022 Criterion Collection release of Lost Highway, the 1997 neo-noir film directed by David Lynch, exploring the special features and interviews with David Lynch, Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Robert Loggia, Balthazar Getty, and more!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan no longer having a uterus, why Xan and I are like toys in Toy Story, our original discussion of the Lost Highway film back in Episode 92, two of David Lynch's ex-wives appearing in the special features, the directors that Xan wants Criterion to release as a complete set, which David Lynch film we want next from Criterion, wondering why Criterion included the recent Lost Highway re-release trailer but not the original trailer, our disappointment that there aren't any original documentaries for the film's 25th anniversary, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me not having an audience beyond diehard Peaks Freaks, Lynch's unmade film project Dream of the Bovine, Patricia Arquette's excellent description of what Lost Highway is about, Lynch wanting to live in the limbo between what's real and what's not real, why you're damned if you see Robert Blake, my love for Hank Williams' song "Lost Highway", scenes from the script that didn't make it into the film, Toby Keeler's documentary "Pretty As a Picture" exploring David Lynch as a creative artist of different types, producer Deepak Nayar admitting that he's willing to lie to David Lynch to keep the best interest of the film's production, the real-life event at Bushnell Keeler's house that inspired the "fish in the percolator" scene on Twin Peaks, Jennifer Lynch and Austin Lynch being half-siblings, Bill Pullman learning how to play tenor saxophone to play two compositions for the film, Xan not being able to handle a spit valve, Patricia Arquette doing the film because she has a serious phobia about nudity, Robert Loggia blowing his fuse after waiting three hours to read for Frank Booth in Blue Velvet, Dean Stockwell liking every character in the Blue Velvet script except his character Ben, Mr. Eddy's fantastic rant against a tailgater, the Hollywood stereotype of people from the Midwest being really naive, someone ringing David Lynch's house intercom and saying "Dick Laurent is dead", Lynch's full recounting of how Frank Silva was cast as BOB on Twin Peaks, George Harrison financing Monty Python's Life of Brian, a special guest appearance by Xan's cat Will, Lynch being obsessed with the O.J. Simpson trial and how it inspired the theme of Lost Highway, an explanation of dissociative fugue, wanting to see David Lynch host a home renovation show, our upcoming four-film retrospective of the films that inspired David Lynch, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks for Episode 120, as Xan and I begin our retrospective of films that inspired David Lynch with Rear Window, the 1954 mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, featuring Jimmy Stewart as L.B. "Jeff" Jefferies, Grace Kelly as Lisa Fremont, and Raymond Burr as Lars Thorwald!

GHOSTWOOD 118: "From Hell" Is Up!

"What's wrong? You think I was born a whore? Oh that's right, England doesn't have whores, just a great mass of very unlucky women."
-- Mary Kelly, From Hell

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing From Hell, the 2001 period slasher film directed by the Hughes Brothers, starring Heather Graham as Mary Kelly, Johnny Depp as Inspector Frederick Abberline, Robbie Coltrane as Sgt. George Godley, and Sir Ian Holm as Sir William Gull!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan getting into a Facebook feud, Xan and I sharing a brain frequency, Xan hearing the song "96 Tears" right after hearing the B-52's "Deadbeat Club", the Canonical Five victims of Jack the Ripper and his speculated other victims, the graphic novel From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell, Xan's husband Chris Sprouse co-creating Tom Strong with Alan Moore, historically accurate moments of From Hell, Alan Moore's theory of Sir William Gull with Monarchy and Masonic connections to the Jack the Ripper murders, the xenophobia and bigotry against Jews and foreigners, other theories to the Jack the Ripper murders, the horrible effects of syphilis, people not caring what happens to prostitutes, Abberline getting too close to the truth about the Free Masons, Johnny Depp and Heather Graham not being able to do a decent Cockney accent, the British Royal Family having problems because they're so socially repressed, Sir William Gull noticing that Abberline is an opium addict, the symbolic meaning of the shot of two coins placed over the eyes of Abberline's dead body, the adaptation of From Hell working better as a 6-hour TV miniseries, Gull meeting the Elephant Man, the cleverness of using grapes to attract Jack the Ripper's victims, wondering why two Americans were cast as the leads in a movie set in 19th century London, Doctor Who connections to From Hell, my story "The Midnight Hour" for DC Comics' Terrors Through Time anthology, Xan and I finally having a new Criterion Collection version of a David Lynch film to discuss, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Xan and I discuss the new Criterion Collection release of Lost Highway, the 1997 neo-noir film directed by David Lynch, starring Bill Pullman as Fred Madison, Patricia Arquette as Renee Madison/Alice Wakefield, and Robert Blake as The Mystery Man!

GHOSTWOOD 117: "The Hudsucker Proxy" Is Up!

 
"I used to think you were a swell guy. Well, to be honest, I thought you were an imbecile. But then I figured out you were a swell guy...A little slow, maybe, but a swell guy. Well, maybe you're not so slow, but you're not so swell either. And it looks like you're an imbecile after all!"
-- Amy Archer to Norville Barnes, The Hudsucker Proxy

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Hudsucker Proxy, the 1994 comedy film directed by Joel Coen, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Amy Archer, Tim Robbins as Norville Barnes, and Paul Newman as Sidney J. Mussburger!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan making it to the finals of her pinball tournament, Xan listening to our Drunk Cinema episode "Spaceballs" to bring back some memories, putting fish in a 1924 percolator, Sam Raimi co-writing the script, Raising Arizona making both of us Coen Brothers fans, Al the Argus Chief editor being a Perry White prototype, Anna Nicole Smith's Za-Za being an homage to Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jennifer Jason Leigh as Chantal Hutchens, Jennifer Jason Leigh's Amy Archer being reminiscent of Rosalind Russell and Katharine Hepburn, Xan wanting to know where "hudsucker" comes from, our learning that there were two Twister movies, Tim Robbins channeling Peter Sellers' Inspector Clouseau, Bruce Campbell's chin giving Matt Smith's chin a run for its money, John Mahoney appearing on The Simpsons as Sideshow Bob's dad, The Hudsucker Proxy being a tribute to the films of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges, other actresses up for the role of Amy Archer, Joel Silver wanting Tom Cruise as Norville Barnes, Clint Eastwood being offered the role of Sidney Mussburger, the death of Waring Hudsucker being inspired by a real-life incident, the Hula-Hoop and the Frisbee being products of Wham-O, Xan using her hula hoop to play a prisoner on Krypton, lawn activities like Jarts and Cornhole, the deus ex machina toward the end of the movie literally being a god in a machine, Norville forgetting to deliver the Blue Letter, Amy being enamored with Norville's altruistic nature, the Hula Hoop Kid convincing other kids to want Hula Hoops, Smitty getting off on Amy smacking him in the face, Waring Hudsucker returning to Earth as an angel with a ukulele, Moses stopping time to save Norville from falling to his death, the irony and karma of Mussburger being committed to a sanitarium, Norville pitching the Frisbee, Xan's cats being epic farters, my upcoming story for DC Comics' Terrors Through Time 2022 Halloween anthology, From Hell taking me back to being in Whitechapel every time I watch the movie, and more!

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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing From Hell, the 2001 period slasher film directed by The Hughes Brothers, starring Heather Graham as Mary Kelly, Johnny Depp as Inspector Frederick Abberline, Sir Ian Holm as Sir William Gull, and Robbie Coltrane as Sgt. George Godley!

GHOSTWOOD 116: "Electric Dreams" Is Up!

 

"Sweet dreams."
"What's a dream?"
"A dream is a wish your heart makes when you're fast asleep."
-- Miles Harding and Edgar the Computer, Electric Dreams

It is happening again...My amazing co-host Xan Sprouse and I are back with a new episode of Ghostwood: The Twin Peaks Podcast!  This time, we continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing Electric Dreams, the 1984 science fiction romantic comedy film directed by Steve Barron, starring Lenny Von Dohlen as Miles Harding, Virginia Madsen as Madeline Robistat, and Bud Cort as the voice of Edgar!

LET'S ROCK

In this episode, Xan and I discuss things like Xan's cat having a health scare, the death of Queen Elizabeth II, Lenny Von Dohlen getting to be a lead actor, Lenny Von Dohlen as Harold Smith on Twin Peaks, Virginia Madsen as a hot geek girl, Virginia Madsen in Class, Xan inadvertently buying a copy of Soul Man on DVD and being stuck with it, Bud Cort as the voice of The Toyman on Superman: The Animated Series, Bud Cort reminding me of Jeffrey Combs, director Steve Barron as an important director of '80s music videos, composer Giorgio Moroder, Xan's love of The Human League, the movie's dedication to the memory of UNIVAC I, Virginia Madsen having a major crush on Lenny Von Dohlen, Steve Barron hiding Bud Cort from the other actors to get a different reaction when seeing Edgar the computer, the reference to Philip K. Dick's novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Edgar ripping off the CBS Television logo, '80s soundtracks featuring audio clips from the movie, Miles creating an '80s version of a smart home, Edgar becoming sentient from a bottle of champagne, '80s movies being afraid of computers taking over, Koo Stark appearing in the soap opera Edgar watches, the unusual love triangle of Miles, Madeline and Edgar, Edgar being jealous of Miles and registering him as a "armed and dangerous" criminal, that awkward moment when an elevator door closes on Madeline's cello and crushes it, my coining of the phrase "Once you've had geek, everything else looks bleak", the post-credits scene, waiting for the Lost Highway Criterion Collection release, finally scheduling our discussion of The Hudsucker Proxy, Xan eating Cheetos with chopsticks before it was referenced on She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, David Lynch giving Wendy's a shout-out on Twin Peaks, and more!

If you'd like to check out our latest episode, you can find us on...

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Be sure to come back in two weeks, as Xan and I continue our retrospective of Twin Peaks Actors in Other Films by discussing The Hudsucker Proxy, the 1994 comedy film directed by Joel Coen, starring Jennifer Jason Leigh as Amy Archer, Tim Robbins as Norville Barnes, and Paul Newman as Sidney J. Mussburger!