Product Description
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The Definitive Gold Box Edition of the series that became one of
television's most accled events finally arrives - with all 29
episodes plus both the original and European versions of the
pilot.
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Season 1
Twin Peaks devotees, who have kept the mystery alive on myriad
Web sites, will jump at the chance to return to the spooky town
that might just be the anti-Mayberry. Rarely syndicated, the Twin
Peaks television series has lost none of its quirky and queasy
power to get under your skin and haunt your dreams. So brew up a
pot of some "damn fine coffee," dig into some cherry pie, and
lose yourself in David Lynch and Mark Frost's murder mystery and
soap opera, which unfolds, in one character's words, "like a
beautiful dream and terrible nightmare all at once." Twin Peaks
was a pop culture phenomenon for one season at least, until the
increasingly bizarre twists and maddening teases so confounded
audiences that they lost interest in just who killed Laura Palmer
(Sheryl Lee). This series was a career peak for most of its
eclectic ensemble cast, including Kyle MacLachlan as
straight-arrow FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper, Michael Ontkean as
local Sheriff Harry S. Truman, Sherilyn Fenn as bad girl Audrey
Horne, Peggy Lipton as waitress Norma Jennings, and Catherine
Coulson as the Log Lady. Alumni enjoying current success include
Lara Flynn Boyle ("The Practice"), as good girl Donna Hayward,
and Miguel Ferrer ("Crossing Jordan"), hilarious as forensics
expert Albert Rosenfield (who has absolutely no "social
niceties").--Donald Liebenson
Season 2
"Don't search for all the answers at once," says a giant
appearing to FBI Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) in a vision. "A
path is formed by laying one stone at a time." In Twin Peaks,
that's easier said than done. Over the course of two seasons,
that path went nowhere and everywhere. "Bureau guidelines,
deductive technique, Tibetan method, and luck" don't cut it here.
It also takes a little magic, which is what makes David Lynch and
Mark Frost's bracingly original serial drama one of TV's ultimate
trips, and still the stuff that fever dreams are made of. With
the DVD release of season 2, die-hard Peakers can rekindle their
obsession with this macabre, maddening, sinister, and surreal
series set in the rural Pacific Northwest community whose bucolic
surroundings hide "things dark and heinous." (If you're new to
Twin Peaks, best to get the lay of the land by watching the
brilliant feature-length pilot and the instant-cult-classic first
season, which capture Twin at its peak.) Three main mysteries
drive season 2. First, there's the still (!) unresolved murder of
Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Then, there's the question of who
Cooper in the season 1 cliffhanger. And finally, ultimately: What
about Bob? With its dream logic, bizarre behavior, and nightmare
imagery, much of what transpires goes right by you. Some subplots
(Sherilyn Fenn's sexpot Audrey held captive at the bordello,
One-Eyed Jacks) are easier to latch on to than others (amnesiac
Nadine believes she's an 18-year-old high schooler) And, yes,
that's a pre-X-Files David Duchovny as Dennis/Denice, a
transsexual DEA agent.
In Twin Peaks' second season, the truth is out there, but we are
entering A Few Good Men territory. When Laura's killer is at last
revealed in episode 16, no doubt many will not be able to handle
the truth. The teases, red herrings, and out-and-out gonzo
looniness will try the patience of viewers with a more
conventional bent. But, as Cooper observes at one point, "All in
all, [it's] a very interesting experience," with enough
doppelgangers, allusions, pop-culture references, and in-jokes to
keep bloggers buzzing. If, for example, you get any pleasure from
recognizing Hank Worden, who played Mose in The Searchers, as
"the world's most decrepit room service waiter," then Twin Peaks
may just make you feel right at home. --Donald Liebenson
On the DVDs
Twin Peaks lived in its own bizarre, dark, amazing, fantasy
world, fresh from the mind of creator David Lynch. The extra
features on this Gold Box edition (which includes both seasons
and the long-awaited pilot) intend to draw you into the milieu
surrounding the world of the story, and offer you a glimpse into
the gestation and making of the show, while gently poking fun at
itself. To quote Lynch at the beginning of A Slice of David
Lynch, "This is the strangest damn thing." He's referring to the
act of sitting on a set in Los Angeles, drinking coffee and
eating cherry pie with cast members Madchen Amick, Kyle
MacLachlan, and personal assistant John Wentworth years after the
show ended. But he may as well have also been referring to the
show itself, and to the enormous popular phenomenon it
accidentally became. As can be inferred from the title, A Slice
of Lynch is a glimpse inside the creative mind of Lynch through
his interactions with his old stars and assistant, and watching
this, you can't help but understand that Lynch operates on a
different plain from normal humanity, and his artistic process,
while often befuddling, yields incredibly original results to a
degree that almost boggles the mind; happy accidents seem to stem
from almost every artistic decision he makes. The strength of
this feature is that it makes it clear that the world of Twin
Peaks really existed, it just happened to live in the minds of
David Lynch and co-writer Mark Frost. Twin Peaks Festival is
almost an afterthought, it doesn't fit with the rest of the
features in depth or in, but curious fans will get a kick
out of seeing what happens when the most rabid, hardcore Twin
Peaks gather in the Northwest--on the s of many of the
show's scenes--for a fan festival that beats the heck out of any
Star Trek convention. Secrets from Another Place: Creating Twin
Peaks offers a meaty, four-part look into how the show came
about, the filming of both seasons, and the creation of the music
by composer Angelo Badalamenti and singer Julee Cruise. Black
Lodge Archive features six different items ranging from the
"Falling" music video to bumpers and galleries that don't do much
to offer in into the show, but they offer an unexpected,
added bonus: watching Agent Cooper hawk Georgia Coffee in ads
that aired only in Japan. They are quite possibly more hilarious
and bizarre than anything in the show itself. The features do a
great job of reminding an old audience, and explaining to a new
one, why the show had such a devoted following. To quote one
actress from the show: "It was unique, it came at a time when
television was boring... there was nothing else like it on
television." --Daniel Vancini
Deeper into the Woods of Twin Peaks
Essential DVDs by Director David Lynch (
/gp/feature.html/ref=d_ap_twinpeakss2_1/?docId=565572 )
The Soundtrack ( /gp/product/B000002LMM/ref=d_ap_twinpeaksS2_2 )
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (
/gp/product/B000056BP1/ref=d_ap_twinpeaksS2_3 )
Taste That Famous Cherry Pie
The Recipe
8 inch Crust: 1-1/2 c. flour, 1/2 c. Crisco, 1/4 c. ice water
Mix flour and Crisco with fork. Add ice water. Mix with your
hands. When blended, roll into ball and refrigerate overnight. To
roll out: flour both rolling pin and flat surface, split ball in
two, roll out 1/2 to fit pan and 1/2 for lattice.
Filling: 3 c. cherries (pitted, sour frozen); 1 c. water; 1c.
Baker's sugar; 4 T. cornstarch; 1/8 t. salt
Thaw cherries at room temp and strain (yields 2 c. juice). Taste
for sweetness, more/less sugar may be needed. Add 1 c. water to
make 3 c. juice (reserve 1 c. juice for cornstarch mix). Dissolve
cornstarch in 1 c. juice, stir with whip. Combine 2 c. juice, 2/3
c. sugar, salt, and bring to a boil. Add cornstarch mix, cook
until clear, about 5 min. (if cooked to long, gets gummy).
Remove from heat, stir in 1/3 c. sugar (blend thoroughly). Pour
mixture over cherries, fold with wooden spoon, cool (stir mix
while cooling to prevent scum from forming on top). Pour mix in
pie shell. Top completed pie with lattice crust.
Bake @ 425 degrees for 35-40 min.
Stills from Twin Peaks (coming soon)
