Just ate a brownie.
Actually, that was an excerpt from theSecond Manifesto of Surrealism, written by Andre Breton in 1929.
And often, they’re entertaining, too.
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(Not everyone is always amused by being confused.)
On Sunday night, so-called Surreal TV will swell by one more program whenTwin Peaksreturns.
Simpson’s murder trial.
Might the newTwin Peaksmeet and mirror our chaotic moment?
Kyle MacLachlan thinks so.
“It’s kind of perfect forTwin Peaksand David Lynch.”
Twin Peakspromises to make Sunday nights more strange than they already are.
Today, we bring you a chat with Bryan Fuller, who developedAmerican Godswith Michael Green.
This, on the same nightThe Leftoversfinally gave HBOa wild and weird orgyit can be proud of.
Mr. Lynch, the bar for high strange kink has been raised.
Fuller whose previous work includesPushing DaisiesandHannibal brings his unique style and personal perspective to the show.
“I think Lynch andTwin Peaksinfluences everything I do,” says Fuller, 47.
When you watch a Lynch film, it’s immediately clear he knows how to build a world.
Everything that he is doing makessomesort of sense, whether he understands it at the time or in retrospect.
That was so apparent in the first few images that I saw ofEraserhead.
It’s so bizarre and takes you to such a strange place.
I wasn’t put off.
It was like, well, “This is interesting bathwater that I’m sinking into.”
So it felt like his material spoke to me a very specific, personal way.
It was an interesting artistic reflection of a life that I could deeply relate to.
What serial killer was that?The serial killer was never caught.
We had somewhat similar experiences.
I grew up in Seattle.
And even more so withTwin Peaks, which, of course, is set in the Pacific Northwest.
So you were intoTwin Peaks.Oh, absolutely.
It was a religious experience.
And it felt like all of his films.
It’s such a tight wire act.
And that first episode ofTwin Peakswas so masterful in tone.
I was laughing, I was crying.
And there are characters that I love that I don’t necessarily relate to.
I know exactly where I was the night Maddy got killed.
the moment I walked through the door.
And they all screamed back: “Maddy!”
But there was nothing like that moment on a Saturday night watching poor cousin Maddy be beaten to death.
That resonated with me.
It was in the air.
I mean, Joan Chen got turned into a doorknob!
So it wasn’t so much a grieving process whenTwin Peaksended its first run.
That is very specific, Bryan.Yes.
When I first sat down to doHannibal, I thought, “What would David Lynch do withHannibal?”
That was my guiding light.
So I feel like I wasn’t so much going like, “Where is Agent Cooper?”
for the past 25 years.
So many lessons from Lynch were applied in the sound design ofHannibaland Brian Reitzell’s score.
We talked constantly about how Lynch scores psychologically and musically, which is such an interesting balance of instincts.
That would have been a funny dream.
So yes, I think Lynch and Twin Peaks influences everything I do.
