You might be thrilled, you’re probably mystified, and you’re certainly perplexed.
What’s up with the talking tree?
Where did Laura Palmer fly off too?
David Lynch
Will Agent Cooper ever come back with mind and personality intact?
“When it’s finished, that’s it.
Nothing should be added to it.
All the rest is baloney.”
He even drew us a picture.
They air on the flagship data pipe on May 28.]
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: It’s Monday.
Parts 1 and 2 have premiered, and the reviews are coming in.
And here you are, doing your favorite thing in the world, talking to the press.
How are you feeling?DAVID LYNCH:I’m feeling good, I am.
Is that a choice?
To stay insulated?Sort of.
What were you doing last night while we were all watching the premiere?
So I pictured them there.
I was at home working on a table in my woodshop.
I have a pencil.Yeah, that would be perfect!
[He begins drawing] Here is a place for glasses, remote controls, and pens.
And here’s a circle with Kleenex coming out.
Here’s a larger circle for a wine bottle.
This is a door on special hinges that holds cigarettes and lighter.
And then down here is a drawer that has a place for a yellow pad.
And it’s on these red wheels.
So it’s a side table that holds all the things that I use.
Is this for your painting studio?No, it’s for a place where I sit.
So you were building a table last night.Yep.
Were you trying to give the audience an allegory for TV-watching or how to watch the show?No.
But that’s an interesting way to think about it.
Do you think in terms of allegory or meta?Not really.
Ideas just come, you think about them, and you figure out their meaning.
Then, how they fit into the whole is another thing completely.
It’s just like a magical thing.
That’s always the way it is.
Agent Cooper’s story isn’t just about trying to escape from the Black Lodge.
It’s also about a guy returning to a world he once knew and reconnecting with it.
Does that story resonate with you, in terms of returning to television?Sure.
Part 1 also suggests the story of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee) might be far from over.
Will she live again and get justice?
Maybe revenge?Hmm.
Let’s see what happens.
Ideas take you to places.
There were just things going on in places other than Twin Peaks.
Sometimes you get a need to travel from Los Angeles to New York for a meeting.
So there you go.
What are we calling this character, by the way?
I’m calling him Dirty Cooper.I just call him Cooper’s doppelganger.
You’re allowed to call him whatever you want.
But are you telling a story about, say, the spiritual condition of America?
It’s just about the ideas that come.
That said, I also say that ideas are conjured by our world many times.
Other ideas are conjured by the present and the way it is.
So it does have an influence.
Where do you find inspiration for your representations of evil?Again, I can’t really tell you.
It just comes from the idea.
All that matters is that finding a way to translate what appears in the mind into cinema.
He seemed to be attending the misery of accused murderer Bill.
We saw him turn to vapor and his head floated away.
Was there a specific inspiration for that?That’s an example of what I’m talking about.
An image came; it was all about translating.
And by the way, about that guy, you just keep watching.
I’d love to know about the editing process.
Mostly we’re just following the script because we worked so hard to get it that way.
Then, in the editing process, you are open to discovering new things.
When you’re hands-on, it’s a magical thing.
It’s an ongoing process.
I always say it’s not done until it’s done.
Ideas came from the script, but ideas can keep coming into post-production.
Did you do any reshoots?We never did any reshoots.
It’s not like an anchor like that.
Twin Peaks a place that is, um, super important to what’s going on.
[Laughs]
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