May the Giant Be With You: Twin Peaks Season Two, Episode One and the Television Auteur
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Hallam, L. 2016. May the Giant Be With You: Twin Peaks Season Two, Episode One and the Television Auteur. Senses of Cinema.
Authors | Hallam, L. |
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Abstract | The premiere of Season Two of Twin Peaks garnered some of the highest ratings of the series, with celebrated filmmaker and co-creator David Lynch stepping back into the director’s chair. Yet, within this episode many traditional television conventions are flouted, and in response the following week the ratings dropped dramatically. From its slow-paced opening scenes in which an old man admonishes the wounded, bleeding protagonist to drink his warm milk before it gets cold, followed by a vision of a giant speaking in riddles, this episode not only tested its audience’s patience but also seemed to set out to deliberately confuse them. In this essay I will explore how this episode is an example of auteur television, an episode in which the director expresses a consistency of style and theme that is similar to their other work, as well as examine how Lynch’s approach to televisual aesthetics has influenced the way that contemporary film directors have crossed over into the television medium. However, when taking into account the |
Journal | Senses of Cinema |
ISSN | 1443-4059 |
Year | 2016 |
Publisher | Senses of Cinema Inc. |
Accepted author manuscript | |
Web address (URL) | http://sensesofcinema.com/2016/twin-peaks/lynch-televison-auteur/ |
Publication dates | |
01 Jul 2016 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 18 Jul 2016 |
Accepted | 05 May 2016 |
Copyright information | © 2016 Senses of Cinema |
License | All rights reserved |
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