Twin Peaks Prop – Snowball Candy Jar
Now for a deep cut from the Johnson house. You may remember I previously identified the sunflower napkin holder in their kitchen. I return to this spot with details about a prop placed on top of their cupboard.
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Twin Peaks Prop – Dale Cooper’s Tape Recorders
In “The Autobiography of FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper: My Life, My Tapes,” author Scott Frost establishes that Coop has been fascinated by tape recorders since he was a child. As any viewer of the series can attest, this checks out. Throughout Twin Peaks, Dale Cooper uses a total of three different micro cassette recorders….
Costuming Peaks – Leland Palmer in Season 1
My examination of Twin Peaks costumes continues with a look at Leland Palmer (Ray Wise) from Season 1. Similar to Audrey Horne, there were two costumers since Leland appeared in both the Pilot episode and episodes 1.001-1.007.
Setting the Stage – Sarah Palmer Smokes in Twin Peaks
“If I had a nickel for every cigarette your mom smoked, I’d be dead.” – Donna Hayward in Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me Donna Hayward utters one of my favorite lines from David Lynch’s Twin Peaks – Fire Walk With Me during a visit to the Palmer house. The line got me thinking about just how many cigarettes…
Costuming Peaks – Audrey Horne in Season 1
Last weekend, I kicked off a new recurring series that examines costumes worn by a variety of actors in Twin Peaks. That first Costuming Peaks story looked at Audrey Horne’s outfits in the Pilot episode. Today, I’m examining her looks from episodes 1.001 to 1.007. Grab your saddle shoes and let’s go!
Setting the Stage – Fireplaces of Twin Peaks
“When this kind of fire starts, it is very hard to put out. The tender boughs of innocence burn first, and the wind rises, and then all goodness is in jeopardy.” – The Log Lady, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me Fire plays a critical role in Twin Peaks. Originally, I planned on writing about…
Twin Peaks Location – Top of Mount Si
In Twin Peaks Episode 1.002, there is a transitional shot of the top of a snow-covered Mount Si in North Bend, Washington. During my visit in October 2019, I took a similar shot of this gorgeous mountain overlooking the town. Here is a comparison on screen appearance from 1989 to today, with extra photos from the…
Vacant Peaks – The Train Car in Twin Peaks
Site of the grisly murder of Laura Palmer, the Train Car appears in only three episodes from the first two seasons of Twin Peaks and reappears in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me. For this Vacant Peaks article, I share scenes from the outside and inside the car without people present.
Setting the Stage – Tree Artwork in the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department Lobby
I was asked by Jill Watson, a fellow Bookhouse Gal, on Twitter about the tall tree painting in the Twin Peaks Sheriff’s Department. It’s a topic that has been on my list of things to cover on Twin Peaks Blog as you know how I like to obsess over these little details. As it turns…
Setting the Stage – Ceiling Fan at the Palmer House
One thing I remember from my original viewing of Twin Peaks in the early 1990s was the unexpected long shots of things like trees, traffic lights, and the ceiling fan at the Palmer house. Prior to Twin Peaks, I hadn’t seen these kinds of shots in a television show. These lingering images added a sense of…