As part of first season for David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks, ABC Television published a series of individual publicity photos featuring various townspeople from the small Pacific Northwest town. One image featured Wendy Robie dressed as Nadine Hurley working on her strange invention – the completely silent drape runners. Similar to the Josie…
I enjoy finding Twin Peaks publicity photos of things we never see in the series. A great example is this black and white photo of Joan Chen as Josie Packard. She is dressed in an overcoat holding a book on the set of the Palmer House. Throughout the show, we never actually see Josie visit the Palmers….
While filming the first season of Twin Peaks, several actors posed for individual character publicity photos. Take Richard Beymer who played Benjamin Horne in all three seasons of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s show. He’s seen posing for a photo wearing an overcoat with a red polka dot tie, a mismatched outfit from different episodes not…
For Twin Peaks episode 1.004, director Tim Hunter and writer and series co-producer Bob Engles shared their experiences working on David Lynch and Mark Frost’s show in audio commentary found on an Artisan Home Entertainment DVD set from December 2001. This is the latest article in a series of stories containing transcripts from this now out-of-print…
By April 28, 1990, David Lynch and Mark Frost’s Twin Peaks had aired the pilot followed by three episodes. The next one, directed by Tim Hunter and written by Robert “Bob” Engles would debut on May 3. This was right around the time of “Sweeps Week” when television networks aired episodes designed to get viewers to…
Between the frequent use of diegetic music and the art department’s consistent aesthetic choices, Twin Peaks is a vintage radio aficionado’s dream. One piece that appears onscreen with some regularity is the Zenith X316 table radio at Shelly and Leo Johnson’s house.
Twin Peaks feels like home because of its believable clutter. Rich set decoration makes its spaces feel real and occupied, and the coziness of a place like the Double R Diner is palpable through the screen. To me, the giant ice cream cone displayed behind the counter is a beacon of the diner’s small town…
In a few short days, fans from near and far will gather in the Snoqualmie Valley for the second annual Real Twin Peaks event. One of the things I’m most looking forward to in this jam-packed weekend is joining my fellow Twin Peaks Blog authors Steven Miller and Jason Mattson on a panel with season…
Kiana Lodge in Poulsbo, Washington served as the exterior location for the Martell family’s Blue Pine Lodge in the first two seasons of Twin Peaks. While researching the Thunderbird totem pole that briefly appears in the series, I discovered the artist behind the tall “story pole” used as an establishing shot in episode 2.014 from…
At long last, I have an original Twin Peaks prop to share with you, and it’s a doozy: Nadine Hurley’s screen-used rowing machine. It’s rare enough when a piece like this hits the market, but when the entire history of ownership is documented, down to a thirty year old receipt signed by David Lynch’s former…