Twin Peaks
With a quirky mixture of murder mystery, soap opera, film noir, and the avant-garde, Twin Peaks rewrote the formula for prime-time television drama in the early 1990s. Created by American f...
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In the following essay, Nochimson discusses the character of Agent Cooper in Twin Peaks, asserting that Cooper represents a new kind of movie and television detective.
The dazzled affection that Dale ...
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In the following essay, Olson discusses Lynch's spiritual vision in Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me.
A few minutes into David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, loud-talking, dual hear...
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In the following essay, Davenport discusses the representations of sexual abuse and violence against women in the television series Twin Peaks, arguing that Lynch's portrayal of family violence...
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In the following essay, Ledwon examines Lynch's use of and innovations on conventional Gothic themes and motifs in Twin Peaks.
I am inhabited by a cry. Nightly it flaps out Looking, with its ho...
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In the following essay, Birns asserts that the television series Twin Peaks combines postmodern elements of self-referentiality with Romantic elements of heightened emotional affect.
The question of &...
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In the following essay, George provides a feminist analysis of the representation of violence against women in the television series Twin Peaks.
Should I call this a double-breasted approach? Laura Pa...
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In the following excerpt, Romney criticizes Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me as having nothing new or original to offer its audience.
David Lynch's long-awaited Twin Peaks film would have provided...
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In the following essay, Carrión compares viewing the television series Twin Peaks with the act of reading a complex fictional narrative such as those written by Jorge Luis Borges.)
In a dream, G...
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