Episode 5A Notes: The 3 questions, the feel of the episode, director/writer & production context
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0:00 INTRO
2:56 WHAT IS TWIN PEAKS?
4:26 WHO IS AGENT COOPER?
6:09 WHO IS LAURA PALMER?
7:35 THE FEEL OF THE EPISODE
8:52 DIRECTOR & WRITERS: Tim Hunter + Robert Engels (12:49)
15:38 PRODUCTION CONTEXT (w/ more notes on editors)
My Journey Through Twin Peaks video essay series is on YouTube (in 36 chapters as of now) https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIHlB-wesGPVETlNFLsGCKL-SFjW8wrJf & Vimeo (in 5 parts as of now) https://vimeo.com/showcase/7281266
EPISODE LINKS
Crispin Glover on Letterman 1987 (infamous) (video - first appearance to promote River's Edge, though it went somewhere else...) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX1HWWiJnnM
Crispin Glover on David Letterman (video - second appearance, in response to the first where he goes in a different direction) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFMen60b6UQ
Twin Peaks Invitation to Love Complete Rare (video - full tape of everything shot for the Twin Peaks soap opera) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dYjdKbMT_c
OTHER COMMENTARY ON THIS DIRECTOR & WRITER... (the following links may contain Twin Peaks spoilers)
..from MY OTHER PODCASTS River's Edge (directed by Tim Hunter) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/rivers-edge-by-twin-peaks-episode-director-tim-hunter/id1587597259?i=1000536663460 / Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher (written by Robert Engels) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/films-by-twin-peaks-episode-directors-writers-after/id1587597259?i=1000536664048 + on Patreon: Lynchboro arc of Wiseguy (written by Engels) https://www.patreon.com/posts/33432782
...from MY VIDEO ESSAYS clips from River's Edge, Matthew Blackheart: Monster Smasher, Hunter's Mad Men episodes & Wiseguy + the editor grid in Journey Through Twin Peaks chapter 34 - A Candle in Every Window https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgBLtDcXZtI
...from MY VIEWING DIARIES (directed by Hunter) Breaking Bad season 1: "A No-Rough-Stuff-Type Deal" (episode 1) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2018/03/breaking-bad-no-rough-stuff-type-deal.html & Mad Men season 1: "New Amsterdam" (episode 4) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2018/03/mad-men-new-amsterdam-season-1-episode-4.html / "Red in the Face" (episode 7) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2018/04/mad-men-red-in-face-season-1-episode-7.html / "Long Weekend" (episode 10) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2018/04/mad-men-long-weekend-season-1-episode-10.html / "Indian Summer (episode 11) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2018/04/mad-men-indian-summer-season-1-episode.html & Mad Men season 2: "For Those Who Think Young" (episode 1) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2019/09/mad-men-for-those-who-think-young.html / "Three Sundays" (episode 4) https://www.lostinthemovies.com/2019/09/mad-men-three-sundays-season-2-episode-4.html
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