Subject: Some details from the Frost folks
From: raveling@isi.edu (Paul Raveling)
Date: 1990-04-23, 09:15
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Here's the essence of what I learned last night from
a phone call to my distant relation in the Frost family...

1.  The strange speech in the dream sequence was in fact
    done by the say-backwards/play-backwards technique.

2.  An inquiry about one of the ~3-frame flashes at the start
    of the dream sequence met with a "can't disclose anything
    about that" response.  Seems likely that 1 or more of those
    flashes could be significant to future turns in the plot.

3.  The Frost/Lynch collaboration so far has been mainly
    in creation through production of the pilot and Lynch's
    episode (last week's).  During production of the other
    programs Lynch was physically elsewhere, working on
    a film called "Wild at Heart".  (This film will debut
    at Cannes in May.)  Lynch returned to direct last week's
    show, which is the only one that was shot out of order.

4.  I was confused about episode sequencing, calling the pilot
    #1.  They identify show #1 as the 1st following the pilot,
    so this week's will be #3 (not #4).

5.  My impression is that ABC was extremely doubtful that
    Twin Peaks woulds succeed; in fact they may have expected
    it to flop.  Thus the awkward scheduling, opposite Cheers
    and Mystery.

    I asked where to write to offer ABC a supporting opinion
    for Twin Peaks, and the exact answer is still pending.
    It'll probably be some particular destination in their
    Century City office.


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Paul Raveling
Raveling@isi.edu