Subject: What's up in Twin Peaks production
From: raveling@Unify.Com (Paul Raveling)
Date: 1990-08-13, 18:32
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Last Friday my wife and I finally made connections with
Scott Frost for a guided tour of the studios in Van Nuys.
It's an ex-warehouse, and I think it's pretty large but it's
so crammed full of sets that it's hard to be sure.  Naturally
we were pretty stoked about being able to stalk the halls of
the Great Northern, hang out in the RR, inspect the gash Leo
left in his furniture when he tried to kill Bobby with an axe,
and all that stuff -- BTW, he swung that axe pretty hard.

The biggest new set, which is still under construction, is a
permanent set for the interior of the Roadhouse.  Blackie's
office has been made permanent, instead of being a cruder
tear-down.  I think Harry Truman's office is really nifty, but
won't spoil the viewing by divulging details -- stay tuned and
check it out!

The one thing we didn't see was Cooper's room (315) at the
Great Northern -- it was locked.  Scott tried to claim it's
been sealed since he was shot, but I suspect it might contain
something that could be a giveaway for a plot twist (who killed
Laura?).

Secrecy is a BIG DEAL on this show.  Scott said only 5 people
know positively who killed Laura; from something else he said
it seems safe to infer that he's one of the 5, but his lips
are zipped. He won't even divulge secrets to Kiva, his dog.

Scott himself has shifted from American Chronicles to Twin
Peaks.  He was due to submit the script for episode #8 (of
the new season) today, and prior to that wrote the script
for "The Diane Tapes".  These include new material, beyond
the pieces of dictation we saw Cooper do in the show.

Friday they were shooting on location for episode 3.  Last season
we identified one key location as Malibu Creek State Park;
a couple other local locations are somewhere in the Angeles Crest
area and at a hospital.

Another word from Scott:  "The script for this season's pilot
is the best one we've ever had.  It'll be interesting to see
how much of the script survived David's on the spot improvising...
[dropping into a Lynch dialect...] 'I have a great idea...'".

It sounds like noone can predict what David Lynch will come up
with, probably including Lynch himself.


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Paul Raveling
Raveling@unify.com