Subject: Re: Finale (SPOILERS)
From: larryy@Apple.COM (Larry Yaeger)
Date: 1991-06-12, 19:05
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

In article <6094@lectroid.sw.stratus.com> hship@sw.stratus.com (Howard Ship) writes:
> > ...
> >
> >What goes on in the black lodge has its own set of rules: presumably
> >the "physical" reality in the black lodge is a manifestation of the
> >occupant's mental state (that is, it is a dream world).  Having
> >two Coopers there is just a way of viewing the internal battle within
> >Coop as Bob takes possesion ... 

While I don't agree with everything Hi Tech Howie had to say in this posting,
I think the above statements are right on.  Note: I added the quotes around
the word physical, since I'd rather reserve the unquoted use of that word
to describe the physical world we all experience.

I've been thinking about this for a little while, and it seems as if Lynch
may have set himself up with a really nice cinematic device here.  It'll
be interesting to see if he uses it this way (assuming, oh please goddess,
he gets a chance to):  Instead of a choice between Cooper being possessed,
fighting for his soul strictly within his physical body, and his doppelganger
being out in the physical world while he is trapped in the Black Lodge,
perhaps both are true.  That is, if the events that transpire in the
Lodges are dream-like manifestations of the psychological/spiritual events
transpiring in the physical realm, then Lynch could produce a film where
all the internal struggles of his protagonist could be given "physical"
form.  Where more traditional movies are limited to troubled facial
expressions or Dr. Strangelove-style left-hand-fighting-the-right-hand
methods for expressing internal conflict, the Twin Peaks movie (PLEASE!)
could carry on two interwoven storylines/story-settings.  So, when Dale
is trying to fight back in the physical world, and, say, is experiencing
a brief period of success against BOB, we could cut to scenes of good-Dale
temporarily overcoming bad-Dale in the Lodge/Red-Room environment.  And
vice versa.

For this to be exciting, the Lodge environment would have to be expanded
from just the Red Room, I think, or even the most dedicated TP fans (myself
included) would begin to suffer from claustrophobia and boredom.  But
since the whole Lodge reality has been mulching in Lynch's mental garden
of earthly delights for some time now, I'd like to see his expanded vision
of the Lodges.  (I must confess, I had hopes that we would get some of this
in the Season Finale.)

Since Major Briggs and Annie could conceivably enter the Lodges directly to
try to help Dale at that level, while Truman, Hawk, Andy and Albert try to
contain the possessed Dale's carnage in the physical realm (with, possibly,
the Log Lady able to occasionally communicate messages between the realms),
we could witness quite an epic struggle for self preservation and self
control by Dale from two entirely different vantage points, using two
entirely distinct metaphors.

Ah well, just a thought...
-- -larryy@apple.com "You wouldn't recognize a *subtle plan* if it painted itself purple, and danced naked upon a harpsichord, singing, 'Subtle Plans are Here Again'." - Edmund Blackadder