Subject: Sets still up at Lynch/Frost
From: katefans@chinet.chi.il.us (Chris'n'Vickie of Chicago)
Date: 1991-08-14, 22:01
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

There is still an active Twin Peaks Fan Club here in Chicago.
We met the other night and one of the people there had just
returned from a trip to Los Angeles and Snoqualmie. While
in LA he was able to visit Lynch/Frost Productions. They
were taken on a tour of the sets by the publicist. Latham
had a video camera with him and brought bsack the most
interesting footage of the sets, most of which are still
intact. There are sets still up that you would have expected
to be dismantled long ago. For instance, the cell where Leland
died is still up, complete with the blood still on the door
where he butted his head. It was fascinating to see the sets
as they normally are. They appear much bigger on screen than
they are. Lighting is all-important. Ben Horne's office looks
huge, but is actually very small. The weasel was even still on
the table behind Ben's desk.  Many of the sets were very dark,
the only light came from the overhead warehouse lights and 
did not reach into a lot of the sets. Nadine and Ed's house
was dark, but you could see Nadine's shelves full of figureines.
Latham said he saw the figurine with the eyepatch :-)
In Shelly and Leo's house, Latham's friend looked for and found
the bullet hole.

Coop's room at the Great Northern was dark, but Latham said that
it was very small, on purpose. They built it originally knowing
that the giant scenes were coming up. The room was smaller than 
normal to make the giant look even bigger. Latham said that the
window was actually knee-high. 

The Lodge set was uneventful, because the red curtains were taken
down and just lying on the floor, not even folded up, just lying
where they were taken down. 
It was great seeing the mural outside of Ben's office. Latham's
friend went out side, shut the doors and came back in re-creating
the scene when Jerry first appears. I know, I know...

They saw James' bike just lying under a stairwell. The RR Diner
is so tiny, half the size it appears on screen. The jukebox is
filled with normal rock songs. I wanted to see a closeup of
the ice cream cone, but didn't get my wish :-(

The publicist talked a little about Kyle and said that people
there weren't too happy with him. When she started talking about
Kyle, Latham turned off the video camera because he didn't feel
comfortable. He didn't repeat muuch of what she said, just 
indicated that everyone is very unhappy and that negotiations
are ongoing.

There was probably an hour of footage of them going through the sets.
It was great!

They were fairly disappointed with Snoqualmie, but I can't imagine
why. Even without TP, it's just got to be a great area. They filmed
the falls, the "Sheriff's Station", the Great Northern, Ed's Gas 
Farm (which they were floored to see was a Kite shop!), the Mar T,
which they said served terrible food, the spot where the intro was 
filmed (with the Welcome to Twin Peaks sign), the area where Donna
and Laura had their picnic and a couple of other places I can't
remember off hannd. It was all so fascinating, even though they said
they didn't have that great of time in Wash. The real treat was
of course, in LA, at Lynch/Frost. I can imagine. Anyone can go to
Snoqualmie, but very few people can get into L/F. They don't give
tours normally.

We're having a Twin Peaks picnic the weekend after Labor Day.
The site is not completely set yet. I'll post it when I'm sure.

Latham was very disappointed that filming was postponed. It's very
possible they could have been extras, had the movie been in progress.
Damn!

Vickie
katefans@chinet.chi.il.us

"I knew a man, he was very odd. He always thought that someone was
following him. He'd talk of entities that didn't exist...or so I thought.
His paranoia intrigued me so. I was sure he'd escaped from a loony bin.
Every day it became clearer...he was right!
Thanks be my lunatic, I know he's faring well. It's over now, they're
off from out from under him. They can't hurt the madman, now they're
hovering at my head. I must die to get them off from out from under me"

                      "Off From Out From Under Me" (excerpt)
                                   Happy Rhodes
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