Subject: Re: Creamed Corn (& unanswered questions)
From: giovin@risky.ecs.umass.edu (Rocky J Giovinazzo)
Date: 1991-08-16, 22:36
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

> > (scott.h.novack) writes:
>> >> (Jon Blum) writes:

>>> >>> (Rocky J Giovinazzo) writes:
>>> >>>2.  What the heck does the Palmer ceiling fan signify?  There were a
>>> >>>couple different shots of it shown repeatedly. Was it nothing special or
>>> >>>did have something to do with a golden circle? 

>> >>Ditto for the Traffic Light.

Angel Heart SPOILERS ***

> >

I have another thought about the fan:
> >In _Angel Heart_, a spinning fan symbolized death.  That is, every time a
> >fan was seen, someone was being killed or had died earlier.  I mean EVERY
> >time.  Perhaps this is similar to the fan in the Palmer house.  You've got
> >Laura, Maddy, and Leland to support it.

I also thought about this Angel Heart business.  In Angel Heart,
however, I thought this is what was happening:  During the movie, 
the Satanic ritual scene was shown over and over again, but only a
little bit was shown at first.  The very first time, we just got to
see the fan in the window, then later, we got a little bit closer, until
at the end, we were past the fan and able to see what really happened.
I thought that every time Angel Heart (was that his name?) killed
someone, he was being drawn further into realizing what he done to the
guy in that ritual and was drawn further into condemnation by his sins.
Because we saw him remember more every time he killed, I guess you
could say that we also say the fan every time he killed.

Nevertheless, I don't think there was a 1-to-1 correlation between
fan shots and killings in Twin Peaks.  Most of the fan shots were when
Coop was dreaming or when someone was thinking about Laura.

Rocky Giovinazzo