Subject: Leland/Thersa Banks
From: rmaddy@che20.ncsu.EDU (Richard M Addy)
Date: 1992-08-30, 15:46
Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks

Just saw the movie, and like the other Lynch films I've seen, I didn't
care much for it while I watched it, but after thinking about it (and
especially after reviewing the imagery), it really grew on me.  Can't
wait to see it again, and again ...
Some spoilers, maybe:














































Anyway, I thought I'd give my impression of the Leland/Theresa/Laura
deal.  Leland was sleeping with Theresa, and she sat up a four way, with
him, her, Laura and Ronette, without telling Leland who his partners
will be.  Leland sees Laura and and Ronette and freaks.  Theresa gets
curious and asks Jaques about Laura and Ronette's fathers and realizes
that Leland is Laura's dad.  She blackmails him, and he kills her.
One thing about the movie that I was REAL ambivalent about was, with
the exception of a few scenes, the whole movie could be intepreted as
mundane, with Laura blocking the knowledge of Leland raping her and
conjuring a figment of her imagination named Bob.  Still not sure if I
like that or not.
What was the significance of the blue rose?  All the other clues the
lady in red had were very obvious, as far as symbolism went (I'll admit
I didn't catch them when she appeared, though).  A blue rose - something
that doesn't exist naturally?  Therefore, an unusual or supernatural
case?  Anyone?  Anyone?
 Also, I missed the first season of the series - were the old lady and
the kid who gave Luara from that period?  I think they're from the White
Lodge, but then why were they in the same room with Bob when David
Bowie's character started ranting and talking about how he had seen one
of their meetings.  
And finally, I think Laura did make it to the White Lodge.  My
impression was that she saw the angel as a symbol of her own goodness -
when it disappeared, she thought all hope was lost.  At the end, when
she was with Coop, she had found her angel again and was happy.  But
again, I'm confused.  There were all those dire portents about that
ring, and she goes ahead and puts the damn thing on right before her
death.  Did she know that meant she had to die and hoped it would put
her out of Bob's reach?  Or was she accepting her fate, or what?


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