Blue and red make the hottest of color combinations. Oppositional yet no less alluring, the passion of these contrasting colors is perhaps best exemplified by the opening scene of Jean-Luc Godard’s chaotic domestic classic Le Mépris. Laying in bed with her husband Paul, Brigitte Bardot’s Camille questions him on how much he loves her body, while bathed in a red glow. Continue reading
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Is It Future Or Is It Past?: Stuck In The Eternal Return With Twin Peaks: The Return “Parts 17 & 18”
Well, hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics! It’s a good thing we made so many sandwiches! Sadly it’s time for one last jaunt to get Lost In The Bang Bang Bar for Twin Peaks: The Return Parts 17 and 18. I hope to see all of you again–every one of you. … Continue reading
It Was Like, What, Electricity?: Wallowing In Saudade In Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 16”
Well hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics! You are awake–100%! And you know what that means–time to head to the Roadhouse for our weepy penultimate Lost In The Bang Bang Bar for Twin Peaks: The Return Part 16. So get out your tissues. And I know I’m talking with a lot of assurance–Side … Continue reading
My Log Is Turning Gold: Remembering That Death Is Not The End In Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 15”
*turns on the TV* Oh! Sunset Boulevard–my favorite! You know, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics, every time I watch Norma Desmond make her cracked actress descent down that staircase, I just feel like taking a fork and jamming it in a wall socket. BZZZZZZ! SIZZLE! Don’t you? No? Well, as you probably … Continue reading
I Saw Myself, I Saw Myself From Long Ago: Unraveling Subjecthood In Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 14”
I’m like the blue rose….Oh! Hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and fellow Twin Peaks fanatics. I don’t know about you but I’m feeling in the mood for another Bloody Mary with a side of existential terror and half a neck, but we’ll get to our role model Sarah Palmer later as we continue to … Continue reading
It’s No Good Eating Alone: Chowing Down On Some Garmonbozia With Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 13”
Juuuuuuust youuuuuuuu and Iiiiiiiii! Oh whoa! Sorry, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics. I just got carried away in a fit of hysterical caterwauling along to that musical icon James Hurley at the Roadhouse. Sure, he’s been singing that same damned song for 25 years but what a banger it is! That must … Continue reading
The Line It Curves: Dana Powell’s Dark Impressions In “Smoke Screen”
“I watch the moon hang in the sky/I feel the traffic rushing by/Freight train engine in the night/I’m still here waiting for you/I feel the cold breeze in the air/My eyes blind by headlight’s glare,” sings Chromatics’s Ruth Radelet in their song “Headlight’s Glare.” Mimicking the wistful lyrics, the music is dreamlike, imbued with both … Continue reading
It’s A Goddamn Bad Story, Isn’t It: Testing The Limits Of Storytelling With Twin Peaks: The Return “Part 12”
Why hello there, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and Twin Peaks fanatics! What’s that? You’re in the mood for a Bloody Mary? Well, me too! Ever since last Sunday, Sarah Palmer got me in the mood. Why even she knows Bloody Marys are always in season! I only wish that before she went on a tear … Continue reading
Here’s To The Pie That Saved Your Life: Perfecting The Lynchian With Twin Peaks: The Return ‘Part 11’
*honk honk honk honk* Please we have to get home! She’s sick! AAAH! AAAH! OH GOD! AAH! AAAH! OOH! OOH! OH HELLO THERE! Sorry, dearest Filthy Dreams readers and fellow Twin Peaks fanatics, I was just getting into my newest hobby, mimicking my favorite new character on Twin Peaks: The Return–woman in car with the … Continue reading
Why Do You Have To Make Something So Simple So Difficult: Enjoying Exhaustion With Twin Peaks: The Return ‘Part 10’
Hello Johnny, how are you today? Hello, Johnny, how…oh! Hello there, dearest Twin Peaks fantastic and Filthy Dreams readers! Are you feeling deeply uneasy by an educational toy? Me too. That must mean it’s time for Lost In the Bang Bang Bar, our weekly obsessing over Twin Peaks: The Return. This time we visit Part … Continue reading