Twin Peaks
We’re used to David Lynch scrambling our heads in his movies, but when he and co-creator Mark Frost brought the same approach to TV in the form of this groundbreaking surrealist series, it caused nothing less than a cultural explosion. Revolutionising the art of the mini-series in just two seasons, Lynch’s diabolically slippery, darkly comic expose of the bizarre goings-on in a northwestern American town was quintessentially his, from the casting of his familiar rep crew (Kyle MacLachlan; Jack Nance et al) to Angelo Badalamenti’s dreamy score. Due to falling ratings it didn’t wrap up especially coherently and the spin-off movie Fire Walk With Me divides opinion; even so with Twin Peaks back next year, it shows audiences are as hungry for it as ever.
