I get the FBI knowing the death of Laura Palmer was one because they obviously knew sinister and powerful things were happening in twin peaks from major Briggs and because there was a cooperative police department who was willing to tell them what is going on. But the FBI doesnt seem to know anything sinister about Deer Meadows and i dont think police reports would do them any good. Obviously Gordon Cole knows more than he usually lets on but is he really that wise and all knowing?
Anyone worked with Cole Gordon before or his Remote Closing Academy (RCA)? He talks about supplying closers to the likes of Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi. Looking to find some reliable feedback as I’m not convinced by the social proof (screenshots of convos that could be easily faked).
Also does anyone know how much he charges to enrol on his Remote Closing Academy?
This man would love WAP, and I stand by that.
Find Laura Sidebar B: Gordon Cole, Philip Jeffries and The Ring
>Lynch on Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me I love that film. I say now that The Straight Story is my most experimental movie, but up until then, "Fire Walk With Me" was my most experimental film, and some of the things, the combos, you know, like, sequences . . . It was a dark film, but like Peggy Lipton said in an interview, it was just too much in people's faces, and it didn't have the humor of Twin Peaks (1990).
In the first sidebar for the “Find Laura” series, we reviewed Mr. Mibbler’s complaint about the two-by-fours he ordered not being two inches by four inches. We also saw in the conversation between Mr. Mibbler and Pete Martell that one can mentally recontextualize an idea so that what was previously rejected is now acceptable (Pete’s analogy of a piece of wood and a dollar bill brings a wave of understanding to wash over Mr. Mibbler).
Here now in this second sidebar installment, we’ll address the second required element referenced by Lynch in that introductory speech to The Missing Pieces (at link above): the telephone call.
But not just the phone call, also the sound it makes. The Ring.
|| The Missing Pieces ||
The long-awaited release of The Missing Pieces was, at least in part, the result of a hard-won, decades-long campaign by Internet fans of the original film. And to see these long-hidden elements of the film is to know that a script and some movie stills are a poor replacement for the cinematic vision of David Lynch.
Once officially released, The Missing Pieces revealed a rich vein of information and abstraction that it took years for me to begin to “get.” Because mixed in with the classic tv show characters that didn’t make the final cut of the film are several scenes that in complex and abstract ways illustrate not only the structure of FWWM, but the structural basis for Twin Peaks Season 3.
Those three scenes are:
>Philip Jeffries in Buenos Aires, to Philadelphia, and back
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>The Philadelphia Office of the FBI
I believe I've had a moment of insight about the infamous Turnip Joke in Part 12. It came to me after watching the specific part of Twin Perfect's famous encyclopedic analysis of the entire series: his breakdown of the Deer Meadow sequence as David Lynch's crash course in how to understand his films. It's in the very beginning, you can go check it out if you like. The basic idea: much like the woman in the red dress' strange quirks and gestures, the clues to understanding the mystery will be right in front of your face and not hidden in the background. They will be cryptic, but not hermetic. They will seem incoherent at first, but come together to those with experience (like Chad and Cole).
Gordon's joke about the turnip farm is a similar break of the fourth wall. Albert walks in, totally deadpan, wanting to tell Gordon more about the mystery afoot. Gordon, coyly, bides his time with a corny pun (to which Albert gives nothing but his icy stare) and a prolonged scene with a pretty French woman. All the while Albert (and we, the audience) are impatient and unamused, itching to find out the scoop.
So what's the significance? I suspect another message direct to the audience from Lynch. With this scene, and especially Gordon's remark ("she didn't get it either"), he is telling us that all of the little side stories, the supposed "comic relief", even characters we only meet once or a few times (like his tres chic Date herself) ALL have a part in solving the mystery! He dismisses Albert (us) as /"not getting it" rather than being simply bored, as if to say "I have final cut, why would I add any filler??"
When I first watched Twin Peaks, I've never heard David Lynch's voice before so when I saw the show and he was portraying Gordon Cole I thought wasn't his normal speaking voice like no way that's how he actually sounds in real life,right?
Then I saw interviews with David Lynch and them and I was like wow that actually is his speaking voice that's hilarious.
I was expecting him to have a super deep voice before because of how he looks.
these are two guys i really liked in college who are now free agents. with the mitch experiment now over, it's time to look towards the future, and foles will only last so long, and he's still not really even a proven quantity. i think we could definitely sign one or even both of these qbs to at least the practice squad and see what they can do. if they are a good fit with the nagy system, keep them around as a practice squad arm to let them develop and learn the offense, the bring them up to the big leagues to backup foles next year. you can just cut the other one. ik bray is the practice squad qb, but i think it's time to move on from him. either make him some type of assistant coach or just let him go. he's not gonna develop into a starter. there's a chance someone younger could.
Feeling pretty stupid-smart right now because I just realized that the French woman who made a big scene of leaving Gordon’s hotel room in front of Albert was like Lil in FWWM...communicating in secret code. Anyone have any idea what the code was? I’m sure it will take me another four years to figure it out on my own.
