| Exactly ten years ago, American broadcasting station ABC put an
end (because of bad ratings) to Twin Peaks, the inimitable cult-series
which cast a spell on half the world during 30 episodes and which
Channel 2 will broadcast again from tonight. Thousands of questions
remained unanswered: will the to 'dough-nuts and damn' good coffee
addicted Special Agent Cooper be able to free himself from Killer
Bob ? Was it really Leland Palmer, who killed Laura ? What has the
Log Lady on her conscience ? And who is the dancing dwarf, anyway
? Maybe, we will shortly get to now all the answers, because according
to more and more persistent rumours David Lynch and Mark Frost were
to shoot brand-new series of Twin Peaks. Meanwhile David Lynch puts
the finishing touches to his new movie 'Mulholland Drive', a mixture
of 'Twin Peaks', 'Lost Highway' en 'Blue Velvet', according to the
film maker.
- How good is the chance that there will be made another 'Twin
Peaks'-series ?
DAVID LYNCH « We had to stop the series before Coop had
completely solved the mysterie, so we still have to make all the
ends meet. If it was up to me, I would have continued the series
for a very long time, because there is nothing better than a story
that never ends. »
- What is your new movie 'Mulholland Drive' about ?
LYNCH « I got the idea for 'Mulholland Drive' when I was
working on 'Twin Peaks'. The managers of ABC asked me to think
of a brand-new television series, which could compete with series
as 'Friens' and 'ER' from arch-enemy NBC. I considered 'Mulholland
Drive' the ideal title for a television series: it sounds very
mysterious, just like 'Lost Highway'. It's about a very old and
long road which contains a lot of legends and mysterious stories.
I showed them a trial-episode, but they fired it: they thougt
it was too slow, too dark and too gloomy. And that settled the
matter.
» A year ago I picked up the idea again and now I have
made a full movie out of it. I am very satisfied with it, but
I still think it is a pity that I wasn't allowed to make television-series
of 'Mulholland Drive'. Maybe I should very seriously reconsider
the continuation of 'Twin Peaks'...»
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