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The most defining/important/marvellous image in Twin Peaks

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No. 1

Rami Airola

Saturday, October 18, 2008 2:35 PM

If you had to pick only one image from Twin Peaks that you think is the most important picture, has the most meaning behind it or what you just happen to like the most, what would it be?

 My choice would be the image of Leland screaming at the center of the twelve sycamore trees. Lately when I've been watching FWWM I've rewinded to see that scene over and over again. It's both haunting and ectremely sad at the same time. I think this small and quick scene is one of the most powerful scenes in movie history. I can feel the sadness and agony so well that even watching just the still image of it puts me in awe. This very moment gives us a brief look at the deepest core of the human soul where both innocence and evil lies. This moment gives us such a look at the character of Leland that no other scene does.


No. 2

12rainbow

Saturday, October 18, 2008 4:06 PM

Requiem for a mystery:


No. 3

Raymond

Saturday, October 18, 2008 4:51 PM

That's it. I'm off to buy a bunch of donuts and a fresh ground bag of strong coffee.

No. 4

coolspringsj

Sunday, October 19, 2008 9:47 AM

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

No. 5

JVSCant

Sunday, October 19, 2008 11:09 AM

No. 7

giospurs

Monday, October 20, 2008 6:03 AM

When we get to the good stuff in FWWM. One Year Later:

No. 8

hopesfall

Monday, October 20, 2008 8:16 AM

So many of the iconic images in TP are used so widely and strewn so far and wide on the web that they've exhausted their original impact, but this image always haunts me, especially when i re-watch the pilot and the Principal's voice is echoing over it as it pans down the corridor....

TP High School

No. 9

coolspringsj

Monday, October 20, 2008 9:56 AM

*from Jerry Horne's TwinPeaksArchives site

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

No. 10

hopesfall

Monday, October 20, 2008 3:40 PM

Oh sweet jesus.

No. 11

giospurs

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 10:47 AM

*from Jerry Horne's TwinPeaksArchives site

You've gotta ask what they were thinking when they did this. It's just so unnecessary and unlike TP. It really does signify the lowest point of TP.
No. 12

coolspringsj

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 11:02 AM

The writers apparently went through a brief (Thank God) period of slapstick that wasn't funny.

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

No. 13

one suave folk

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 5:53 PM

The writers apparently went through a brief (Thank God) period of slapstick that wasn't funny.

 This would qualify as cartoonish, not slapstick. THAT would be Andy getting slapped in the face with a loose porch plank, literal slapstick!!!
 
No. 14

JFK

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:13 PM

its a toss up

No. 15

JFK

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:14 PM

or this one

No. 16

JFK

Tuesday, October 21, 2008 9:22 PM

or this one

No. 17

coolspringsj

Wednesday, October 22, 2008 4:36 PM

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

No. 18

Sourdust

Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:07 AM

Silencio
No. 19

pineweasel

Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:23 PM

When we get to the good stuff in FWWM. One Year Later:

I'm with you Gio....there's something about that picture....to me it's like the road just disappears into the Woods.  The sign is welcoming you to somewhere you'll never forget and the misty surrealness of this shot sets the whole tone....ahhh, I think I need a glass of wine now.....
 

"Diane, I'm holding in my hand a small box of chocolate bunnies."
No. 20

coolspringsj

Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:55 PM

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

No. 21

coolspringsj

Thursday, October 23, 2008 12:59 PM

"Harry, I'm going to let you in on a little secret. Every day, once a day, give yourself a present. Don't plan it, don't wait for it, just let it happen. Could be a new shirt at the men's store, a catnap in your office chair, or two cups of good, hot, black coffee. Like this."  -Dale Cooper

No. 22

matti.vx

Monday, January 5, 2009 1:09 AM

Personally I'm completely obsessed with anything to do with the Black Lodge/Red Room, but apart from that, I find the ceiling fan image very compelling...

This is the best picture I could find, not exactly what I mean, but I'm sure you'll all get it...

I just love how, in the Twin Peaks world, something as bland and everyday as a flight of stairs and a ceiling fan can be made to feel so unsettling and intriguing!

No. 23

giospurs

Monday, January 5, 2009 6:15 AM

When we get to the good stuff in FWWM. One Year Later:

I'm with you Gio....there's something about that picture....to me it's like the road just disappears into the Woods.  The sign is welcoming you to somewhere you'll never forget and the misty surrealness of this shot sets the whole tone....ahhh, I think I need a glass of wine now.....
 


 Also, it is comfortingly familiar as it occurs after all the strangeness at the beginning of FWWM. And then suddenly we are back to a place we know and love. The picture is much more vibrant and warm than in the series though. It has this orangey glow.
No. 24

Nefud

Monday, January 5, 2009 7:22 AM

I cant find a screencap, but the image where bob is presenting the floating leland to mike at the end of fwwm. the look of contempt of bob's face, the weird way leland is floating, and the way the scene is such a crux of the whole plot. lot to mention how well it's shot.

No. 25

jlyon1515

Monday, January 5, 2009 11:05 AM


 That image is flipped.
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