great examples Boske. personally, i love how "non existence" was worked into the dialogue, since so much of the Return seems to ruminate on sentience.

The Roadhouse booth chats - I absolutely loved these scenes ! Some of my favorite scenes of The Return. I was into Hotel Room too, and I really enjoy Sam Shepherd experimental theater stuff too where it's all cryptic figuring out the subtext of conversation. I'd love to see Lynch direct an adaptatio...

the lodge seems to be a synthesis of nature and things manufactured by modern man. the entrance is a row of natural trees huddled around a pool of manufactured engine oil. nothing about the interior red room imagery exists purely in nature aside from the evolution of the arm sycamore tree (which I s...

Yeah, I always kinda laugh when someone has a big theory, and then I scroll and see, yeah, Jonah's not buying this one. I agree with enumbs proposal that Return defenders shouldn't crash the party on a disappointment thread. I know I'm guilty of that with some snarky poorly worded comments, my bad. ...

I enjoy your posts Jonah. I sometimes give the Return too much credit I think, and maybe I read into certain things a bit, but I read your critiques, and I think, hmm, maybe Jonah's right. Re Audrey's points - really well written post. the pilot is a bit of an aberration in Lynch's career with how f...

well worded posts Jonah. your criticisms of The Return are well argued.

there's some growth with the Denise Bryson scene, fix your hearts or die, as compared to the Baron Harkonenen molesting the young boy and his skin lesions, or the implied fey stuff with Dean Stockwell/Ben and Frank kissing Jeffrey I guess. but Lynch is definitely a man of his time. if you pick any m...

i think all art is problematic/ offensive if you think about it hard enough. literally everything ever made. there's always something you could find and say it objectifies someone, perpetuates stereotypes, tropes, glamorizes war, violence, etc

2. Lynch is very particular about cast & crew. Cast & crew need new shoes. They take other jobs and then when one is free, the other is engaged in other projects. Repeat ad infinitum. Without a concrete resumption date, those involved can't really be expected to accommodate a speculative (a...

Lynch has prob gotten the booster shot. I've gotten it, it's pretty readily available. I watched one of the Law and Order shows shoot a scene down the block from me other day, a lot of crew wearing masks, actors wore masks before they did the take, put them back on right after. I dunno if there's go...

Yep, I agree with all these points Histeria. If you look at Succession, they did have a pretty crowded birthday party scene in this week's episode, including a very crowded dance floor, and then you watch the ending credits, and there's an entire slide of Covid safety and protocol staff, it looked l...

a lot of omicron articles going around now predicting bad spring. i dunno anymore....

there's other thoughts that occur to me. Bad Cooper is the one getting obsessed with Judy, asking who is Judy etc. it's possible I guess Bad Cooper isn't the bumbler everyone presumes, and knows he needs to be amalgamated with his good self to get Diane, Laura to trust him. Diane sees through him a ...

yeah i can go with that Histeria. good description

I was just saying the scene was dream-like and I'm unsure about the comparison to the final bit in Mulholland. I agree with your larger point, that Cooper has other things on his mind, and mission driven. I get that. I get it that cops and FBI look the other way when there's bigger fish to fry. I ju...