David Lynch Says More 'Twin Peaks' Is "Calling Him."

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“Twin Peaks: The Return,” felt for many like this generation’s “2001: A Space Odyssey.” It broke the rules of television and Lynch’s vision was so far out, it almost felt like a broadcast from another dimension. The mosaic of characters that the legendary director presented to us was part of a greater whole, one that felt almost impossible to describe.

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As Agent Cooper (Kyle MacLachlan) finally found his way down the show’s never-ending rabbit hole of colliding cosmos, he did so by finding a way to redeem Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee), even by saving her life, seemingly going back in time and changing the tragic events of 1989. However, despite all that, the show’s final moments held dreadful uncertainty. Cooper’s haunting question to LauraPalmer/Carrie Page, “What year is this?” and her final response, a harrowing concluding scream of horror, hinted at both of these characters being stuck in a black hole limb of foreverness.

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Lynch, as usual, refused to provide any easy answers, and many theories have surfaced over the finale, but he hasn’t closed the door on another season to “The Return.” The show wrapped up in ambiguity back in September of 2017, but last night at Los Angeles’ Ace Hotel Lynch and co-writer Kristine McKenna were promoting a memoir that McKenna had written. A fan asked Lynch whether he would ever be interested in continuing “Twin Peaks” and Carter Page’s story, to which he replied, “It is calling, but there are a lot of disturbances.”

Whatever that means, it at least does tell us that he is thinking about it. One has to wonder if those “disturbances” are practical concerns or associated to a network like Showtime that initially canceled its negotiations about ‘The Return,’ only to finally come to terms with Lynch months later.

Over his 40+ years career, Lynch has refused to comment or explain any of his movies, which has made them even more intriguing and mysterious. Despite all that, The Guardian recently asked Lynch to describe ‘The Return,’ and the director’s response was quite thoughtful.

“When you finish anything, people want you to then talk about it. And I think it’s almost like a crime,” he explains. “A film or a painting – each thing is its own sort of language and it’s not right to try to say the same thing in words. The words are not there. The language of film, cinema, is the language it was put into, and the English language – it’s not going to translate. It’s going to lose.”

Whether you loved “Twin Peaks: The Return” or hated it –  and there are, sadly, some TV critics who did hate it – you can’t deny that Lynch’s instinctual artistry comes off as anything but inspiring for future filmmakers. Which is why ‘The Return’ will likely be looked back on as something that changed television forever (much like the original ’90s show did at the time too). It’s hard to say if another season is needed though. “Twin Peaks” ended on a brilliant, haunting note and sometimes masterful mysteries should just be left unsolved.