David Lynch Was a Legendary Filmmaker. With ‘Twin Peaks’, He Left His Mark on Television
variety.comAlison Herman TV Critic David Lynch will forever be known as a film auteur, though the consummate artist never restricted himself to a single medium.
Painting, radio and even coffee production all fell within his repertoire — but Lynch’s final work as a director was “Twin Peaks: The Return.” Per the title, the 17-part Showtime series (and it was a series, whatever some contrarians tried to claim) marked a homecoming of sorts for Lynch, who had circled back to the small screen after a quarter-century-long hiatus.
With the ABC drama “Twin Peaks,” Lynch and his co-creator Mark Frost had already disrupted television for good. With “The Return,” Lynch cemented serial, episodic storytelling as a cornerstone of his legacy.
It’s now routine for a marquee director to dip their toe into television — so much so that it’s hard to recapture the impact of someone like Lynch following “Blue Velvet” up with a primetime soap.
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