The Full Blossom of the Evening: A Podcast about David Lynch and Twin Peaks

David Lynch said, “There is not a day that goes by when I don’t think of the Wizard of Oz.” Exploring the story through its origins in defining cultural movements of the early twentieth century, Indigo and Hilary discuss the meaning of this American fairy tale and how it echoes in Lynch’s life and work.

Mark Frost's inspiration for naming Horne's Department Store in Twin Peaks came from a Pittsburgh institution he encountered during his time at Carnegie Mellon University. Indigo and Hilary spend their Frost-awarded "bonus points" sharing details from the history of the real-life Horne's, as well as some personal memories of the store.

Names like Jacoby and Lydecker come to Twin Peaks straight from Laura, the 1943 novel by Vera Caspary and 1944 film directed by Otto Preminger. Indigo and Hilary discuss thematic parallels between the stories of Laura Hunt and Laura Palmer.

Robert Engels intentionally referenced Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie when he added the blue rose to Twin Peaks' symbolism in Fire Walk with Me. Indigo and Hilary explore the implications of this allusion and discuss some of the reasons Engels may have felt compelled to link the world of Twin Peaks to the dreamy interiority of The Glass Menagerie. 

Read the play online here: https://hama-univ.edu.sy/newsites/humanities/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Glass-Menagerie-PDFDrive-.pdf

Called "Anime's David Lynch", Satoshi Kon cited Lynch as an influence, but some of his work seems to predict rather than reflect the themes of Lynch's films and Twin Peaks: The Return. Longtime Kon fan Indigo and neophyte Hilary discuss Kon's work through a Lynchian lens.