Show ora TC3E mm c Twin Peaks could be the most unusual TV series to ever air sv stcearr ! immo i can tell something's different You right the away during IPAUL HOPKINSI D DDS Complete Family Dentistry INCLUDING ORTHODONTICS (Cali about our 90 plan 1 2 IN ROY 773-961- 1 mJ hushed slightly ominous titles sequence Most TV shows begin with a blast of energy - a loud theme song a hard-sel- l montage of actors in vignettes from various episodes in an effort to hook the viewer directly David Lynch’s 'Twin Peaks” hooks us by indirection by confounding our expectations At the pilot (airing top of the two-hou- r Sunday April 8 on ABC) we are engulfed by mood The opening shots of a bird mountains a saw blade a waterfall - are presented with simplicity the images held a little longer than we're used to We seem to be in the middle of a story not beginning it ‘Twin Peaks” could be the most unusual series to ever air on broadcast television To describe it you have to resort to saying what it’s sort of like but isn’t Imagine for example one of those soap operas that poke under the surface of small town life except that this time the pace is languorous - something like "Peyton Place” rendered as half dream half nightmare And imagine a mystery pivoting on the death of the Twin Peaks homecoming queen except that the issue of whodunit starts to seem no more important than a number of other things So who says that TV need be mired in caution and cliche? This new series is a signature production of its executive producer and creator David Lynch This is the man who first made an impact with ‘ Erase rhead” (1978) a gem of expressionist horror that became a sensascene He tion on the midnight-movi- e went on to direct “The Elephant Man” (1880) “Dune” (1884 which he has disavowed) and the hypnotically strange and critically acclaimed “Blue Velvet” (1986) We talked to Lynch over the phone from Los Angeles recently as he put the finishing touches on “Twin Peaks” and on a new feature film “Wild at Heart” Lynch’s smalltown disposition is not an affectation Born in Missoula Mont he moved with his family several times during his childhood eventually - I i t 0a the trail: MacLacklaa (L) Oiitiraa ending up in Alexandria Va “I guess I like small towns” he says "I hke the blend of wholesome and twisted sides” Lynch has a partner on his latest venture - Mark Frost former writer and story editor on “Hill Street Blues” and they have created a compelling tale of innocence and corruption Kyle MacLachlan plays a FBI agent called Dale straight-arroCooper who is brought in to solve the homecoming queen’s murder The wonderful and truly odd cast also includes Richard Beymer ("West Side Story”): Russ Tamblyn ("Peyton Place”) Peggy Upton ("The Mod Squad’’) Piper Laurie Lara ("Carrie’’) Flynn Boyle ("Amerika”) Joan Chen (“The Last Emperor”) Michael Ontkean ("The Rookies” "Willie & Phi”) and Sher-ily-n Fenn This eclectic cast fuses together better than anyone might imagine One of Lynch’s gifts is his ability to juxtapose seemingly disparate and contradictory elements Will this dense dark show work on Thursday opposite nights "Cheers” (its regular time slot to which it moves April 12)? And will the subsequent one-hoepisodes live up to the promise of the Lynch-directe- d pilot? “The night that we have been given on the schedule is very strange” Lynch admits “But I don’t think ABC gave it to us to send us down the drain Hold a good thought for us” the busy director concludes heading back to the cutting room and sounding a note of optimism not always apparent in his shadowy unforgettable work i w STANDARD-EXAMINE- R c I t i i v i ! i |