David Lynch has been a stranger to the director’s chair for almost a decade now — since 2006’s Inland Empire, to be exact. In spite of his extended leave, interest in the American filmmaker is unflagging, and one not insignificant reason is Twin Peaks. The last two years alone have witnessed an all-things-Peaks euphoria that would have been difficult to predict in 1991, the year the show was yanked from TV following a fitful 14-month run. The buzz surged two summers ago, when the cult-favorite series (which Lynch co-created with Mark Frost) was given a completist, box-set home video release; that summer also marked the start of its year-plus-and-running hit tenure on Netflix. Then came the blindsiding announcement of the show’s return (which was shortly thereafter cancelled, then revived, and most recently delayed). The reboot is slated to feature much of the original cast and to be directed by Lynch himself.
