Movie Directors' Top Films

[Tim]

The Return is clearly meant to be Twin Peaks season 3 which makes it reasonable to group with Twin Peaks (1990-91) entry. Fire Walk with Me is more debatable imo, we can list it as a separate entry as a standalone film. Don't think it is particularly similar to the Lord of the Rings trilogy case.

[Dubrow555]

But yet...The Return has its own entry on TSPDT, it's own entry on the 2022 Sight and Sound poll, and was considered both a limited/mini series by both The Golden Globes + The Emmy's.

[ManPerson]

The Twin Peaks thing is a little silly....the original 1990-91 series, Fire Walk with Me, and The Return all have separate IMDB entries

Fire Walk with Me is clearly its own movie that exists in the same franchise/universe as Twin Peaks so I agree with making it separate.
- if we combine them all, then why combine the three LOTR movies into one entry?
Except Twin Peaks: Return is widely considered to be the third season of the show so it would be more like considering seasons 1 and 2 of Twin Peaks to be their own separate shows.
I personally don't think Twin Peaks 1990-91 should technically be eligible because he only directed about 6 episodes
Considering he was the creator, showrunner, and he directed several episodes, I feel that is sufficient for him to be a clear auteur over the show.
...BUT - if you all consider it eligible, might as well make it the #1.
Agreed.
MD + BV didn't quite crack the top 100 all time movie list. I have a feeling Twin Peaks would be somewhere in the top 20-30 entries in the inevitable DDD All time TV shows list.

[Zach]

I object neither to having TP as Lynch's #1, nor to including The Return as part of it. What about Fire Walk with Me then? Should that also just be included under the "Twin Peaks" banner or should that become #10?

I agree with putting Twin Peaks at #1 -- it's undoubtedly the most well-known and celebrated thing he's ever done.

Treating The Return as part of Twin Peaks also emphasizes the cohesive, decades-spanning storytelling arc Lynch crafted, rather than fragmenting it into different ranked entries. Meanwhile, Fire Walk with Me makes more sense as a separate entry -- it's different in tone and stands alone more clearly as a distinct film that reframes the original series rather than simply continuing it.

Did grok write this?

No...


I also thought about the LotR comparison, but yeah, I agree that The Return is largely seen as simply Season Three of Twin Peaks (outside of a few online databases).