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Surrounding the little outpost of civilization known as Twin Peaks -- at times threatening to swallow it up -- is the impenetrable darkness of the remote Northwest wilderness. This darkness that offers shelter and concealment (as when Donna and James, using the cover of night to reveal their hidden feelings for each other, bury half of Laura's heart-shaped necklace at a secret place off an old logging road), but that also provides a hiding place for sinister forces (as when Mike and Bobby take their flashlight to another clandestine stashing spot in the woods, where they glimpse a strange figure in the shadows behind Leo). This is the darkness into which so many in this dark corner of the world have lost their way ("I just know I'm gonna get lost in those woods again tonight," says Laura Palmer) and, accidentally or intentionally, disappeared, never to return...
The cold, impenetrable blackness of the woods closely envelops the dimly lit rooms in which the people of Twin Peaks dwell.
Interiors are photographed in a soft light resembling the golden glow of a log fire or a dim, 40-watt bulb. Artificial electric lights -- flashlights, traffic lights, neon signs, the occasional bluish flickering fluorescent tube -- are all the residents have to keep the darkness at bay. Drapes are opened to let the daylight in, and closed at night to keep the darkness out. Above, Bobby Briggs attempts to keep darkness, coldness, and dampness at bay with a cuppa steaming hot black coffee at the counter of the Double R. You can almost feel the chill of darkness outside.
The trees and the darkness are inseparable. The darkness lives in the trees, and the trees embrace the darkness. Above, the a tree outside the Palmer residence seems to be holding the house in its grasp and letting the darkness seep in... Next: The Woods
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