The Bicks Pod
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Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Lynch and Frost - One Saliva Bubble
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
Tuesday Mar 27, 2018
The elevator pitch for this film would have included: a secret government installation; a small town in Kansas; a cast of wacky characters; and an errant laser beam.
It is baffling to imagine this film having actually been greenlit and even though it was never actually made, here we are 30 years on reading the screenplay of the first Lynch/Frost production. Come with us as we meet proto-Dougie and explore some of the early themes from Twin Peaks: The Return! We've brought enough Beefy Cheese Louises for all!
Notes
The screenplay - http://www.lynchnet.com/osbscript.html
How a lost David Lynch script explains the divisive Dougie
Deconstructing David Lynch's One Saliva Bubble (Part 1)
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Mark Frost - Scared Stiff and The Believers
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
Wednesday Mar 14, 2018
1987 was the time when David Lynch & Mark Frost first met and started to collaborate - so what exactly was Mark Frost up to right before that time?
Two semi-psychological thrillers that shared enough similarities we're discussing them as one.
"African" mysticism, single parents, curses, psychiatry, and a dash of 80s moral concern come up in both Scared Stiff and The Believers. We comb through these similarities to try and pick apart what interests, thoughts, and concerns were bubbling with Mark Frost as he and David Lynch began their collaboration on a number of projects that would culminate in Twin Peaks. We also finally take a stand and support what David Lynch has been saying for years: that Lynch/Frost productions really do have more than a healthy dose of Frostianism to them, a statement we feel comfortable making after working through Frost's pre-Peaks works.
Scared StiffStarring: Andrew Stevens, Mary Page KellerDirected by: Richard FriedmanWritten by: Mark Frost, Daniel F. Bacaner, Richard FriedmanProduced by: Daniel F. Bacaner, Charles S. Carroll
The BelieversStarring: Martin Sheen, Helen ShaverDirected by: John SchlesingerWritten by: Nicholas Conde (novel), Mark Frost (screenplay)Produced by: Edward Teets
Notes
Scared Stiff is available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Eiy06dregg
Another similarity we forgot to mention in the podcast: both films feature children who have another pseudo-spiritual facsimile from another culture - a lamp and a doll, both with somewhat racially insensitive markings.
Aidan was right regarding the "anthropological work" described in The Believers - it was in Sudan, in East Africa, over 3,000 km from the Ivory Coast.