VID REC: TWIN PEAKS - Vicariously

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Vidder: Michael Laufert
Music: “Vicarious,” by Tool
Pairing: none
Vidder on LJ: unknown
Vidder's website: On YouTube
Warnings: Major series spoilers, including WKLP and the finale
Why this vid kicks ass:

First of all, because it exists. Aside from a FWWM/Enya fanvid I saw on a bootleg DVD of the pilot, I didn’t think there were any vids for this fandom. I’d resigned* myself to reccing P.R. Zed’s multifandom opus set to the Electric Six song “Gay Bar” (which contains a three-second clip of Denise Bryson’s first appearance) when a final search through YouTube revealed this almost-eight-minute gem.

The music in David Lynch projects tends to fall into three categories: dreamy, sometimes threatening jazzy/loungey/atmospheric tracks from composer/collaborator Angelo Badalamenti; pop songs from the fifties and sixties; and barn burners from the likes of Trent Reznor and Rammstein. The song used for this vid fits the third category, and the vidder did a fantastic job assembling and editing clips that both fit the tune and sum up the darker, stranger elements of the show.

Finally, I think there’s a meta element: the vid can also be read as a sly dig at Twin Peaks fans, who are, after all, enjoying a story predicated on the torture and murder of a teenage girl.

Vicariously

* Actually, “resigned” is the wrong word because this is awesome. I particularly love the clips chosen to accompany the line “I’ve got something to put in you!”