John Thorne
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John Thorne
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Co-creator of Wrapped In Plastic magazine. Author of books: Ominous Whoosh: A Wandering Mind Returns to Twin Peaks, The Essential Wrapped In Plastic, and Devious Dreams: Reimagining David Lynch's Mulholland Drive.
I wonder if the auction house will clarify this matter now.
November 24, 2025 at 2:40 AM
I have two of those items (Catherine Coulson log card & FWWM jacket). The FWWM Bowie pics & call sheets are very interesting. I'm skeptical about the "Volunteers" script (and I believe Sabrina Sutherland is looking into its authenticity).
November 23, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Yes, the themes of The Grandmother, Gardenback and Eraserhead at so at odds with this script. Plus, Lynch was troubled at this time, he had yet to discover TM. I can't imagine a Vietnam hijinks movie was something he'd be compelled to write.
November 23, 2025 at 1:55 AM
I checked with a couple of reliable books (including Room to Dream) and no mention is made of Volunteers. In all my years studying Lynch, I've never heard of the project. It *could* be possible, but I have my doubts. (FWIW: Lynch moves to LA in 1970, begins filming Eraserhead in 1972.)
November 23, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Important to remember that Mark Frost, Harley Peyton and Robert Engels also deserve credit for introducing this character and making sure she integrated easily into the story.
November 20, 2025 at 8:12 PM
First heard about Twin Peaks in January of 1990, when the local TV critic wrote about seeing it in LA. In April, I watched (and recorded) TP the night it premiered. It so happens I was selected to be a Nielsen family that week and I recorded my watches and *rewatches.* Hope I helped the ratings!
November 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
I like that collection of books! 😉
November 11, 2025 at 11:52 PM
What would it have been like, I wonder, if David Lynch had made something surreal? Maybe now we can find out!
November 7, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Ah, very interesting. Bruce got them from someone on the production team, so maybe only a dozen made it out "into the wild." But perhaps more are floating around out there....
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
That’s great.

Beyond great.

Perfect.
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Wrong one. (I'm in Flow. 😆)
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Amazingly, I actually appear—for like 5 brief seconds—in one of those films!
November 6, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Oh, shoot! I forgot about that. Well, next time I'm in the store....
November 5, 2025 at 12:04 AM
To be honest, I only read The Elephant Man section in the store(!). It was only 2 pages long.🙁 The rest of the book did look pretty good, though.
November 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM