Twin Peaks (1977)

While working as a delivery driver artist Al Wong became captivated by the meditative qualities of the looping roads around San Franciscos Twin Peaks But rather than a simple documentation of these journeys this longform structural film utilises Wongs conceptual explorations to create a stunning sensual work of pure cinema that continually upends our perceptual expectations On the soundtrack we hear the continual lapping of ocean waves A student of the legendary Sōtō Zen monk Shunryu Suzuki Roshi Al Wong here creates a film which perfectly symbolises the endless cycles discussed in Zen Buddhist philosophy A monumental largelyunseen masterwork 1970s avantgarde film Twin Peaks has been restored in 16mm by the Pacific Film Archive and will be screened outside of the United States for the first time at Sheffield DocFest