Twin Peaks: From Z to A [Blu-Ray]

Few television experiences have etched themselves so deeply into the collective subconscious as Twin Peaks. With Twin Peaks: From Z to A, fans are offered not merely a collector’s box set, but an immaculate, lovingly curated journey into the haunted heart of David Lynch and Mark Frost’s dark dream. Containing every moment from the original series, Fire Walk With Me, The Return, and a treasure trove of unseen footage and behind-the-scenes material, this set is more than a retrospective — it’s a Rosetta Stone to decipher the show’s dense and symbolic cosmology. And nowhere is this more powerful, more cryptic, or more gut-wrenching than in its treatment of garmonbozia, represented visually as creamed corn — a substance both mundane and malevolent. In the eerie, nonlinear world of Twin Peaks, garmonbozia is far more than a food item. It is a distillation of human suffering — pain and sorrow rendered into a literal, consumable form. The Z to A set, by including pristine remasters and extended cuts of key scenes, allows viewers to study and interpret moments involving garmonbozia with renewed clarity. The chilling scene in Fire Walk With Me where the Man from Another Place demands garmonbozia reveals just how deeply Lynch wove moral horror into his metaphysics. What we see is the commodification of anguish, the harvesting of trauma — and the revelation that supernatural entities, like BOB and the other spirits of the Black Lodge, feed on it. The creamed corn itself is an unsettling image: bland, domestic, yet disturbingly out of place in the otherworldly context of the Lodge. Its luminescent sheen and sudden appearances suggest that pain itself is not just felt — it’s transmuted, consumed, and recycled in this terrifying system. In The Return, this concept is revisited with an even more abstract and cosmic tone. Garmonbozia becomes not only sustenance for evil, but a kind of psychic currency, a manifestation of metaphysical debt that must be paid. Z to A gives this haunting metaphor the space and reverence it deserves. By packaging the series chronologically and including the feature-length “Missing Pieces” from Fire Walk With Me, viewers can trace how the visual and thematic motif of creamed corn evolves across decades. It’s a dark thread connecting Laura Palmer’s suffering, Dale Cooper’s fracturing psyche, and the cyclical nature of trauma passed through families and time. This box set doesn’t just present garmonbozia as a curiosity — it reveals it as the emotional and philosophical core of Twin Peaks. It’s the show’s ultimate truth: that pain, if ignored or exploited, feeds into a self-perpetuating nightmare. The suffering of Laura Palmer, symbolized so grotesquely in a few kernels of corn, becomes the raw material for an entire metaphysical economy of evil. And yet, by confronting it — by watching, understanding, and empathizing — we break its power. Twin Peaks: From Z to A is not just a definitive edition. It’s a descent into a mythic underworld, and garmonbozia is its unholy sacrament. Every Lynchian whisper, every red curtain, every uncanny stillness draws us toward that truth. This collection dares us to look — truly look — at what suffering means, how it lingers, and what it might cost to set it free.

A must have for Twin Peaks fans, a worthwhile purchase to complete the collection. Really impressed with the transition to Blu-ray, and the amount of special features will definitely satiate those interested in the deeper lore and creative processes behind this one-of-a-kind groundbreaking masterpiece of a series. Personally, I didn't find any difficulty in navigating the actual case and discs, as several other reviews previously mentioned, but I will say that already owning several other series sets with similar casing may have helped me there. Still, all discs were easily removed from the case, and some stacking really won't be an issue as long as discs are treated with care. Absolutely would recommend to anyone with even a passing interest in Twin Peaks, or one of its co-creators, the inimitable David Lynch. Great quality set of an endlessly rewatchable series!

One of the best TV series to ever exist. Even with the ups and downs that came with the original series, this show is top 10 in T.V. history. David also did such a beautiful job wrapping up with the limited event series.

Science has discovered the worst and most horrible DVD case, and this is it. I almost want to give it 1-star, but solely for the case. I had to go through a couple of reorders/exchanges of this listing because each time it would arrive with at least one (or more) significantly cracked or chipped disc(s), as well as a couple loose and floating free within the larger case (that probably contributed to the damage). If you get an intact copy, however, the product itself is good in both quality and quantity of the content included. I’ve immediately gotten a separate multi-DVD binder case to replace this plastic one because it’s so insanely difficult to pry the discs out of - the taller center holders cause a LOT of tension on the disc to remove, and the plastic overhanging clips are just a bit too wide which made it even more difficult to get a disc out. I removed them all once to check for damage and the next time will be the last, to load them into a different container. Amazon did provide the multiple exchanges at no cost other than getting to the return location, so there’s that. This particular case style seems to be very popular for multi-disc series and such (seen it in many stores also) but it really needs to be eradicated from the market. I’d gladly sacrifice a bit more shelf space for a case that isn’t the worst one we’ve ever invented. I love Twin Peaks however, so I’m happy now that I have a complete copy and a new case for it on the way.

There was a fish in the percolator

I ordered this from the UK, for delivery in the US, because of better pricing (at the time that I ordered it). (Both the US and UK version are region-free.) I was slightly worried about the international shipping, especially with so many reports of mangled packaging, resulting in internal damaging, but I figured I could return it if that was a problem. (And those problems were being reported on “in country” shipments!) The terse assessment, of what I received, is that it contained a well packaged/protected interior box, with all the piece-parts depicted in the product pictures, totally undamaged. I don’t doubt the reports, by others, of damaged contents, but I had none of that with my shipment. When I removed the media from their original slipcases, I found all of the discs to be pristine, with no indication of any damage. I’ve kept the original packaging (with its extra knick-knacks), but it’s impractical to keep the media in their original cardboard slipcases. (It’s more likely that doing so will increase the likelihood of eventually scratching one of the discs, and it would be a royal pain to continuously remove them from, and restore them to, their original cardboard slipcases.) I highly recommend grabbing three of the Viva Elite Blu-Ray cases (e.g. the ones that hold 7 discs), and migrating all 21 discs into those cases. They will then be far easier to store with your other media, and will be well protected (and, obviously, far easier to pop-out and play). As to the media content, I think that the blu-rays look great. The single 4K disc is “OK”, but not quite what I expected. It is simply a 4K rendering of the two episodes indicted, but includes no HDR grading, so the color gamut is no different from that available in the standard 2K media. However, the 4K presentation does appear to have had its color grading modified, e.g. I found the pilot episode to be less bright, and the colors (as seen in the 2K version) to have been toned down a bit (i.e. less vibrant). Essentially, modified to give the episode a “darker feel”, which I assumed to have been the intent, considering that the subject matter is, itself, quite dark. I don’t mean to imply that this was advertised to be an HDR rendering, but I also hadn’t really noticed anything pointing out that it wasn’t. I’m OK with the result, but this is just an FYI for anyone who might be assuming that it is an HDR presentation. It is worth noting that the expense (obviously) relates directly to the 21-disc size of this package. But it’s also worth noting that they could have released this with far fewer disks (and at a lower price-point), by using far more compression (resulting in a lesser quality viewing experience). In even a mostly static scene, from the final (16x9, full-screen) season, the bitrate stays close to 40Mbps. Of course, the first two seasons were 4:3 (NTSC) formatted, so they are displayed here, with black sidebars. Because there is a lot of dead (black) space, the bitrates are lower than seen with the full-screen content, but everything would seem to indicate that those first two seasons were given the same level of (lower) compression as was given to the final season. I simply wanted to make the point that someone made a conscious choice to choose picture quality, over disk quantity (and a lower price), and I am certainly glad that “quality” won out, and hopefully you will agree. I had not procured any of the prior releases, so this was not a repeat-buy for me. So, bottom line, I’m excited about all the additional content included with this specific release, pleased with the picture quality, as noted above, and am pleased that everything arrived “as advertised”. I definitely recommend this package, and hope that others have the same (problem free) experience as I did. AlSO! For anyone viewing the series for the first time, be sure to SKIP the Special Features on Season 2, Disc Seven, until you finish Disk Eight (i.e. all of Season 2). There are numerous interviews in the Special Features (on Disk 7), which reference content in the final Season 2 episodes, and some of those interviews contain spoilers for those final episodes. (Obviously, the placement of those Special Features was not well thought-out.)

Cofanetto contenente TUTTO di twin peaks, prezzo abbastanza alto, però è comunque un oggetto limitato. La fattura è buona, anche se i portadischi si sono leggermente rovinati, non li avrei fatti di cartoncino.

if you’re from australia, this works on blu ray players

Superschnelle Lieferung. Top Qualität

Edición de Alemania. Aunque no lo indica en la descripción de Amazon, SI contiene audio y subtítulos en castellano. Perfecto si quieres ahorrar dado que en España está más cara. Yo la conseguí por 68€ cuando ha salido de oferta. Me llegó en perfectas condiciones y en dos días (dado que venía de Alemania). Edición preciosa y a la vez sencilla. La habitación roja mítica de la serie. Dan ganas de dejar expuesta la caja abierta. Contiene una figura troquelada que está imantada, con lo cual no se cae al cerrar la caja. Además 25 postales de la serie. 20 discos de bluray con la primera, segunda temporada, la película Fuego camina conmigo y la tercera temporada. Y muchísimos extras. De hecho esta edición es más completa que la serie por temporadas individuales dado que tiene dos discos más de extras para la tercera temporada. Además contiene 1 disco en 4K (no es HDR, es SDR) con el piloto original y el episodio 8 de la tercera temporada.