Arts+Culture / NewsWatch John Malkovich take on David Lynch’s famous charactersSpecial Agent Cooper, Frank Booth, Log Lady, the Lady in the Radiator and more are resurrected in a bizarre new short film and projectShareLink copied ✔️September 28, 2016Arts+CultureNewsText Anna Cafolla While we wait anxiously for the Twin Peaks reboot in 2017, John Malkovich has launched a project called Psychogenic Fugue, made up of a series of vignettes in which he impersonates iconic characters from David Lynch’s filmic oeuvre. The first to get the veteran actor’s spin treatment is FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper. Supporting the David Lynch Foundation, Malkovich has got together with director and photographer Sandro Miller to release mini-skits featuring characters such as Twin Peaks’ Log Lady, the Lady in the Radiator and Henry Spencer from Eraserhead, Blue Velvet’s Frank Booth, the Mystery Man of Lost Highway, and John Merrick in The Elephant Man. Lynch collaborator Angelo Badalamenti composed the music for the Twin Peaks vignettes, alongside Sky Ferreira, who soundtracks the Blue Velvet cuts, Lykke Li for Lost Highway and Zola Jesus for Eraserhead. Miller told the Wall Street Journal that it took them five months just to pick and prep the scenes they shot, with three weeks spent recreating sets and costumes, with the seven vignettes captured across a week. A new video of a famous Lynchian character, from his TV and film backlog, will be released over the course of seven days on Playinglynch.com. The filmmaker’s very first Festival of Disruption will take place in LA October 8, and the Twin Peaks revival is set to hit Showtime in 2017. In the meantime, watch the trailer for the project below, as well as Malkovich as Cooper getting a taste of that damn fine (but fishy) coffee and chatting to Diane here. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.TrendingMet Gala 2026: Dazed editors pick who they want to see on the red carpetFrom Michaela Stark to Gabe Gordon – and a classic McQueen showpiece – the Dazed team are manifesting these looks on the Met stepsFashionBeautyNude awakening: Meet the young people embracing naturismOakley FashionGoing ‘field mode’ with Roger ScottFilm & TVWhat do sex workers actually think of Euphoria?Life & Culture‘She was secretly the landlord’: Readers on their housemate horror storiesArt & PhotographyPetra Collins’ dark, twisted portrait of pop stardomFashionTechno-fascist fashion: Why Silicon Valley is moving into menswearLife & CultureNo one is too hot to be cheated onArt & PhotographyThe most loved photo stories of April 2026Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy