Sunset Boulevard (1950, dir. Billy Wilder) – Norma Desmond visits director Cecil B. DeMille to discuss a new film.

I’m sure a lot of *Twin Peaks* fans will immediately notice a very well known name in this scene.

David Lynch talked about this in *Room to Dream*.

> Gordon Cole, who I play, came when we were shooting a scene where Agent Cooper needs to call his unnamed boss in Philadelphia. I decided to do the voice just to make it more real, never thinking it would actually end up in the show. I was talking quite loud so Kyle could hear me, and that was when that character was born. The name Gordon Cole comes from *Sunset Boulevard* — in the film he’s the man from Paramount Studios who starts calling Norma Desmond about renting her car. People come up with names in different ways, and when I was thinking about Gordon Cole I said to myself, Wait a minute. Driving to Paramount, Billy Wilder passes Gordon Street and he passes Cole Street, and I’m sure that’s where he got the name. So the character I play in *Twin Peaks* is named in honor of Hollywood and Billy Wilder.

If you haven’t seen this film, I highly recommend that you do. It’s incredible.

Also, Cecil B. DeMille plays himself!