Man from another place

The Man from another place also known as The Dream Dwarf is a character in the Mark Frost and David Lynch television series, Twin Peaks. He is portrayed by Michael J. Anderson.

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Character - Mark Frost - David Lynch - Twin Peaks - Michael J. Anderson

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The character exists as an figurative element of Special Agent Dale Cooper's dreaming consciousness. He is dressed in a sharp red suit and seems to reside in a red room. If nothing else, the color scheme represents fear, terror, arousal, and imminent danger. The Man also dances hypnotically, and somewhat perversely . There exists in the Man from another place the queer promise of a strange, Occult knowledge that is paramount for Agent Cooper in his pursuit of Laura Palmer's killer.

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Special Agent Dale Cooper - Fear - Terror - Arousal - Perversely - Occult - Laura Palmer

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The strange cadence of The Man's dialogue was achieved by having Michael J. Anderson speak backwards. The footage was then reversed in editing. This created the strange rhythm and accentuation that set Cooper's dream world apart from the real world.

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The character appears in five episodes over the course of the series, as well as material from the second episode which was aired as part of the pilot episode when released as an individual release in Europe and Japan.

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Pilot episode - Europe - Japan

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In the prequel to the Twin Peaks TV series, ', he appears again where he enigmatically states "I am the arm". This is believed to refer to Phillip Michael Gerard's missing arm.

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