Satisfying

Rating: 9/10 (30 October 2001)

So, I'm not sure after reading various reviews...have I, over the years, become more adept at understanding the Language of Lynch, or has he become more adept at expressing himself to the addlepated audience embodied in me?
A little of both, perhaps?
I ask this (rhetorical) question because--it only occured to me in retrospect--I watched "Mulholland Drive" in the same theatre where I saw "Blue Velvet", however frighteningly long ago that was released.

I don't believe they've updated their decor since then. I wonder if I sat in the same seat? I think I've been fairly consistent throughout the years in preferring to position myself as close to the exact centre of the theatre as possible.
As I say, this only occured to me after the movie was finished, and I was out on the sidewalk, listening to various of my (generally youthful) fellow filmgoers going (I shall paraphrase, so as not to offend the IMDb's delicate sensibilities), "Oh my goodness, what the heck was *that* all about?" Which is pretty much the essence of youthful me reeling out of "Blue Velvet". Not a clue--I just knew it was absolutely brilliant.Whereas "Mulholland Drive" I *think* I had pretty much figured out by the time I was standing on the sidewalk this time.
Definitely one of Lynch's best.
P.S., IMO anyone who found the sex scenes graphic or gratuitous really ought to get out more...