... is made for people who have read the book. If you haven't read the book, you will be so lost. I always thought of it as a picture album: casting and sets and costumes is/are perfect.

Somewhere on VCR tape I have the Alan Smithee cut, which didn't make any better a discoverable narrative, but it did show that a lot (oodles, bunches) more footage was shot than was shown (in either). I too would like to see the Lynch cut - I suspect the length would qualify for binge watching.