after reading reviews of mulholland drive i'm less skeptical than i was when i finished viewing #1. that was, in fact, viewing #2 of the day, the first being a spontaneous visit to 13 conversations about one thing. reclining in the theater i realized one thing, especially when it's as banal as un/happiness, isn't enough to make a satisfying movie out of -- and in my living room i realized that nothing, however seductively dolled up, isn't either. of the two i'm more willing to give lynch another chance. still i'm irritatingly tempted to try a third movie, as i'm now craving something that makes straightforward narrative sense and is risky and original. perhaps that will be nolan's following which i bought onsale and onawhim at the same time as m.d. or perhaps it'll be y tu mama tambien which i'm seeing w/ lana tomorrow.