The purpose of the cable analogy was to highlight that the film isn't self contained, and the experience of it changes wildly depending of viewer's prior knowledge.
Oh no, a film that allows for different experiences.

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That's also the difference between this film and something like Eraserhead, where surrealistic images and a jumbled narrative are intentional and part of the whole.
You think the narrative of UtS is jumbled? And that its images are unintentionally surreal? Seriously?