Marvolo said:
Would anyone be interested in a competant director trying to adapt this book again?

This implies Lynch isn't/wasn't a competent director who had complete control over how his adaptation was made. The problem with this, however, is

A. Lynch isn't incompetent, just unconventional (Well, Inland Empire was a piece of ugly shit, but I'm remaining hopeful that that was just an unlucky fluke and he'll do a better job on his next big project.).

B. He didn't have full creative control over the movie he made. The movie that was released was far shorter than he wanted it to be, resulting in lots of unwelcome and unnecessary truncation.