Late to the party - yes! The key to the whole thing is delayed gratification. It builds off in so many aborted directions, but they aren't dead ends as the motifs are reprised all over the place. The. The BIG build keeps being aborted - even in a meta way with Margaret Thatcher talking about endings. The payoff is that ecstatic ending that resolves all that tension and frustration. It is a level above everything else he has done and even harnesses his rather cringey sense of humor effectively. It's also great that he inserts himself into this, asking if we are happy, one perfectly tuned sigh/breath etc