Wife as Artistic Catalyst

Rating: 8/10 (16 September 2017)

I didn't see the religious allegory, though it makes perfect sense and obviously was intended by the writer/director. I saw another, more concrete allegory, related to the fact that the woman was married to a self-involved poet.
An acting teacher--I forget who--once passed along a theory that artists draw from a bottomless well of narcissistic poison and, through talent and craft, transform it magically into art. I think this film starts with that position and further suggests that the artist uses the love of his spouse or lovers as creative nourishment, even as he lives for the love of his audience.
One thing it brought to mind is that the spouses of artists who stay with them a long time tend to be pretty tough cookies.
Anyway, I found it tough sledding, even as an absurdist allegory. You can decide for yourself if it was sufficiently entertaining. I gather that, for many, it was not, but I'm giving it a 10 because the religious whackos have piled in to trash it.