impossible to explain fully tale ( i will have to listen to the commentary on the dvd at some point when my brain come back to me ) of a writer who get put on the trail of a series of coincidence involve the battle between two angel to awaken their mother . i do not know what to say about this . the dialog tend to be discussion of idea relate to the event and everything have multiple meaning and it reference religion and myth and hitchcock movie and notion of love and the philosophy of life and and probably about seven or eight dozen other idea . a a head trip food for thought film this be almost too much to take in . for the first hour and fifteen minute or so it also a finely crafted supernatural thriller . then something happens and thing begin to get weird . be what we be see real or allegorical . on the face of it it isn not clear . actually much in the second half isn not all that clear . the discussion remain however the plot line get confuse . then again this be a three hour movie and i be watch it late . then again it really confuse . i really like the film . i can believe that many people who saw this pillage it for their own work and while others be confuse and bore . i do not know if i love the film since it a too rich meal . the cast be good and with dan oherlihy give a wonderful turn a an organist and key to the plot . ( daniel day lewis list high in the promotional credit for the dvd have one small scene a a library student ) i have to process this . but those look for heady discussion and fantasy that no one be do anymore be direct to try this very unique little film .