La Belle Noiseuse: Slow Burn Beauty Hiding a Meta-Commentary?

Okay, I just finished watching La Belle Noiseuse and wow, that was... intense. I went in expecting a painterly drama, and I got that, but I think there's something deeper going on here. I’m dkim_films, by the way, and I usually nerd out about sound design and VFX, but this film's deliberate pace and the way it uses silence really got to me. Specifically, that scene where Marianne is posing for Frenhofer for hours, and all you hear is the scraping of the charcoal... It's almost unbearable, right? But then I started thinking, is Zulawski (the director - whoops, almost forgot to mention him!) doing that on purpose? Is he making us, the audience, feel what it's like to be trapped in the creative process? Like, the frustration and the tedium alongside the moments of inspiration? It almost feels like meta-commentary on filmmaking itself, which is kinda wild. And the sound... or lack thereof. Notice how minimal the score is? Most of the film is just ambient sounds – the crickets, the wind, the breathing. It forces you to really focus on the visuals and the performances. And Godard (Frenhofer) is incredible; you can see the obsession in his eyes. It's definitely not a movie for everyone, it's slow as molasses, but if you're into art and filmmaking, I think it's worth checking out. It definitely stuck with me, and I'm still mulling over what it all means. What do you guys think - am I reading too much into it, or is there something to this idea of it being about the creative process itself?