You said it! I´m in bed with my laptop again, too tired for words. I´ve been making introductions all day, started at the University and ended with a business dinner with Italians who are making documentaries. Now I´m looking at "Bringing out the Dead" with Nicholas Cage by Scorsese, one of your greatest movie directors. I love that film. It´s so weird, but somehow so true. I also believe some spirits won´t leave the body. The scene, when Nicholas Cage revives the old man by playing Frank Sinatra, is great.
About artist couples: Did you see the film about George Sand and Alfred de Musset, "Les enfants du siècle"? It might interest you. With Juliette Binoche and Benoît Magimel and I think, by Diane Kurys.