The notion that “Life imitates art,” famously observed by Oscar Wilde, prompts a question: is it really true? It appears these days that both ideas hold considerable weight. This underlying concept – from either viewpoint – permeates the newest film from writer-director Atom Egoyan. The story centers on a theater director (Amanda Seyfried) who undertakes the challenge of reviving Richard Strauss’s opera Salome, a pro…