Nationalistic Parable?

I've read that at least one of the reasons behind the film being banned in the Soviet Union is that the censors saw it as a "nationalistic parable" filled with "latent anti-sovietism". Here's at least one source for that, although I feel like I may have read this other places as well.

http://homepages.sover.net/~ozus/colorofpomergranates.htm

I just watched the film for the first time and thought that it was fascinating. However, I've never seen any film like it before. I definitely didn't understand what Paradjanov was trying to communicate.

Does anyone know if the film was really an anti-soviet "nationalistic parable"? Or did the Soviet censors read non-existent subtext into the film, because it's true meaning was so enigmatic?

I'm quite curious as to what Paradjanov's intent was with this film, whatever it may have been. I've read a few professional critical reviews, but none of them really understood what the film was about either, haha.

Does anyone know of interesting articles, reviews, or interviews that shed some light on the film? Or is it best to simply take The Color of Pomegrantes at face value, as a beautiful, but inscrutable work of art?