Criterion has seldom disappointed. First of Luis Buñuel movies and I am speechless.
To quote teh synopsys of this movie "Luis Buñuel’s final film explodes with eroticism, bringing full circle the director’s lifelong preoccupation with the darker side of desire. Buñuel regular Fernando Rey plays Mathieu, an urbane widower, tortured by his lust for the elusive Conchita. With subversive flare, Buñuel uses two different actresses in the lead— Carole Bouquet, a sophisticated French beauty, and Angela Molina, a Spanish coquette. Drawn from Pierre Louÿs’ 1898 novel, La Femme et le Pantin, That Obscure Object of Desire is a dizzying game of sexual politics punctuated by a terror that harkens back to Buñuel’s brilliant surrealistic beginnings."
Its a delightful movie, After watching this I wondered if I should just sit back and see the movie of life in real time. THis thought has often crossed my mind that life is like a movie, THe prerequisite before you can enjoy this movie is to understand the various shades of emotions. to be a little sensitive and open to new thoughts. Then you can appreciate the actors and actress here. There is a big risk though, you just got to be be the audience, hold on to that seat, see how the plot unfolds, if you try to get involved or change the plot cause you dont like it, then you will miss all the fun!
Reminds me of that quote from Anand
"Zindagi aur maut uparwale ke haath hai jahanpana, jise na aap badal sakte hai na mein. hum sab toh rangmanch ki katputlia hai, jiski door uparwale ke haath bandhi hai. Kan, Kaun, kaise uthega, yeh koi Nahi janta."
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