1977 obscureobject uses Letterboxd to share film reviews and lists. Join here. Yes: Fernando Rey provides the body of Mateo, but ardent followers of the French New Wave will immediately recognize the voice of Michel Piccoli and his droning, soothing timbre. Beda aktris disini biarpun meranin 1 karakter tapi beda sifat. And, perhaps most subtly, we have two men playing the role of Mateo. It's an extremely captivating tale reflective on the truth of love and the fallibility of human nature, with occasional gags and heavy political undertone throughout. Creo que sí. It's not really about who's right and who's wrong but more of a sharp reminder of how destructive and futile it is to idealise a person in order to love. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. "That Obscure Object of Desire" (1977) was the last movie Luis Bunuel directed, and it's a good one with Bunuel using two actresses to play the same female character. Would you like to write a review? Watched That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) Directed by Luis Buñuel. It is the director’s last word on this, his great subject. When Conchita says this, she's played by the frigid French actress Carole Bouquet. I can handle the truth. The transfer is crystal clear, and was apparently remastered by Studio Canal/Lionsgate. Review this Movie. ¿Es una sátira? 1,507 films 7,438 126 Edit, This list of personal favorites was originally assembled by Edgar Wright and Sam DiSalle in July 2016, and is semi-regularly…, Just a list of some pretty cool movie posters on the LB database. What we've experienced is that queasy sensation that Freud dubbed "the uncanny", that strange feeling you get when something totally normal and innocuous becomes weird and distant in an instant. There's a number of…, *Updated 1/15/21* Working my way through the entire Criterion Collection one spine number at a time. 1 year ago +391. Sure, Bunuel probably took the opportunity to weave a statement into the film with it, especially about the dual nature of the character, but finding out it was not part of the original intent took away some of the impressiveness of the idea. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love. IMDb ¿Lo es? Report this film, Roses are redMathieu's balls are blueAt first I was confusedWho the fuck was who, "If I gave you what you wanted now, you'd stop loving me. Starting from the top, what strikes me about the relationship between Mathieu and Conchita, aside from (or, perhaps, extrapolated from) the obvious age difference, is that it's essentially…, can i get uhhh lana del rey's entire discography to go. When I wrote my MA Thesis on film theory, this movie is essentially what it all comes down to. Here is an up-to-date…, Some of the Chaotic Cinema Facebook page's favourite films, Jayce Fryman 18,683 films 3,221 102 Edit, This list collects every film from the Starting List that became They Shoot Pictures Don't They's 1000 Greatest Films. No sé si Conchita estaba siendo seria o no, pero lo que sí me dio cosa fue el intenso acoso del viejo, ew. "), We have a mysterious burlap sack that all the characters--a servant, a chambermaid, a seamstress, and Mateo himself--seem to carry around with them. Depicting a cat-and-mouse romance between an older bourgeois man and a young lower class woman, it's a ride filled with lies, erotic frustrations, and abundant symbolism as you would expect from a Bunuel feature. When Conchita says this, she's played by the frigid French actress Carole Bouquet. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google privacy policy and terms of service apply. 669 films watched. But, similarly to how he put us into the shoes of his upper class citizens in The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoise, Bunuel’s intent is arguably to once again pull us in his orbit and ensure we experience the frustration of his characters. Every film that has ever been nominated for an Academy Award in any category. It's an unnerving feeling, one that the Master of the Seemingly Mundane Luis "Bunny" Buñuel was brilliant at provoking. It plays out from a metaphorical distance as a pattern of repetitive behaviors. There is a 75 character minimum for reviews. To narrow down the best of the best, Stacker compiled Letterboxd and IMDb data on all of the films streaming on Prime as of April 27, 2020. And so, on a note both calm and sly, begins Luis Bunuel’s “That Obscure Object of Desire.”. En si la siento como una comedia. Preface by Jonathan Rosenbaum, March 2005: When this piece was written, or more precisely assembled, over 30 years ago, Ray Durgnat and I were sharing a house in Del Mar, California with experimental filmmaker Louis Hock. She/They. But damn, I'm glad I didn't watch it back then. Bouquet/Molina teases the hapless Mateo (Fernando Rey) all throughout the picture with their unspeakably abstract beauty. It's fan-made!Song used for my video is I Know What You Want by !DelaDap. He is also hopelessly, admirably in love with Conchita--the first time he's felt love in his life. Such contradictions exist comfortably in the Surrealist Buñuelverse. Here, Buñuel taps into a universal truth: the tensions that exists between idea and practice, between the conceived image and the tangible reality, between the abstract and the concrete. If your review contains spoilers, please check the Spoiler box. © Letterboxd Limited. Bunuel’s characters have been doing battle with erotic desire for more than 40 … Man lusting after woman and woman pining for man's love, it's a dynamic as old as stories have been around but refined to a caustic edge and laced with tormented passions. I don't know how Buñuel does it, but he once again subverts my entire concept of reality with the nonchalance of a cool-cucumber grandpa. Film data from TMDb. Dec Directed by Luis Buñuel. The focus of his obsession, Conchita( Carole Bouquet) is far too independent to naively succumb to his demands and in one scene even wears a chastity belt to fend off his advances. Favorites: Amadeus (1984), Dancer in the Dark (2000), Funny Games (2007), A Clockwork Orange (1971). Mobile site. Does she torment Mathieu for fun, or to prove a point, or neither? There's a lot going on in this film and I'm sure I missed a good deal of it on my first watch. A Surrealist Red Herring: Luis Buñuel’s "That Obscure Object of Desire" One of the surrealist’s most clever conflations of reality and its surreal plane rests … But during the course of 100 minutes, this mundane reality (i.e., what human beings conceive as "reality") is subtly subverted by Buñuel. Seeming almost flattered by their curiosity, he tells them a story. In a way, I'm not on board with this on a fundamental level: the idea of the "battle of the sexes" bores…, I was kind of set up to be skeptical of this, but damn if Bunuel didn't win me over. We want the chauvinist, Mathieu to be taught a lesson but when Conchita humiliates him by having sex with a younger man, any satisfying comeuppance is denied by the sheer cruelty on display. What good is his trust if she keeps lying…. Luis Bunuel's psycho-sexual foray into the expectations, manipulations and conflicts between an older man and a young, liberated woman is endlessly fascinating. That Obscure Object of Desire (bahasa Prancis: Cet obscur objet du désir; bahasa Spanyol: Ese oscuro objeto del deseo), yang dirilis pada 1977, adalah film terakhir yang disutradarai oleh Luis Buñuel. Home ask archive letterboxd screencaps. (Without a warning, Coach Buñuel will substitute spicy Spanish senorita Angela Molina in for QB Bouquet.) 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I found it disappointing that the casting of two actresses for one role was done to get around a problem in filming and not as an intentional statement. (Without a warning, Coach Buñuel will substitute spicy Spanish senorita Angela Molina in for QB Bouquet.) There is nothing romantic about this, although we might be mistaken to think it because of the beautiful scenery and the longing, lingering stares and the shots revealing the seductive nature of Conchita. Directed by Luis Buñuel. These are the questions that keep me up at night. But this reality is revealed as highly unreal, constructed and false. Why? Russia. With Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Ángela Molina, Julien Bertheau. ‘Cet obscur objet du désir’ It's purely conventional narration until the very end, where Bunuel's trademark surreal elements finally creep in and give the story a whole new sinister twist. That's why Mateo beats Conchita to a bloody pulp in the film's gruesome climax, and why he gets so angry at Conchita's wild mood swings (willing sexual partner in one scene, cold virgin in the next) that he throws a bucket of water on her face. It has received mostly positive reviews from critics and viewers, who have given it an IMDb score of 7.9 and a MetaScore of 84. A playful and intriguing story of a relationship between a middle aged man and a much younger woman. 55 films watched. This review may contain spoilers. Highly recommended. Yes, the gentleman replies pleasantly, I had a most excellent reason. Appropriate for a film about the emotional detachment of its characters, there is not much emotional investment into the story. Because, as Buñuel so provocatively and powerfully demonstrates in his "two-actresses-one-woman" metaphor, we are mercurial creatures hard to pin down. Some are depressingly sad, others too beautiful; some feel very real, others perfectly dreamy. Not an official trailer for That Obscure Object of Desire. No hay deseos inocentes." That Obscure Object of Desire [ 1977 ]: Amazon.co.uk: Ángela Molina, Carole Bouquet, Fernando Rey, Julien Bertheau, André Weber, Luis Buñuel: DVD & Blu-ray It's a surrealist gesture unlike any other: a seemingly cohesive reality is presented before us (one man, one voice). Mateo is a snide, privileged bourgeois who piggishly thinks men should "own" women. This is a story about obsession and to a larger degree, psychoanalysis. That Obscure Object of Desire (French: Cet obscur objet du désir; Spanish: Ese oscuro objeto del deseo) is a 1977 comedy-drama film directed by Luis Buñuel, based on the 1898 novel The Woman and the Puppet by Pierre Louÿs.It was Buñuel's final directorial effort before his death in July 1983. A disturbing exageration and revelation of gender and power roles, this story is as true today as it was when penned over 100 years ago. na verdade a única parte boa I guess... hamburger splash 1,836 films 13,649 98 Edit, Updated: January 15, 2020 Created: January 19, 2013 View More Lists Follow Me, ——————————————————————— CRITERION CHALLENGE 2021 ➔ ———————————————————————, Tobias Andersen 8,758 films 18,617 811 Edit, Rules: Generate a number (from 1 to x) via: www.random.org, See how many number of films there are in the…, juliodogpit 1,001 films 12,539 541 Edit, UPDATE--------------------------------------------------------------------------, Check out also: The 100 Greatest Documentaries, ranked as objectively as possible The 100 Greatest Directors The 100 Greatest…, gabriel guimarães? The camera lingers on this normal image for an abnormal amount of time. All was well, until that climax.. WTF.. hitting a woman like that, oh get the fuck Outta here.. there is no better man than bunuel to provide the feeling of MALE IMPOTENCE without any physical dysfunction. (Buñuel's friend and fellow Surrealist André Breton once noted that "the simplest Surrealist act would be to go into the the street and shoot indiscriminately at the crowd. But in this one line, we get a sense that the teasing is for a reason. It highlights the objectification that perverts love in capitalist society: while we see Conchita as the obvious (sex) object of Matthiu's desire, we are less conditioned to seeing Matthiu as the (success) object of Conchita's desire. What a great film to end your career on. So says Conchita, the mercurial-virginal Spanish dancer mysteriously played by two women in Luis Buñuel's final masterpiece Cet Obscur Objet du Désir. It occurs in Belle de Jour (when Bunny tracks the feet of Catherine Deneuve for no apparent reason) and occurs here when the camera stops following our lead characters, pans right, and follows a random passerby carrying a sack walking down the street. That Obscure Object of Desire Critics Consensus. It is thus a fitting conclusion to his illustrious career. The heading now mentions that it was his final film. In short, what we have in That Obscure Object of Desire is a haunting paradox: Buñuel taps into a reality we all experience (i.e., that disjunct between projected image and concrete reality), but does it in a singularly offputting, bizarre, jarring, unsettling, and Buñuealian way. In-Cine Compañía Industrial Cinematográfica, The 1001 Greatest Films, ranked as objectively as possible, The 100 Greatest Documentaries, ranked as objectively as possible, Every Film Ever Nominated For An Academy Award In Any Category. Add him to the list of filmmakers who went out on top rather than with a whimper--this is very much a self-contained story that feels current to the late 70s or even the 2020s, I suppose, but it also feels like a summation of a lot of the themes bubbling under Bunuel's career, and very much an 'older man looking back' film (see, say, Scorsese's The Irishman for another example of the genre). Please do not use ALL CAPS. This film follows a tempestuous love affair centered on sexual frustration across three countries (at least), and takes a critical look at the battle of the sexes. Ok, pensé que iba a ser una simple historia erótica y ya, pero recordé quién lo dirigía. prev next. After dumping a bucket of water on a beautiful young woman from the window of a train car, wealthy Frenchman Mathieu, regales his fellow passengers with the story of the dysfunctional relationship between himself and the young woman in question, a fiery 19-year-old flamenco dancer named Conchita. 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