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Studio Canal
Directed by: Luis Buñuel
Featuring: Fernando Rey, Carole Bouquet, Angela Molina, Julien Bertheau, André Weber, Maria Asquerino, Ellen Bahl, Bernard Musson, Muni, David Rocha, August Carrière, Milena Vukotic, Valérie Blanco, Pierre Pieral, Jacques Debary, Michel Piccoli
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’s 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.
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Technical Specifications
Format:
DVD
Disc:
DVD-9 (1 Disc)
Total: 1 Disc
Regions:
1/2/3/4/5/6 (DVD)
Aspect Ratio:
1.66:1
Audio Options:
English Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
French Dolby Digital Mono 1.0
Resolution:
480p/29.97
Subtitles:
English
Supplements
Types of Supplements Included: Interview, Film Excerpt, Theatrical Trailer, Booklet
- Video interview with screenwriter Jean-Claude Carriere
- Excerpts from Jacques de Baroncelli's 1929 silent film, La Femme et le Pantin, an alternative film adaptation of the book on which Bunuel based his film
- Theatrical trailer
- Booklet featuring an essay by William Rothman and a reprinted interview with director Luis Buñuel
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Release Credits
Producer: Kim Hendrickson
Artwork: David Cohen
Release Notes on Restoration
That Obscure Object of Desire
That Obscure Object of Desire is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.66:1. Created on a high-definition Spirit Datacine, this new 16x9-enhanced digital transfer was mastered from a 35mm interpositive. The restored sound was mastered from a 35mm magnetic audio track.