That Obscure Object of Desire (1977)
Directed by Luis Buñuel · Cinematography by Edmond Richard
R103 min43 frames
ComedyDramaRomance
Luis Buñuel's masterpiece
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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. What follows is a tale of cruelty, depravity and lies -- the very building blocks of love.
That Obscure Object of Desire is a 1977 absurdist satirical 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. Set in Spain and France against the backdrop of a terrorist insurgency, the film conveys the story told through a series of flashbacks by an aging Frenchman, Mathieu, who recounts falling in love with a beautiful young Spanish woman, Conchita, who repeatedly frustrates his romantic and sexual desires. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 50th Academy Awards representing for Spain.
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Sampled across 43 frames, the coverage of That Obscure Object of Desire leans on medium shots (60% of the sample) and full-body frames (21%). Cinematographer Edmond Richard keeps 58% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 44% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. The production design places the film in the 1970s.
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The dominant colors across the sampled frames of That Obscure Object of Desire (1977) are #37302a, #d2c7b2, #8a766c, #555148, #d7d3c7, #c8b196 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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