i watch this a second time after see it first some year ago . the first time it almost frustrate me too much for an immediate response and even though i do like certain part . perhaps i find that bunuel be almost make me take side and and whatever side have me in a perpetual loop of what the hell kind of logic . but then again and isn not that what bunuel be best at . in a sense and one could look at his wan song and that obscure object of desire and a his ultimate feminist tome and or rather critique . it really a woman right to choose who she want to give herself too and and who to say if conchita ( carole bouquet and angela molina ) really do want to have sex with matthieu ( fernando rey ) or not . i be think pretty strongly after a second viewing that that part of the point . maybe it because matthieu see her a an object and not a a complete and total human be that he will never possess her and and more importantly that he will never understand completely why until perhaps the end . but even then it never really clear . the audience be almost give the most fractured romantic tale in modern cinema and where you do ( or at least i do and if not more on the first viewing then both time ) feel for matthieu who be not really a flaw a bourgeois character a in discreet charm and and be actually a rather nice and easy go fellow . but then conchita have her point of view and which everyone should accept and but then the table be turn and more than once and lead to why that bucket of water be pour on her at the train station before it take off . but that part of bunuel genius and i think and and why that obscure object of desire work a a kind of penultimate take of the battle of the sex . it deal with little hint of societal madness ( terrorism be everywhere and but our two main character even conchita who real lover may be one himself seem to neglect in their misplaced passion ) and but more than anything each other unwillingness to go further with themselves . rey particularly be brilliant in the role of matthieu and where he can play exquisite and charm and despondent and yearning and rage and and complacency all in great measure . while up against not one but two actress and he hold his own very well with his character and however much his character logic might skew . and on a first viewing and perhaps this show how strong a feminist tale it be consider a a guy i get almost too subjectively involved one might not understand why mattieu keep on go after conchita and even after her intention be make . it almost like the most uncomfortable satire of blue ball ever make . conchita play by two actress be sometimes ( particularly on a first viewing ) indistinguishable from one another and and it add to the maddeningly seductive power she have over her old and age rich follower . what end up make me like obscure object maybe even more than i should have be how well bunuel manage the mind game on both side with the cunning satire . it really quick and hilarious in spot and and couple of moment have me roll with laughter and like the random moment a the one rich man ( not matthieu and of course ) be about to leave for the bank and but when his driver start the car it explode . or when matthieu come to find another piece of conchita seemingly precious demeanor strip away when he find out how she really make her money in the small town and which be actually funny not even because of her in the scene but for who she dance for . if anything the end be most frustrating and a after all that happen and be tell and and even after the seeming break up and theyre still together . it like a cruel and vicious prank and with the symbolism of a sew needle throw in for good measure . but because it bunuel and and by the age of 77 he for sure know what he do and and it more worthwhile than a less filmmaker would have go for . his actual movement of the camera a well which be often sort of intricate and precise and seamless and actually really powerful even in quiet scene show how someone on his last film can still have the great sweep of his prime running through . in fact and there be a couple of camera move that be on par with the best that come up in his masterpiece and discreet charm of the bourgeoisie . fill with uncomfortably funny and sad and jarring moment and and enough note on what it mean to hold on to one sexual part ( or not ) with one partner to ignite an entire woman study course for a semester at a college and it a work from bunuel i be glad to see again and to see more into the layer he place in it and to find that even when it not mean to it quite the funny affair and quite the way to make a final bow on an extraordinary career . the final shot and by the way and be like one last wink to the audience if not a totally spectacular one that still be in my mind after the film have end . grade represent a .