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Ocie, I agree that the pacing of Obscure Object is superb, but I don't quite understand how it feels "natural," could you elaborate?
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I'm not Ocie, but I definitely understand his comment about the "natural" feeling of Buñuel's films which, in essence, illustrates how brilliant he was at achieving surrealism in his films where the bizarre and the inexplicable somehow seems normal. It's a lot like the scene in
The Exterminating Angel when the woman expresses disappointment that she can't use the bear and sheep that are lazing on the kitchen floor as part of the evening's entertainment, like every household has this kind of livestock roaming about the house.
But anyway, Matt, don't be too discouraged by Buñuel's films yet; he has never really made another film like
L'age d'or. His tone is always a bit snide, but his films evolved over time and his wit tended to get sharper as he got older. In my opinion, his late period films are his best, particularly
Belle de jour and
That Obscure Object of Desire, which are my favorites.