Sunday, January 18, 2009

A Clever Chastity Bell, The Anti-Bow Chicka Bow Wow

Digication :: artist :: Embroidered Object of Desire: "In the film, “That Obscure Object of Desire,” by Luis Bunuel, Mathieu is repeatedly denied by Conchita, the woman he desires. In the film, Conchita is played by two actresses highlighting the typical filmic stereotype of the female as either pure and virginal or seductive temptress. In one scene, the French actress, Carole Bouquet, the traditional beauty and more innocent of the two actresses, entices Mathieu only to return to the bed from the bathroom wearing a chastity belt-like undergarment. Frustrated, Mathieu gives up his attempts to remove the garment."