{"id":2370,"date":"2013-02-14T11:58:18","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T16:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/?p=2370"},"modified":"2013-02-17T20:01:45","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T01:01:45","slug":"movienight-february-14th-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/?p=2370","title":{"rendered":"That Obscure Object of Desire? It&#8217;s MovieNight, obviously."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-2388\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/?attachment_id=2388\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2388\" title=\"I know I've just shown you my breasts, but now, looking at you a bit more closely, uh-uh.\" src=\"http:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/obscure1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/obscure1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/obscure1-300x179.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Valentine&#8217;s special, about a wealthy man driven to distraction by some great, surrealist cock-teasing, wrought by interchangeable beauties brought another surprisingly good turnout. Our parlor was filled with either couples or singles who came alone&#8230; therefore all qualified for the 2-for-1 drinks special! Bu\u00c3\u00b1uel&#8217;s <em>That Obscure Object of Desire <\/em>was highly entertaining and provoked an unexpected &#8220;Which one do you like?&#8221; debate&#8230; the two Conchitas were both stunning, but were perceived quite differently&#8230; one, a hot-blooded Latina, and the other, a perfect porcelain icicle. The debate continues.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, although I consider myself to be something a movie buff (no shit), it somehow escaped me that Fernando Rey, who played the lead role, was also &#8220;Frog 1&#8221; in <em>The French Connection<\/em>. Norris pointed that out to me about 20 minutes in, and that kept a smile on my face for the rest of the movie. Duh.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">More about this film on IMDb <a title=\"IMDb\" href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0075824\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-348\" title=\"imdb\" src=\"http:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/imdb.gif\" alt=\"imdb\" width=\"31\" height=\"15\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Valentine&#8217;s special, about a wealthy man driven to distraction by some great, surrealist cock-teasing, wrought by interchangeable beauties brought another surprisingly good turnout. Our parlor was filled with either couples or singles who came alone&#8230; therefore all qualified for the 2-for-1 drinks special! Bu\u00c3\u00b1uel&#8217;s That Obscure Object of Desire was highly entertaining and provoked &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.movienight.richardlohr.com\/stuff\/?p=2370\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">That Obscure Object of Desire? 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