The Loved One [1965]

1. In preparation, she paints herself.
2. Not only waterproof or moisture-proof, but damp-proof.
3. “It’s a new one, it’s a new one! Oh God! Oh God, oh God.”

From “My Last Sigh,” Luis Buñuel’s autobiography: “There were several other American projects of mine which never came to fruition-like ‘The Loved One,’ adapted from Evelyn Waugh’s novel, a love story set in a California funeral home. Hugo Butler and I wrote the screenplay, while [producer George] Pepper tried to sell it to a major company; but, although I liked this project enormously, death was apparently a subject best left to rest in peace … In the end, we sold the option, and Tony Richardson made the film.”