Buñuel

Many of B's. scenes come from personal memories and experiences so studying his life and reading interviews about his films are helpful. Take the scene in Viridiana where she is drugged by her Uncle so he can sleep with her. According to B., this scene originates in one of his juvenile obsessions where he dreams of drugging the Queen of Spain in order to sleep with her. He also commented much later in life that the idea of making use of a sleeping woman is a stimulating idea. He enjoyed dressing up in his mother's and father's clothing, often combining various articles of clothing from his mother's and father's wardrobes. The uncle attempts to try on the shoe of his dead wife and caresses her wedding dress in Viridiana. The name of the film, according to B., comes from the latin viridium, sitio verde. Is the poet always in the poem?