I enjoyed reading the interview between Bunuel and Colina from Objects of Desire about La Mort en ce jardin (1956) because of his own interpretation and connection to the film. The film feels explicitly political in its conversation about an anti-government workers rebellion and connections to exile, especially based on Bunuel’s own experiences under Franco’s Spain. However, in the interview, they hardly discuss the political elements of the film and Bunuel instead explains that his personal interests are in examining how humans change, whether for the better or the worst, in extreme environmental circumstances. He states “You can prove that, when facing a shared situation of danger, very intelligent and civilized people become brutal, like animals” (128). I think this is a very accurate way of viewing the characters’ developments from the film. I found it specifically interesting that the miner, Castin, who was very clearly characterized as a pacifist in th beginning of the film, ends up being the cause of many deaths by the end. This is representative of Bunuel’s beliefs that a persons surroundings can change a person. In contrast, Shark, who is an adventurer is revealed to be a caretaker when they are in the jungle. He looks after Maria who is young and deaf-mute, and also continues to search for food and a way out when everyone has given up. This makes me want to further examine how drastically Bunuel’s characters change over time and through certain circumstances.