Bunuel_Luis_My_Last_Breath

Then, later, just before dessert, his eyes stray once more in herdirection. He smiles. She smiles back. Now I'm very angry, and Iremind him that we're in San Jost! on serious business. I also tell himthat his macho woman-chasing is rwolting. He too gets angry andinforms me that when a woman smiles at him, it's his duty to smileback. I leave the table in a rage and retire to my room.Alcoriza calms down, finishes his dessert, and of course joins hisbeautiful neighbor for coffee. They introduce themselves, talk a bit;then Alcoriza takes his conquest to his room, undresses her tenderly,and discovers, tattooed on her belly-"curtah Luis Butkel"!(The woman is an elegant call girl from Mexico City whom Ibring to San Jos6 at enormous expense and who follows my instmctionsto the letter.)Yes, the stories of the eagle and the call girl are only fantasies;but I know Alcoriza would have acted exactly as he did in myimaginary script+particularly where the beautiful woman wasconcerned!