That Obscure Object of Desire

1) An "obscure object" could refer to something small or hidden that is owned or possessed. It points to the fact that for this couple love is not the reason for what they do but it is instead lust and desire, the small thing that they both posses which eventually drives them both crazy. The love is possesed, never held or thought of pationately therefore it is not true love but is instead a desire for each other, a lust for want.
2) Terrorism is almost a parallel to the couples relationship, the act of blowing something up for political reasons is nothing more than a desire to reach an end. Both the couple and the terrorists would like to get that which they desire and are more than willing to fight for it. It is no mistake that the terrorists kill the couple in the end, because it isn't the terrorists that kill them it is the desire that both parties share.
3)Both of the actresses for Conchita bring a different attitude to the screen, one is the lusty love bird while the other seems almost reserved and reluctant to fulfill her desire.
8) The burlap sack seems to be a symbol that something is about to happen, each time we see it a main event occurs in the film such as traveling to meet Conchita "accidentally" or his taking her up to his secluded house in the country