The themes of the movie correlate greatly with the essay. In the Žižek essay, it's said that there is a "shift from raw sensual coveting to elevated spiritual longing." This was made evident in That Obscure Object of Desire. An overarching theme of the movie was that the woman was something unattainable. She was essentially placed on a pedestal as an ideal, mainly due to the fact that she was a virgin and, in a sense, inaccessible.
From Ventadorn, "Ah, God! if only true lovers stood out from the false." only proves the main point of That Obscure Object of Desire that someone does not simply fall in love with someone, but only with the idea of them. Love clouds judgement and obscures vision so that the desired seems perfect, and as though they're flawless, thus fitting in with the lover's ideal. This is why Mathieu and so many others feel a deep sense of betrayal when their lovers turn out not as they expected. Not because they somehow changed, but because they are now disillusioned to the person they really are, which does not fit in with the ideal held in their minds.
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