Synopsis
Is it better to speak or die?
In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
2017 Directed by Luca Guadagnino
In 1980s Italy, a relationship begins between seventeen-year-old teenage Elio and the older adult man hired as his father's research assistant.
James Ivory Howard Rosenman Luca Guadagnino Peter Spears Marco Morabito Derek Simonds Emilie Georges Rodrigo Teixeira Lourenço Sant'Anna Tom Dolby Sophie Mas Naima Abed Margarethe Baillou Francesco Melzi d'Eril Nicholas Kaiser
Daniele Quadroli David Quadroli Paolo Amici Fabrizio Quadroli Jean-Pierre Laforce Federico Amodio Riccardo Cameracanna
Chiamami col tuo nome, Skrivena ljubav, 君の名前で僕を呼んで, Vadink mane savo vardu, Strigă-mă pe numele tău, Zovi me svojim imenom, Зови меня своим именем, Poklici me po svojem imenu, Më thirr me emrin tënd, Llámame por tu nombre, Chama-me Pelo Teu Nome, Me Chame Pelo Seu Nome, Tamte dni, tamte noce, Να με φωνάζεις με τ' όνομά σου, Dej mi své jméno, 콜 미 바이 유어 네임
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“I remember everything.”
I remember everything. I couldn’t put this film into words if I tried. I couldn’t ever review this, or even explain how personal this felt to me. Every kiss, every movement, every laugh, every dance, every look, goodbye, embrace. If I could, I couldn’t even begin.
“I remember everything.”
I don’t think there’s anything more beautiful, real, or brutal than the way Elio repeats, “Because I wanted you to know.”
Because I wanted you to know.
Loving someone is hard, whether it’s the butterflies you get in the beginning or the weight of the world you feel towards the end. I’ve realized through my relationship that love doesn’t make sense, and with my now 9 viewings of this film, that this movie doesn’t make sense to me either. I truly don’t understand, I could never understand, how Luca, Ivory, and the cast pulled this off. The feeling of love is so hard to replicate because everyone experiences it differently, but there’s something so universal about the looks Elio’s parents…
Sign me up as the apostate that just doesn't appreciate this one, that doesn't really understand why a long, rambling, sleepy movie about a disconnected, disaffected, insanely rich and privileged teenager moping around until he gets laid is so moving to people. There are better romances, better gay coming-of-age movies, better summer-fling stories, and movies where I don't get really really distracted by watching a dude gut a peach in his bed with his bare hands and then fuck it, making an immense mess for someone else to clean up. I will fight the world on this one.
so....
As most of you know I originally had some pretty mixed feelings on this thang (4/5). While I thought it was well done I also thought it had some unforgivable kinks that apparently nobody on YouTube agreed with. Tonight I decided, for whatever reason, to rewatch it and I have to say...it’s a gosh darn masterpiece. I apologize for how harshly I criticized it initially, looking at it now I can say it’s one of the most authentic portrayals of love I’ve ever seen. With a million things being said so poetically with each shot and some of the best and most honest performances I’ve seen, this is without a doubt nothing short of a masterpiece. Flawless filmmaking. I’ll be right back, gotta go cry to Visions of Gideon.
MASTAPIECE
“Is it better to speak or to die?” That’s the core question of “Call Me By Your Name,” which surfaces in a scene where a character reads the words of Marguerite of Navarre in “The Heptaméron,” but it’s an idea at the heart of all queer narratives. It’s been especially present in queer cinema, where muteness and survival are often the most bittersweet bedfellows. But “Call Me By Your Name” not only quotes Marguerite’s words, it suffuses them into every fiber of its being. It’s a great film because of how lucidly it poses her question, and an essential one because of how courageously it answers it.