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Elio Perlman is spending the summer with his family at their vacation home in Lombardy, Italy. When his father hires a handsome doctoral student, the curious 17-year-old finds himself developing a growing attraction to the young man.
Call Me by Your Name
2017 Directed by Luca Guadagnino
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James Ivory Howard Rosenman Luca Guadagnino Peter Spears Marco Morabito Emilie Georges Rodrigo Teixeira Lourenço Sant'Anna Tom Dolby Sophie Mas Naima Abed Margarethe Baillou
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“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.
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It received the longest standing ovation in NYFF history, so that should give you an idea on how perfect this film is. I also got to see Luca Guadagnino, Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg, and André Aciman in the flesh and got to ask Luca a question, which was absolutely surreal. I'm so lucky that this was the first movie I've seen at the first film festival I've ever attended; I'm truly never gonna forget the experience of it all and how this film made me feel. CMBYN is one of the most beautiful love stories to exist and it reminded me of why we all need cinema in our lives.
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A cinematic tour de force. An impassioned, moving, heart-racing, heart-breaking film that reminded me how good it can feel to be alive. Watching this made me fall back in love with movies and with life.
A more complete write-up on my relationship with this movie here.
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Elio. Elio. Elio.
...Oliver.I was waiting for this film since January. I read a book, reviews, watched a lot of the interviews and thought I knew what to expect. I knew it's gonna be great and I'm going to love it but now I'm finally watched it and I can say it's a lot more than you can imagine. This film speaks to your soul.
In the beginning it feels like watercolor sketches of Perlman's life in Italy. Like you're there surrounded by love that they radiate for everyone during hot italian summer. You smile to their happiness and it becomes yours.
Sayombhu Mukdeeprom's work makes this film so authentic, beautiful, sensual, full of light in the day and… -
incredible, unbelievable, improbable, fabulous, wonderful, fantastic, astonishing, astounding, extraordinary
give them all oskar please
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I originally wrote a big long paragraph about some of the quibbles I had with this, but you know what? Forget it. This film is gorgeous. I watched it twice in two days and joyfully anticipate my third viewing soon.
Also can I just put some respect on Armie Hammer, who I think is absolutely wonderful in this.
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Beautiful film delivered with grace and pace.
The entire cast are clever and sexy and the location is a prime member of that cast.
If I could change one thing, it would be to loose that awful shot of plucking the peach from the tree which looked so contrived and unnatural (thought not quite as unnatural as the eventual fate of said peach) and could have easily been covered with a more genuine wider shot.
I was also amused to see so many flies in the 'winter' interior shot but now I'm just being plain picky, aren't I?
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CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Guadagnino, USA/Italy, 2017, 5)
Yes, it looks swoonworthily gorgeous. But I was feeling utterly indifferent throughout it, no doubt in part because of narrative aimlessness that seems to be Guadagnino’s feature-not-bug but also because of the age gap and all that this implies, which I’m not seeing much comment about. While I wasn’t the biggest fan of Haigh’s WEEKEND, those two men were far richer characters than these two shirtless-as-often-as-possible Ken dolls. And CALL ME has little else to be about, as Guadagnino has basically made an all-XY version of those Harlequin bodice-rippers and it’s just about as substantial. I get why some people loved the late monologue by the father, but I was disturbed…
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watching armie hummer dance to psychedelic furs was a complete out-of-body experience
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Middleburg Film Festival #5: This didn't live up to the hype for me, but I understand why it has moved so many people. It's an incredibly beautiful film and Timothee Chalamet is fantastic all the way through. Also, this is the best depiction of a single character's perspective I've seen in a long time--nearly every scene is from Elio's point of view, so we see his journey and the way his feelings change throughout the movie.
Very good overall, but isn't sticking with me the way I'd hoped.
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