![]() The scene is famous for the image of Oliver, a graduate student summering in northern Italy, devouring a peach that Elio (Timothée Chalamet), his advisor’s teenage son, has used to masturbate. Look closely, and even the most primal moment in “Call Me by Your Name” echoes Guadagnino’s understanding of pleasure, which is anything but blindly hedonistic. Longing for a partner or a parent, an escape or an exploit, is ultimately admitting an absence, however fleetingly you may feel it: It means you are lonely or orphaned, apprehensive or bored. ![]() ![]() We are also identifying with the characters' wants and, by extension, their fears and their foibles. When we lust after Paul (Matthias Schoenaerts) in “A Bigger Splash”- wearing a stretched-out gray tee on which you can practically smell the unholy ointment of sweat and sunscreen - or dream of Lake Garda’s perfect turquoise in “Call Me by Your Name” - where Professor Perlman (Michael Stuhlbarg) exhumes ancient sculptures from the sandy depths - we are experiencing more than want. The "Call Me By Your Name" director's new HBO series follows teens who are exploring their gender and sexual identity. Italian film director, Luca Guadagnino, in Rome, Aug.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |