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Armie Hammer & Timothée Chalamet find love in Call Me By Your Name (2017)
Aloysius J. Gleek:
The film begins with classical images of male heads and torsos, and abounds with references to Praxiteles and Hellenistic sculpture, establishing and pursuing (sometimes a little too pointedly) the theme of male on male desire. The atmosphere is pagan, the time not just BCE but BCP—Before Cell Phones. Oliver appears rather like a deus ex machina (almost literally: climbing out of a car, blond head rising and rising some more), an Adonis who moves as if by divine right among the French-Italian admirers.
https://www.filmcomment.com/article/call-me-by-your-name-review-armie-hammer/
Published by Film Society of Lincoln Center
Call Me by Your Name
is more invitingly heartfelt and less baroque than director Luca Guadagnino's
previous films, and skillfully captures both the languor of the summer mood.
by Molly Haskell
03 November 2017
(in the November/December 2017 Issue)
Call Me by Your Name--As Elio (Timothée Chalamet) teases Oliver (Armie Hammer) with his variations on the classical
composers, an ingenious score provides an expressive correlative to the tumult in Elio’s head and loins.
In the brief annals of mainstream queer cinema, Call Me by Your Name falls in line with Moonlight in taking a resolutely non-hysterical, non-polemical approach to homoeroticism, treating sexual encounters with a kind of unhurried, tactile sensuality. Society, as enforcer and inhibitor, plays very little part, as both stories take place outside the bounds of middle-class morality—but from different, even opposing ends of the spectrum. Barry Jenkins’s triptych involves a black man’s coming-of-age in Miami, while Luca Guadagnino’s portrait of a teenager’s sexual awakening takes place in a luxuriant corner of Lombardy, but both have demonstrated crossover appeal, Moonlight having garnered multiple awards including last year’s Oscar for Best Picture, and Call Me by Your Name currently carrying ecstatic pre-opening raves from Sundance and Toronto film festivals.
The Italian director who displayed a kind of swashbuckling Euro-chic sensibility in I Am Love (2009) and A Bigger Splash (2015), both featuring a stunningly marmoreal Tilda Swinton as erotic figurehead, moves his latest exploration of Desire with a capital D into a less exalted environment—but only slightly less. We are in the vacation home of the Perlmans (Michael Stuhlbarg and Amira Casar), assimilated Jews and among those casually seigneurial intellectual-bourgeois families of exquisite taste and multiple languages. They enjoy scholarly disputes and culinary delights in an alfresco setting in which the sun itself is a kind of benediction. (The real miracle, it turns out, is one of cinematic artifice: reportedly it rained all summer—the only time the film could be made—and the extraordinary cinematographer Sayombhu Mukdeeprom managed to turn dark into light.)
Guadagnino has moved the setting of André Aciman’s 2007 novel from the Italian Riviera to his home base in Northern Italy, but otherwise the screenplay by James Ivory is beautifully faithful. Every year Mr. Perlman, a classicist with archaeological interests, hires an American grad student to help with research and live with the family. Every year the newcomer dispossesses their son, Elio (the remarkable Timothée Chalamet), of his room. But this particular summer, Elio, now 17, will find his way back through a wildly unexpected flowering of lust for the stranger, Oliver (Armie Hammer). The minutely observed vicissitudes of their duet of mutual approach and avoidance, set against a background of picnics, dances, bicycle rides, and swims, form the essence of the drama.
The major difference between page and screen is that where Aciman’s novel unfolded in a heated burst of first-person recollection from the older Elio’s point of view, the movie takes place in the present tense (though it’s set in 1983), and widens the field of vision. Elio is still at the center, bored, flailing, given to fits of despair, but we are no longer cloistered within the sometimes suffocating hothouse of an acutely self-conscious adolescent mind (Does he see me? Does he respond? Dare I speak to him?), second-guessing every move, noting every passing thought and dream fantasy. Other characters—would-be girlfriends who pursue the boys—have their moments, however fleeting, and more importantly, Elio is a gifted pianist. As he teases Oliver with his variations on the classical composers, music forms both a leitmotif and a beckoning vocation. An ingenious score (with original songs) by Sufjan Stevens provides an expressive correlative to the tumult in Elio’s head and loins.
In one sense, Elio is every teenager beset by raging hormones, every adolescent not yet formed, who alternates between longing and terror, flight or fight or fuck, in whom male and female sides still struggle for domination or truce. The struggle is only slightly compounded by same-sex taboo, and the suspense, such as it is, is not whether but when.
The film begins with classical images of male heads and torsos, and abounds with references to Praxiteles and Hellenistic sculpture, establishing and pursuing (sometimes a little too pointedly) the theme of male on male desire. The atmosphere is pagan, the time not just BCE but BCP—Before Cell Phones. Oliver appears rather like a deus ex machina (almost literally: climbing out of a car, blond head rising and rising some more), an Adonis who moves as if by divine right among the French-Italian admirers.
Elio doesn’t know if his attraction is reciprocated; Oliver hesitates, presumably because he must consider the ethics of his position as both guest and older person, and therefore, like Humphrey Bogart, must “think for both of them.” At least I am assuming such reflections are taking place somewhere behind that pleasant but remarkably inscrutable face. Though Oliver wears a Star of David, thus establishing kinship with the Perlmans, Hammer is a more natural signifier of WASP entitlement. He was perfectly cast as the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network : he might as well be a digital double as a real person, as he was when he was rowing with himself at the Henley Royal Regatta. He’s somebody who represents rather than inhabits—an archetype, like his blandly smug philanderer-husband in Nocturnal Animals.
Parker Tyler, that astute chronicler of homosexual themes, gave a mythical dimension to this figure whom he called Homoeros, and saw as transformational in movies like Death in Venice, Billy Budd, The Confessions of Felix Krull, and Teorema. Hammer has none of the ambisexual allure of Terence Stamp or Tilda Swinton. He is a more one-dimensional stud, perhaps closer to the Liv Tyler character in Bertolucci’s Stealing Beauty, an object of directorial lust you have to take on faith. And speaking of Bertolucci, in the movie’s much-talked-about scene between two guys and a peach, Guadagnino also competes with his Italian predecessor for most outrageous coupling of food and sex.
Call Me by Your Name is more invitingly heartfelt and less baroque than the director’s previous films, and skillfully captures both the languor of the summer mood, as time stretches into boredom, and the simultaneous feel of time closing in, of the possibility of missed opportunities, hanging like overripe fruit at the end of a branch. (It’s one of those movies over which fruit metaphors hang irresistibly.)
In the end, the film finds its perfect grace note and even its reason for being not in the final shot of grief-stricken Elio’s anguished face, but in the preceding passage in which his father, in a gesture of exquisite tact and empathy, confers a kind of blessing on him, letting him know he’s aware of the nature of the relationship. Not only does papa not disapprove, he envies the son for leaping where he himself was once tempted, hesitated… and settled for less. In this movie, heterosexual marriage is definitely the consolation prize.
Aloysius J. Gleek:
CALLMEBYYOURNAMEFANART
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My mother, who hated what she called his Americanisms, ended up calling him Il cauboi --the cowboy. It started as a putdown and soon became an endearment, to go along with her other nickname for him, conferred during his first week, when he came down to the dinner table after showering, his glistening hair combed back. La star, she had said, short for la muvi star. My father, always the most indulgent among us, but also the most observant, had figured the cauboi out. "È un timido, he's shy, that's why," he said when asked to explain Oliver's abrasive Later!
Oliver timido? That was new. Could all of his gruff Americanisms be nothing more than an exaggerated way of covering up the simple fact that he didn't know--or feared he didn't know--how to take his leave gracefully?
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For weeks I had mistaken his stare for barefaced hostility. I was wide of the mark. It was simply a shy man's way of holding someone else's gaze.
We were, it finally dawned on me, the two shyest persons in the world.
My father was the only one who had seen through him from the very start.
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Call Me By Your Name by André AcimanRecited/Narrated by Armie Hammer
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--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on October 04, 2017, 02:33:00 pm ---
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Aloysius J. Gleek:
[youtube=800,472]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCsyocpQyok[/youtube]
FULL LENGTH https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DCsyocpQyok WITH LYRICSWhew! At long last!
From soundtrack, not screening.
As before, top image from
Baia Jamaica, Sirmione,
Lago di Garda.
Sufjan Stevens - Mystery of LoveCall Me by Your NameSoundtrack released November 3 2017
Jonathan Leo
Published on Nov 3, 2017
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on October 22, 2017, 09:54:56 pm ---
It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
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Sufjan Stevens "Mystery of Love"
From the film CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by Luca Guagagnino
Mystery of Love
Oh, to see without my eyes
The first time that you kissed me
Boundless by the time I cried
I built your walls around me
White noise, what an awful sound
Fumbling by Rogue River
Feel my feet above the ground
Hand of God, deliver me
Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me
The first time that you touched me
Oh, will wonders ever cease?
Blessed be the mystery of love
Lord, I no longer believe
Drowned in living waters
Cursed by the love that I received
From my brother's daughter
Like Hephaestion, who died
Alexander's lover
Now my riverbed has dried
Shall I find no other?
Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me
I'm running like a plover
Now I'm prone to misery
The birthmark on your shoulder reminds me
How much sorrow can I take?
Blackbird on my shoulder
And what difference does it make
When this love is over?
Shall I sleep within your bed
River of unhappiness
Hold your hands upon my head
Till I breathe my last breath
Oh, oh woe-oh-woah is me
The last time that you touched me
Oh, will wonders ever cease?
Blessed be the mystery of love
Aloysius J. Gleek:
Once again--
but this time from
the actual recording,
not a screening--
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on October 22, 2017, 10:21:19 pm ---
These are the last few minutes of the movie,
Elio looking into the fire, crying and remembering--
until his mother's voice calls
"Elio--"
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[youtube=1100,650]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiBUIwzN6FA[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiBUIwzN6FAThe very last
moments of the movie--
Sufjan Stevens - Visions of GideonCall Me by Your NameSoundtrack released November 3 2017
Jonathan Yule
Published on Nov 3, 2017
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on October 22, 2017, 10:21:19 pm ---
It's the summer of 1983, and precocious 17-year-old Elio Perlman is spending the days with his family at their 17th-century villa in Lombardy, Italy. He soon meets Oliver, a handsome doctoral student who's working as an intern for Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of their surroundings, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever.
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STILL not sure about
those lyrics yet--oh well!
:-\ :-\
Sufjan Stevens "Visions of Gideon"
From the film CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by Luca Guagagnino
Visions of Gideon
I have loved you for the last time
Is it a video?
Is it a video?
I have touched you for the last time
Is it a video?
Is it a video?
[ For the love, the laughter I feel up to your arms ]
Is it a video?
Is it a video?
[ For the love, the laughter I feel up to your arms ]
Is it a video?
Is it a video?
Is it a video?
I have loved you for the last time
Visions of Gideon
Visions of Gideon
I have kissed you for the last time
Visions of Gideon
Visions of Gideon
[ For the love, the laughter I feel up to your arms ]
Is it a video?
Is it a video?
[ For the love, the laughter I feel up to your arms ]
Is it a video?
Is it a video?
[ For the love, the laughter I feel up to your arms ]
Visions of Gideon
Visions of Gideon
Visions of Gideon
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on October 02, 2017, 10:07:18 pm ---
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Aloysius J. Gleek:
This is the third
of the three
Sufjan Stevens
songs on the
CMBYN soundtrack;
unlike the other two
original songs, this
is a new 'Doveman' remix
(originally from 2010)--
[youtube=1100,650]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2nMUrSv4hE[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2nMUrSv4hEhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doveman
Thomas Bartlett also known as Doveman,
is an American pianist, singer, and producer,
best known for his work with Sufjan Stevens
and many more.
Sufjan Stevens - Futile Devices (Doveman Remix)Call Me by Your NameSoundtrack released November 3 2017
icecream forever
Published on Nov 3, 2017
Sufjan Stevens "Futile Devices" (Doveman Remix)
From the film CALL ME BY YOUR NAME by Luca Guagagnino
Futile Devices
It's been a long, long time
Since I've memorized your face
It's been four hours now
Since I've wandered through your place
And when I sleep on your couch
I feel very safe
And when you bring the blankets
I cover up my face
I do
Love you
I do
Love you
And when you play guitar
I listen to the strings buzz
The metal vibrates underneath your fingers
And when you crochet
I feel mesmerized and proud
And I would say I love you
But saying it out loud
is hard
So I won't say it at all
And I won't stay very long
But you are the life I needed all along
I think of you as my brother
Although that sounds dumb
And words are futile devices
--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on September 16, 2017, 06:55:49 am ---
[youtube=640,360]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2dNTjE6ItI[/youtube]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x2dNTjE6ItI
Futile Devices - Sufjan Stevens
Live on Soundcheck
Published on Jul 27, 2011
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--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on September 19, 2017, 03:10:45 am ---
To accompany the classical music is a trio songs from the aforementioned Sufjan Stevens, two of them original. Along with employing a new ethereal piano arrangement of “Futile Devices” in a moment of longing, the original songs have the feel of tracks off Carrie & Lowell, albeit with more of a wistful elation. For one of these songs, Guadagnino utilizes one of his few overt directorial flourishes: the effect of a film burn as a lonely Elio contemplates furthering their relationship, then later the visualization of a camera negative when he reflects on the time they have had. Both are fleeting flourishes, appearing only for a few seconds, but indelibly convey the passion inside Elio’s soul.
A feat of accentuated sound design, as hands run down staircases and across bodies, and arresting cinematography, luxuriating in the beauty of Italy and those that occupy it, Call Me By Your Name has the effect of being transported to this specific time and place. It’s a film of overwhelming empathy and playfulness as loneliness turns into gratification and desires are slowly manifested into reality.
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--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on September 20, 2017, 05:43:10 pm ---
Sufjan Stevens’ latest album, Carrie & Lowell, was a beautifully simplistic work based on his mother’s death and his reeling emotions of anger, abandonment, loss and love. It will be very interesting to see Stevens tackling a film score, as most of his work is so broad in scope that it lends itself to a cinematic format. So everything should translate well, but it’s exciting to see him fully embrace the format.
https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/01/sufjan-stevens-scores-indie-film-call-me-by-your-n.html
Sufjan Stevens
Scores Indie Film
Call Me by Your Name
by Pete Mercer
January 9, 2017, 12:05pm
Sufjan Stevens scores Call Me by Your Name
Sufjan Stevens, singer/songwriter and creator of the (overly) ambitious 50 States Project, has written and performed the soundtrack for new indie film Call Me by Your Name. The film stars Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet and Michael Stuhlbarg, and is based on André Aciman’s 2007 novel of the same name.
Directed by Italian filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, the film follows the love affair between a 24-year-old American scholar visiting Italy, and the 17-year-old Jewish-American boy whose family provides housing for the American while he helps the young boy’s father revise book manuscripts. The film takes place in the 1980s along the Italian Riviera, so expect some really lovely Italian scenery, accompanied by Stevens’ often beautifully melodic music.
Stevens’ latest album, Carrie & Lowell, was a beautifully simplistic work based on his mother’s death and his reeling emotions of anger, abandonment, loss and love. It will be very interesting to see Stevens tackling a film score, as most of his work is so broad in scope that it lends itself to a cinematic format. So everything should translate well, but it’s exciting to see him fully embrace the format.
There is no formal release date for the soundtrack or the film, which hits Sundance on Jan. 22.
FYI: Call Me By Your Name premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and opens on November 24.
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--- Quote from: Aloysius J. Gleek on September 26, 2017, 07:43:28 am ---
Have you met him (Sufjan Stevens)?
"I wrote to him and invited him over to my house to see the film
when it was finished, as he was coming to Italy anyway. So, the
doorbell rings, and this stunningly beautiful man is at the door.
I mean, I’d seen pictures of him, but in reality he is beyond
handsome! Those eyes!"
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https://noisey.vice.com/en_au/article/599j3d/we-cant-stop-wondering-if-sufjan-stevens-sings-about-god-or-being-gay
http://sufjan.com/
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