2024-12-11
33 分钟Director Luca Guadagnino discusses his new film, Queer, with fellow Director Daniel Scheinert in a Q&A at the DGA theater in Los Angeles. In the conversation, he discusses how he and Actor Daniel Craig worked together to discover the lead character, the importance of choreography in this and all of his projects, and how he worked with Composers Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross to create a soundtrack with layers of meaning. Based on the novella by William S. Burroughs, the film follows William Lee, who recounts his life in 1950s Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners. After he becomes infatuated with a younger man, they both set out to find a hallucinogenic drug in the amazon that will bring them closer together. See photos and a summary of this event below: https://dga.org/en/Events/2024/Dec2024/Queer_QnA_1124
They say something like, I'm not queer, I'm disembodied.
And I think that line, which is totally borrowed.
It's the secret of the movie and the open secret of the movie.
It's about their.
Both of them incapability of owning their desire.
That's what I wanted the movie to be about.
Hello and welcome back to the Director's Cut, brought to you by the Director's Guild of America.
In this episode, an expat American becomes infatuated with a younger man in director Luca Guadagnino's historical romance, Queer.
Based on the novella by William S.
Burroughs, the film follows William Lee, who recounts his life in 1950s Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners.
After he becomes infatuated with a younger man, they both set out to find a hallucinogenic drug in the Amazon that will bring them closer together.
In addition to Queer, Guadagnino's other directorial credits include the feature films Bones and All, Suspiria, Call Me by youy Name, A Bigger Splash, I Am Love, and the protagonists, the documentaries Salvatore Shoemaker of Dreams and Bertolucci on Bertolucci.
And episodes of the miniseries We Are who We Are.
Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Guadagnino spoke with director Daniel Scheinert about filming Queer.
Listen on for their spoiler filled conversation.
Yeah.
Another round of applause.
What a wild, beautiful movie.
Congratulations.
Thank you.