Call Me By Your Name
Frenesy Film Company (2017)
Drama, Queer Themes/Interest, Romance
In Collection
#2083
7*
Seen ItYes
(01/29/2018 Cinema Arts, Huntington, NY)
043396523821
IMDB   7.9
130 mins Italy / English
DVD 
Amira Casar Annella
Michael Stuhlbarg Mr. Perlman
Armie Hammer Oliver
Peter Spears Isaac
Timothée Chalamet Elio
Esther Garrel Marzia
Elena Bucci Bambi - Art Historian 1
Vanda Capriolo Mafalda
Antonio Rimoldi Anchiese
Marco Sgrosso Nico - Art Historian 2
André Aciman Mounir
Victoire Du Bois Chiara
Director
Luca Guadagnino
Producer James Ivory
Howard Rosenman
Derek Simonds
Writer James Ivory
Cinematography Sayombhu Mukdeeprom


Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents' cliffside mansion on the Italian Riveria. During the restless summer weeks, unrelenting but buried currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion as they test the charged ground between them and verge toward the one thing both already fear they may never truly find again: total intimacy.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1
References
Streaming, VoD YouTube
Lists ‡ Rotten Tomatoes: 200 Best LGBT Movies of All Time (2019)
QueerGuru Rating 10
Rotten Rank 3

Notes
Richard & I took the afternoon off to see this much hyped film· It took us exactly five hours door-to-door to get to the nearest theater on Long Island, watch the film, and drive back during the evening rush· Richard chattered away the entire trip back, and managed to drive right past our exit from the expressway - an exit we've used several times a week for forty-years·
The problem with large studios (Sony Pictures Classics) taking over the distribution of a film - and this is a fine film - is that they are so adept at their publicity that they can raise expectations to the point where we can be disappointed when we finally see it· I suppose we should have expected some disappoint· I, at least, had unreasonable expectations·
I have pre-ordered the dvd, which Amazon claims will be delived in mid-March· I'll watch it again then·

Call Me By Your Name has been nominated for Best Picture and Timothée Chalamet nominated for Best Actor, 2018 Academy Awards.