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[telepathically] Eugene Allerton: I’m not weird
Synopsis
In 1950s Mexico City, an American expatriate in his 40s lives a solitary life in the midst of a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student leads the man to finally establish a meaningful connection with someone.. Daniel Craig was ultimately the one who convinced Luca Guadagnino to play Drew Starkey after watching Guadagnino’s audition tapes and telling him “That’s the guy” after seeing Starkey.. Lee…
I’m not weirdWilliam Lee: I knowEugene Allerton: I’m disembodied
Features Orpheus (1950). I’ve never seen ‘Naked Lunch’ (1991), but I found myself thinking about it often during the screening of “Queer” at the 2024 London Film Festival: perhaps to be expected, as William S Burroughs provided the source material for both movies. In 1950s Mexico, William Lee, an American writer on the wrong side of… forty? Fifty?
But what does Eugene himself want?
He spends his days getting drunk, making out, and having casual sex with other men. One day, the muscular, smart young man Eugene walks into the bar and Lee is smitten. Plus, there’s that telepathic drug to think about… I’m not sure what, stylistically, director Luca Guadagnino is trying to achieve with this film. The sets are decorated almost exclusively in block colors – dull red and olive green, for example – and have that vaguely unrealistic, clean, Technicolor look that made me think the intention was to pay homage to the films of the era in which the film is set.
with an accent that’s clearly not his
But if that’s the case, why the rock and techno soundtrack, decidedly 1950s? Daniel Craig (is it my imagination or is he starting to sound like Sid James?) is stuck in the lead role, constantly having to declaim nonsense speeches. Drew Starkey is able to give a more subtle performance as the manipulative Eugene, and he certainly shows his preppy side. Lesley Manville is unrecognizable as the doctor living in the South American jungle – bravo to the makeup team!
It was okay to see once, but I won’t watch it again
This is the kind of movie that seems to me to be more about artistic style than storytelling substance.
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