directed by: Luca Guadagnino
written by: James Ivory + André Aciman (book)
starring: Timothée Chalamet, Armie Hammer, Michael Stuhlbarg
seen on 18th January, 2018
That last shot really is devastating. Love sucks.
But goddamn, the more I think about the film and the more I try to analyse it for myself the worse and more amateurish it seems. Timothée is really brilliant, vibrant, genuine and interesting and I would wholeheartedly wish for him to win that Oscar. Nonetheless, he shines far brighter than any other aspect of the film. Armie tries really hard, and he does have some cute moments, but he mostly only accomplishes to confirm his status as a handsome (as opposed to talented) actor and most of the time (also thanks to the fact that by following him on Instagram I am aware that he is a family oriented adult male with a wife and two kids) he does not fit the part and at times he even seems extremely miscast.
The flow of events is a bit forced and somewhat mechanical and Guadagnino probably still needs to do a lot of directing to learn how to tell such a subtle and not-story-oriented story. I do like the direction he seems to be taking, but I am baffled by the critics that say that his directing is a third main character in the story. The soundtrack only supported this clumsy feel the film gave me instead of lifting it up.
In retrospect, I should have kept the original fleeting impression and dropped the dissection of a simple film about one's first love.
- After four months of listening to "Visions Of Gideon" nonstop and being moved by the beauty and powers of art I do wish that the film before "that" were at least a bit better because the ending is so gosh darn terribly beautifully brilliant!
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