The film neither copies nor disregards the book on which it’s based it enhances it
Adaptations are tricky.
Yet this year, Luca GuadagninosCall Me by Your Namehas emerged among that class.
Their choices indicate an ambitious, respectful, and invigorated engagement with Acimans words.
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The end result is a remarkable achievement.
Guadagnino neither copies nor dismisses the book on which his film is based he enhances it.
; and how you could never tell whether he was being flirty or friendly.
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Did I want him to act?
Its involving in such a way that could prove tiresome if spoken aloud.
Robot, but past-tense and without the twisty unreliability.)
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Its still completely immersive in the touches, the stares, the smells in everything we see.
Guadagnino takes advantage of what his medium has to offer.
It knows when words wont suffice.
GuadagninosCall Me by Your Namedoesnt reference Is it better to speak or die?
beyond its initial reading, and yet the question implicitly, directly informs every beat of the film.
The power of this deliberate pacing comes through when Elio confesses his true feelings.
Guadagnino captures it by gently guiding the pair through a single take.
Its the moment when Elio finally speaks gathers the courage, answers that encompassing question.
(Oliver ended up marrying a woman not long after.)
Guadagnino does away with this.
The two have one last conversation by phone; Oliver reveals his engagement.
Elio sits by a fire when its finished.
This is captured in one uninterrupted take, running for several minutes and performed magnetically by Chalamet.
Were left to just watch Elio, and remember with him.
This is the imageCall Me by Your Nameleaves you with no words needed.
Call Me by Your Nameis currently playing in select theaters.
you might purchase the novelhere.
