I took the time to watch Call Me By Your Name again today, and I really liked it. There are more details touched than the first time I watched it, and it felt like more than two hours passed in a blink of an eye, as short as Elio's summer.
The reason is that I read the original book last night, and after reading a lot of details, the pictures in the movie began to automatically play back in my mind. There are a lot of details in the book that didn't have the chance to be shown in the movie, most of which are meticulous descriptions of Elio's psychology (some people say it's YY when I see it), the young man's mind has turned a thousand times, and I feel that Tiancha has presented it really well this time. , this role is simply none other than him.
Gentleness is a rare quality compared to intelligence.
He was more than intelligent. What you too had had everything and nothing to do with intelligence. He was good. You're both lucky to have found each other because you, too, are good.
As Elio's father said at the end, Elio and Oliver are good people by nature. There is no purpose or benefit in their relationship, it is a natural relationship. I understand that the kind of good mentioned here has another meaning, that is, 'I think he was better than me' in Elio's heart, and he wants to be like him.
A melancholy, restrained, silent teenager like Elio, in front of Oliver, is simply a naughty child. He will beat Oliver with small fists and threw himself into his arms, or jump on him from behind to face Oliver. The molestation shyly hides from his heart but hopes he never takes his hand away, or suddenly bursts into tears at the thought of an impending separation. Even with his close relatives or friends, Elio has never shown this side, he is the good baby who plays music when guests visit, or the mysterious reader in the eyes of girls of the same age, only in the face of Oliver, he It's the more real Elio.
In comparison, Oliver is calmer and more restrained, shaking his head 'Don't make things difficult for me' with a hint of helplessness, but he still unconsciously shows more and more concern about whether Elio is happy and what he does. to make him happy, although all the things he does to make Elio happy, touch or kiss or hug, only make Elio more sad. Facing Elio, who is younger and more ignorant than himself, Oliver may have known Elio's mind early in the morning. He just never broke it, but it should not be out of timidity like Elio, and he even pulled away automatically after he found out. distance. There was a struggle inside him, and he thought a lot about the two of them that Elio had never thought about. As Oliver put it when they were on the mountain after the two went alone to Elio's secret pond:
I know myself. Okay? And we've been good. We haven't done anything to be ashamed of, and that's a good thing. I wanna be good. Okay?
It didn't take long for me to slap my face after saying this...
Lenses never lie, and they magnify. Most of the film and the original book are from Elio's point of view, focusing on the contradiction between Elio's thoughts and actions. He clearly shows more and more attention to Oliver in silence, but expresses this intensity by silence, distance and even pretending to be deep. , until the two of them vented their suppressed emotions with an outbreak of conflict. It was after that incident (which was actually a little like a small conflict between lovers) that the two slowly revealed their true feelings to each other. If it is true as Oliver said, he showed his affection for him earlier than Elio, for example, the sexual touching of Elio on the side of the volleyball court is his way of expressing his affection, and Elio's response makes him feel that he is indecent (laughs, enough to see Elio's sensitivity and innocence), or many nights he's spent hours brooding on the balcony at midnight.
Elio is a hindsight, that's why he regrets wasting too much time, maybe because Oliver is better at hiding, or because Oliver's inner restraint of this feeling. In fact, I have never felt how immature Elio is. His feelings are so sincere and his emotions are so strong that Oliver even seems a bit sophisticated in comparison. I doubted Oliver's feelings for Elio for a while, until later I saw Oliver follow Elio many times with a worried expression on his face, or he started to become inexpressive, but always smiled happily and said Nothing, like A... idiot, his brotherly care, understanding, and affection allow Elio to be his true self.
'Oliver was Oliver.' Because it was him. This is Elio's interpretation of this relationship. Oliver is perfect in Elio's eyes, because it's this person, this special person, that kind of sparkle in someone's eyes. And Elio's father said, 'Parce que c'etait lui. Parce que c'etait moi.' Because it was him, because it was me, because it was two wonderful people who were lucky enough to come together. And never underestimate yourself, maybe that's what Oliver wants Elio to grow up with, because he always remembers everything.
Early summer is beautiful, it's a good time to watch Call Me By Your Name. Another summer has begun.
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