Why is "Call Me By Your Name" not a gay film?

Burdette 2022-03-21 09:01:39

Rather than calling it a gay movie, I would call it a simple romance. The ignorance of youthful feelings and the most genuine desires of people are stimulated by the warm environment of the warm sunshine, delicious fruits and melons in summer, resulting in a feeling of first love. This even reminds me of .

The characters of all the characters in the play are inclusive and wise, and their real thoughts and actions are respected by everyone. Including the protagonist's own thoughts, the protagonist's behavior is not caused by any gender barriers. The tone of the film itself is not secular, but a utopian existence. No one cares about being gay or not, but only about love. So after watching it, I don't worry about whether it is a gay movie or not, I only care about the summer in that small town in southern Italy.

Comrade being talked about? Not in this movie! Parents are very tolerant, the child's life is his own, just take it well. When the mother found out that her son liked Oliver, she even tried to match them up. What's more, the little girlfriend who had a one-night stand forgave him.

Comrade inferiority complex? Not even in this movie! The protagonist sees the glittering Oliver and naturally falls in love with him. Very brave to confess like a middle-aged man, Oliver also admitted that he likes him. Only love and nothing else.

So it's not a gay movie, it's a utopian romance

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Extended Reading

Call Me by Your Name quotes

  • Oliver: The Cosmic Fragments by Heraclitus: The meaning of the river flowing is not that all things are changing so that we cannot encounter them twice, but that some things stay the same only by changing.

  • Annella Perlman: [Reading from The Heptaméron] A handsome young knight is madly in love with a princess, and she too is in love with him, though she seems not to be entirely aware of it. Despite the friendship that blossoms between them, or perhaps because of that very friendship, the young knight finds himself so humbled and speechless that he is totally unable to bring up the subject of his love. Until one day he asks the princess point-blank: Is it better to speak or to die?

    Elio: I'll never have the courage to ask a question like that.

    Mr. Perlman: I doubt that. Hey, Elly-Belly. You do know that you can always talk to us?