![]() ![]() ![]() These images set the tone for the narrative to follow. It is perhaps particularly significant for Australian audiences who only last year saw gay marriage rights finally successfully included in the political agenda.Ĭall Me by Your Name begins with images of Greco-Roman sculptures where the opening credits are superimposed over seductive naked male bodies. This pastoral summer landscape, in turn, enhances the gradually heightened emotions of the protagonists and the film becomes a welcome contribution to the celebration of love between members of the same sex. A soundtrack including various singers and composers is so haunting and effective that music as an accompaniment to images of a breathtaking scenery becomes a character in its own right. These being themes we can all relate to, Guadagnino’s fifth feature film engages and captivates, it presents the viewer a story that reads like a poem and we readily identify with the feelings of the two male protagonists emotions that cut deep and are ultimately universal. The film also explores the transitory nature of human existence and themes like youth and ageing, loss and heartache, religious affiliation, affinity and faith, and parental, marital, as well as both male and female bonding. ![]()
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