Queer 2024 Full Movie Watch Streaming
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William Lee – Mark You!
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In Mexico City in the 1950s, an American immigrant in his 40s lives a lonely life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student causes the man to finally make a meaningful connection with someone. It was Daniel Craig who eventually convinced Luca Guadagnino to play Drew Starkey after watching audition tapes with Guadagnino and telling him “That’s the guy” after seeing Starkey… Or What’s Left of Her After Four Years in the Navy…
In 1950s Mexico, William Lee, an American writer on the wrong side of
Starring Graham Norton and guests: Daniel Craig/Nicola Coughlan/Jesse Eisenberg/Kieran Culkin/Flo (2024). I’ve never seen ‘Naked Lunch’ (1991), but I often caught myself thinking about it during screenings of ‘Queer’ at the 2024 London Film Festival – perhaps to be expected, since William S Burroughs provided the source material for both films. forties? fifties?
But what does Eugenio himself want?
spends his days getting drunk, making out with, and occasionally having sex with other men. One day, young, muscular, intelligent Eugene walks into the bar and Lee becomes smitten. Plus, there’s that telepathic drug to think about… I’m not sure what stylistically director Luca Guadagnino is trying to achieve with this film. The sets are almost exclusively decorated in blocky colors (dull reds and olive greens, for example) and have that clean, vaguely unreal Technicolor look that led me to believe the intention was to pay homage to the films of the era in which the film is set.
But if that’s the case, then why the decidedly 1950s rock and techno soundtrack?
Daniel Craig (is it my imagination or is he starting to sound like Sid James?) is stuck in the lead role and has to constantly deliver inane speeches in an accent that’s clearly not his own. Drew Starkey is able to deliver a more subtle performance as the manipulative Eugene, and he certainly shows off the preppy side. Lesley Manville is unrecognisable as a doctor living in the South American jungle – kudos to the make-up team! This is the kind of film that I find to be more about artistic style than narrative substance.
It was fine to watch once, but I won’t be watching it again
