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I don't think personal hurts are silly at all, or the notion that a movie can manipulate them. If you allow yourself to be open, CMBYN is the type of film that will tug at your heart, no matter what your sexual orientation is. For some, the tug reaches deeper.

I found it really helps to see the movie more than once. At least that's been my personal therapy. At $17 a viewing, I've never before spent so much money on a movie.
 
@goeffers
Thanks for sharing such a personal experience. I, too, felt a certain fascination towards Armie, but for different reasons. In the last two months, I think I may have learned just about everything there is to know about him. He can be surprisingly candid in interviews, depending on his mood that day. He seems like a really cool guy, with a very patient wife.
 
Armie claims that the personal bond that formed off-camera between he and Timothée Chalamet turned out to be crucial to his experience. Timothée says something similar. It very well may be the luck of the gods that propelled these two guys to form an honest bond. Most actors don't get very close, let alone develop deep friendships when working on a project together. It very much seems that their new friendship fueled their respective performances. They were in a space where it was OK to be more vulnerable, and that was just the magic ingredient that Luca Guadagnino needed to spark this project.

I remember grinning ear to ear and feeling very happy watching this scene and it has stuck with me. It makes me smile every time I hear this music. Pandora plays it a lot so I'm smiling a lot.
 

I checked online and the budget for "Call Me By Your Name" was $3.5 million! By comparison, last year's best picture, "Moonlight", had a budget of only $1.5 million!!! The thing about CMBYN is that you can pretty well see (and hear!) every bit of its budget on the screen. Luca Guadagnino even explained that the waterfall near Bergamo toward the end of the film was not a natural falls but instead a release of water from a dam, so he and the actors and crew had to lug all of their equipment (Armie said everyone involved in filming that scene helped carry it) uphill to that location, and shoot it in only one take for the $7,000 dollars the dam required to release the floodgates for a short period of time!
 
I hope the fact that this film earned back almost four times its budget in 3 months of release, so far, will open the way for more films of this caliber in the future, including any sequels Guadagnino may decide to make! I feel like CMBYN is historic for bringing an (exciting young) actor of Timothée Chalamet's talent to the attention of movie goers! Including his character in Ladybird, he is obviously also gifted with a very impressive range as an actor, too! I believe (and hope) that the role of Oliver in this film proves once and for all that Armie Hammer (I realize there are a number of naysayers about his acting talent!) has begun to fulfill the promise he first displayed as the Winklevoss twins in "The Social Network!"
 
Gearing up to see CMBYN a fourth time next week!!!
 
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If you introduce the fantasy of sex into a massage experience you enjoy, you risk losing the massage therapist forever. It's happened to me, and I did not enjoy the loss.

I don't think personal hurts are silly at all, or the notion that a movie can manipulate them. If you allow yourself to be open, CMBYN is the type of film that will tug at your heart, no matter what your sexual orientation is. For some, the tug reaches deeper.

I found it really helps to see the movie more than once. At least that's been my personal therapy. At $17 a viewing, I've never before spent so much money on a movie.
 
@goeffers
Thanks for sharing such a personal experience. I, too, felt a certain fascination towards Armie, but for different reasons. In the last two months, I think I may have learned just about everything there is to know about him. He can be surprisingly candid in interviews, depending on his mood that day. He seems like a really cool guy, with a very patient wife.
 
Armie claims that the personal bond that formed off-camera between he and Timothée Chalamet turned out to be crucial to his experience. Timothée says something similar. It very well may be the luck of the gods that propelled these two guys to form an honest bond. Most actors don't get very close, let alone develop deep friendships when working on a project together. It very much seems that their new friendship fueled their respective performances. They were in a space where it was OK to be more vulnerable, and that was just the magic ingredient that Luca Guadagnino needed to spark this project.

To be perfectly honest, the best viewing experience might well be your home TV. For some reason, the clips that are available on the internet are much lighter/brighter than what you see in the movie theater, at least for me. I've seen the film in three different theaters, and each version has been its own unique viewing experience. The third viewing this past weekend was the darkest. So many scenes were too dark to see much detail. Very annoying. Projectors vary from screen to screen. Many scenes in the film take place at night or in low-light situations, so you'll want a good projected version to catch all the details. I have a feeling Netflix or Blu-Ray will produce the best viewing pleasure.

I'll bet the percentage of guys doing HE massages are not licensed, and probably have no formal training. Getting a massage license is not cheap. For those who do hold a license and enjoy being sensual with the customers, talking openly about how far they go is probably not a welcome thing. The risk of losing the license is very real, although the budget for state inspectors is small.
 
I know a few cops but I've never heard of any cop busting a gay male massage therapist for providing a HE. But I don't live in a city where that would be considered a productive use of taxpayer money.

I'll bet the percentage of guys doing HE massages are not licensed, and probably have no formal training. Getting a massage license is not cheap. For those who do hold a license and enjoy being sensual with the customers, talking openly about how far they go is probably not a welcome thing. The risk of losing the license is very real, although the budget for state inspectors is small.
 
I know a few cops but I've never heard of any cop busting a gay male massage therapist for providing a HE. But I don't live in a city where that would be considered a productive use of taxpayer money.

In an off year, Michael Stuhlbarg might have stood a chance. There's too much competition this year, and Stuhlbarg's moment in the film, while devastatingly brilliant, lasted only a few minutes.
 
IMO, Armie Hammer's performance in the movie was never Oscar worthy. Oliver is not the Oscar-winning character. I suspect Armie knew/knows this. He's not shy about throwing a ton of credit Chalamet's way. I suspect Hammer also knows how the choice to be in the film will aid his career and the parts offered to him in the future. So great that the film got an Oscar nod. Very important.

If you introduce the fantasy of sex into a massage experience you enjoy, you risk losing the massage therapist forever. It's happened to me, and I did not enjoy the loss.

My obsession continues:
 
Timothée Chalamet at the ever so young age of 17 promoting YoungArts, and probably not realizing he's sharing the wisdom of an 80-year-old successful man. Truly insightful.
 

Much like Brokeback Mountain, I'm on my third viewing of this film. I can't seem to let it go. My heart wishes to cling to it. Thanks to all who posted the various links to fun and informative videos.

In an off year, Michael Stuhlbarg might have stood a chance. There's too much competition this year, and Stuhlbarg's moment in the film, while devastatingly brilliant, lasted only a few minutes.
 
IMO, Armie Hammer's performance in the movie was never Oscar worthy. Oliver is not the Oscar-winning character. I suspect Armie knew/knows this. He's not shy about throwing a ton of credit Chalamet's way. I suspect Hammer also knows how the choice to be in the film will aid his career and the parts offered to him in the future. So great that the film got an Oscar nod. Very important.

My obsession continues:
 
Timothée Chalamet at the ever so young age of 17 promoting YoungArts, and probably not realizing he's sharing the wisdom of an 80-year-old successful man. Truly insightful.
 

My obsession continues:
 
Timothée Chalamet at the ever so young age of 17 promoting YoungArts, and probably not realizing he's sharing the wisdom of an 80-year-old successful man. Truly insightful.
 

My obsession continues:
 
Timothée Chalamet at the ever so young age of 17 promoting YoungArts, and probably not realizing he's sharing the wisdom of an 80-year-old successful man. Truly insightful.
 

I, too, am looking forward to that. I saw Luca's commentary version of I Am Love twice. I have to assume he did one for CMBYN. I sure hope so. He's a really smart guy, and I love listening to him talk about his process, especially how he had to remove Armie's balls from several frames. I suspect one of the frames was when Elio grabs Oliver's junk shortly after their first kiss. "Am I offending you?" LOVE that moment!
 
You can see it here:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94SwfOmHRQ4

I, too, am looking forward to that. I saw Luca's commentary version of I Am Love twice. I have to assume he did one for CMBYN. I sure hope so. He's a really smart guy, and I love listening to him talk about his process, especially how he had to remove Armie's balls from several frames. I suspect one of the frames was when Elio grabs Oliver's junk shortly after their first kiss. "Am I offending you?" LOVE that moment!
 
You can see it here:
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94SwfOmHRQ4

There's some guy on YouTube hawking instructions on how to get the movie from a torrent site. Have no idea about the quality. There are some countries that will not allow the film to be shown, and there seem to be plenty of people from those places who appreciate the torrent download. Of course, if you want movies like this produced moving forward, it's best to support the effort with ticket sales. There's nothing like money to convince Hollywood that the subject matter has a formidable following.

If someone wants to talk about Woody Allen, can you start a new thread, please? CMBYN is too valuable a subject to be shared with anyone else.

Armie Hammer talking to Peter Travers on the making of ‘Call Me by Your Name’
 

Armie Hammer talking to Peter Travers on the making of ‘Call Me by Your Name’
 

If someone wants to talk about Woody Allen, can you start a new thread, please? CMBYN is too valuable a subject to be shared with anyone else.

If someone wants to talk about Woody Allen, can you start a new thread, please? CMBYN is too valuable a subject to be shared with anyone else.

If someone wants to talk about Woody Allen, can you start a new thread, please? CMBYN is too valuable a subject to be shared with anyone else.