Call Me By Your Name

[tchm]

@OCClient and @TruHart1 - I believe we found the other person responsible for the rest of this movie's gross receipts.

 

... and he's not done either.

[TruHart1]

@OCClient and @TruHart1 - I believe we found the other person responsible for the rest of this movie's gross receipts.

... and he's not done either.

I don't know about @OCClient or @tchm, but I know I'll be buying my Blu-ray of Call Me By Your Name the day it is released, March 13, 2018! I especially hope there will be a commentary track with Luca and the cast included in the special features!

 

TruHart1

[Kenny]

Desire is not dirty just because it's gay desire. Movies like Summer of 42 and Dirty Dancing.

“Only in the 1980s could you get away with a storyline like (Dirty Dancing).”

 

The big Hollywood finale dance number was very touching — and not the least bit pervy.

 

I think this is right; that movie could never be made today:

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/aug/31/dirty-dancing-never-made-today-abortion-religion-class-hollywood

[+ WilliamM]

How to Come of Age Onscreen? Saoirse Ronan and Timothée Chalamet Know

 

(Edited)

 

By PHILIP GALANES JAN. 31, 2018

Print Edition NY Times January 4 2018

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“Want to know what I call him?” Saoirse Ronan asked, pointing at Timothée Chalamet, who had just joined us at the table and was shrugging off his coat. “Pony,” the actress said, “Because he’ll come up to Greta and me and nuzzle us.”

 

“Greta” is the screenwriter and director Greta Gerwig, making it a high-class stable: All three are nominated for an Oscar at this year’s Academy Awards. And as if on cue, Mr. Chalamet lowered his head like a baby foal and nestled it gently beneath Ms. Ronan’s jaw. “It’s quite disarming,” she said with a laugh. “My Pretty Pony!”

 

 

Mr. Chalamet, 22, also appears in “Lady Bird,” as a very bad boyfriend of Ms. Ronan’s character. But it is for his heartbreaking turn in Luca Guadagnino’s coming-of-age film “Call Me by Your Name,” about a summer romance between two young men, that Mr. Chalamet has won raves, as well numerous nods on the awards circuit, including an Academy Award nomination for best actor.

 

Like Ms. Ronan, Mr. Chalamet was born in New York. He graduated from Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts in 2013. Along with roles on the television series “Homeland” and in the films “Men, Women & Children” and “Interstellar,” he starred in the Off Broadway production of John Patrick Shanley’s play “Prodigal Son,” for which he won the Lucille Lortel Award for lead actor in a play.

 

PG What do you worry about?

 

TC When you get to act in things as good as “Lady Bird” or “Call Me by Your Name,” you’ve got a huge responsibility to do them truthfully. So that young people watching can say, “I see myself on that screen!” What if I can’t do it?

 

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PG Are you better on the 13th take, Timothée?

 

TC As Armie [Hammer, Mr. Chalamet’s co-star in “Call Me by Your Name”] says, “I wear my heart on my sleeve.” That argues for innateness, I guess. But the greatest lesson for me in drama school was failing, time after time. In my sophomore year, I struggled with this one scene. I never did it right. It was always bad..

 

TC One of my favorite scenes in “Call Me by Your Name” is the morning after Elio and Oliver have made love for the first time, and there’s this weird tension that develops. There was some dialogue, and we tried it a few times. Then we tried it without the lines. And it works so much better that way because it’s unclear. It invites the viewer to figure out what the characters are going through.

 

 

TC You know what’s weird? My favorite moment in my film is one I shouldn’t be able to relate to: when Michael Stuhlbarg, who plays my father, says, “As for our bodies, there comes a time when no one wants to come near them.” That moment shatters me.

 

SR What these films have in common — even t

 

PG There are two uncannily parallel scenes in your movies: Your characters are on emotional overload — Elio has just said goodbye to his lover, Lady Bird has lost her virginity to Timmy’s character — and they both fall apart, in cars, with their mothers.

 

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“I’ve always known, from the age of 12, that I was being asked different questions by interviewers than men,” said Ms. Ronan. “That always infuriated me.” Credit Hilary Swift for The New York Times

SR As a young person, the lovely thing about having scenes between parents and children is that there are still so many times when I want to wallow and fall apart, and you’ve got that person, who’s a few steps ahead of you, there to pick you up.

 

TC I’m still young enough that moments with my parents have not taken on that sweet tone I understand they take later in life. I’m in that confused state of “You guys are still the guiders, right?”

 

SR I get nostalgic for being very young, like 7 or 8, when I was still in the countryside, when you’d go to school and have your few friends. I miss the simplicity of that.

 

PG Are you saying the red carpet is not like a village in Ireland?

 

SR I don’t know what it’s been like for you, Timmy, going through the award ceremonies for the first time. When I did it with “Brooklyn,” it was wonderful, but also quite overwhelming. And like what I was saying before, it moves on before you have time to grasp it. This time, it feels more relaxing, maybe because we’re doing it together.

 

TC For me, it’s thrilling just to be in these rooms with these people.

 

PG Is #MeToo adding a layer of complexity? The red carpets look daunting enough without having to say something intelligent about sexual politics.

 

SR It’s been the hot topic this year, for sure. And at the Golden Globes the other night, there was more sense of purpose than I’ve ever experienced at an awards show.

 

PG As kids on film sets, did you have an inkling of the inequality women faced?

 

SR I’ve always been outspoken, so I’ve felt listened to. But these conversations have sent me looking back at my experiences, professionally and personally, since I was young. I think men’s and women’s perspectives on women are warped.

 

PG How so?

 

SR Well, it’s really not an equal playing field.

TC I feel very lucky to have an older sister who always pointed out the dynamics of what it’s like when a woman shares her ideas, how they’re received compared to men’s ideas. And being young, hopefully getting to act for years on end, changing.

PG “Call Me by Your Name” opened a month after the Kevin Spacey scandal broke. People complained that Armie was too old to be your co-star, that it looked pervy. Did you worry about that?

TC Not at all. Art takes place in the head of the audience member. So, anybody’s reaction is fair — as long as they’ve seen the art. And I’ve yet to speak with anyone who saw the film as anything other than a consensual story, full of love.

SR And you watch the characters learning from each other. You see that Timmy’s character is getting as much out of it as Armie’s.

PG Timmy’s crossed that bridge. Did you struggle with your decision to work with Woody Allen?

SR Have you done a film with Woody?

TC It’s part of our jobs now, as actors, to be more aware of the choices we’re making. And it’s going to be important for me to talk about working with Woody. But “Call Me by Your Name” is my first big film. And I’m not going to let anything chip away at my celebration of that. [As promised, Mr. Chalamet has since released a statement announcing that he is donating his salary from Mr. Allen’s film to charities.]

PG You both come from showbiz families: Saoirse’s dad is an actor; Timothée’s mom was a dancer. Did they worry about you working as children?

SR If you handle it right, there’s a way

TC I love that my mom is going to read this! So many kids want to pursue acting and are told no by their parents. But mine always said, “If this is something you want, we will fully support it.” And they did. But after I did “Homeland” and “Interstellar,” I was itching to launch my career. But my mom, who had always

PG I was still begging my parents for money at your age.

TC I still am.

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TC Right now, I feel like I want to jump into the most intense thing, work-wise. It appeals to me. I don’t know what would happen if I waited six months. It’s like what we were saying about failure creating freedom. After all this positive reception, I feel like I need to get back to failing again.

PG Last question …

TC I have a feeling I know what it’s going to be.

SR What?

TC Something about sex with peaches or our sex scene in “Lady Bird.”

PG Wrong! When they go low, we go high. This is my question: Elio would be 51 today, and Lady Bird would be 33. What do you imagine their lives are like now?

TC Well, I’m a little restricted because there’s a chapter at the end of the novel that hints at that. But I think he’s open with himself. His sexuality wasn’t something that he had to grapple with as hard as Oliver did.

SR And I just automatically think Lady Bird is living Greta’s life. She’s a successful writer; she’s found a great man. And I hope she has a nice relationship with her family at home. You know, living in New York, but going home to Sacramento for Christmas.

[OCClient]

I don't know about @OCClient or @tchm, but I know I'll be buying my Blu-ray of Call Me By Your Name the day it is released, March 13, 2018! I especially hope there will be a commentary track with Luca and the cast included in the special features!

 

TruHart1

I'm in!

[Kenny]

PG “Call Me by Your Name” opened a month after the Kevin Spacey scandal broke. People complained that Armie was too old to be your co-star, that it looked pervy

Yep. But only a tad.

[OCClient]

Regarding the sequel comments, the book didn't touch on politics at all. The only faint idea of politics was that Anchise was kicked out of the Army for some reason. Gay? He was much younger in the book.

 

Anyway, since politics was not a theme of the book, I hope Luca doesn't dwell too much on Berlusconi in the sequel, or if he does, he uses a deft touch.

 

Hopefully Aciman will serve as an effective reality check for Luca, that fans may react to pushing political opinions that might land with a thud inside of our beloved story of these characters.

[TruHart1]

Regarding the sequel comments, the book didn't touch on politics at all. The only faint idea of politics was that Anchise was kicked out of the Army for some reason. Gay? He was much younger in the book.

 

Anyway, since politics was not a theme of the book, I hope Luca doesn't dwell too much on Berlusconi in the sequel, or if he does, he uses a deft touch.

 

Hopefully Aciman will serve as an effective reality check for Luca, that fans may react to pushing political opinions that might land with a thud inside of our beloved story of these characters.

You bring up an interesting point, @OCClient, in that in the film (NOT the book!) there are various political discussions about the Italian government in 1983, but only peripherally; in the kitchen when Mafalda and her friends are cooking as Elio runs through, certainly at the table when Signor and Signorina "Talk fast and steamroll the conversation" are discussing politics and Luis Buñuel, achieving nothing but boredom in everyone else, and even the reference to a poster at the home of the older woman who gives Elio and Oliver each a glass of water, when Oliver sees a poster above her door about "Il Duce" (Mussolini!)

 

These political discussions/references are in the background and given absolutely no real emphasis in the film, except in passing. They seem to be a part of the setting, just like the dance music (when Elio's friends are ooh-ing and ah-ing over Oliver and Chiara kissing on the dance floor!) and the pop music on the radio. So, if politics is referenced in the sequel(s), it will (hopefully) only be used to give a feel of time and place as it is in CMBYN.

 

TruHart1

[OCClient]

You bring up an interesting point, @OCClient, in that in the film (NOT the book!) there are various political discussions about the Italian government in 1983, but only peripherally; in the kitchen when Mafalda and her friends are cooking as Elio runs through, certainly at the table when Signor and Signorina "Talk fast and steamroll the conversation" are discussing politics and Luis Buñuel, achieving nothing but boredom in everyone else, and even the reference to a poster at the home of the older woman who gives Elio and Oliver each a glass of water, when Oliver sees a poster above her door about "Il Duce" (Mussolini!)

 

These political discussions/references are in the background and given absolutely no real emphasis in the film, except in passing. They seem to be a part of the setting, just like the dance music (when Elio's friends are ooh-ing and ah-ing over Oliver and Chiara kissing on the dance floor!) and the pop music on the radio. So, if politics is referenced in the sequel(s), it will (hopefully) only be used to give a feel of time and place as it is in CMBYN.

 

TruHart1

Good point @TruHart1, how these references added context, the era of the story. There was even a bit on the TV about Bettino Craxi, unless I'm mistaken. I suppose the Mussolini placard was a reminder that not everyone from the fascist period had transitioned out of the population yet. Oh, and now that I think about it, the book did cover war references, though mostly as a metaphor, such as the Maginot Line, these were sort of political elements. Yeah, I'm convinced not to be too concerned after all what Luca is up to. I'll let Luca figure out the sequel by himself.

[Kenny]

Fascism (Mussolini)? Socialism (Craxi)? Certainly there weren’t any politics in the film!

 

Just because Oliver had to return to America, lock the closet door and get married to a women in order to live a life during the height of the AIDS epidemic is no reason to think that “the assumptions or principles relating to or inherent in a sphere, theory, or thing, especially when concerned with power and status in a society“ — i.e. politics — had anything to do with the sexy love story.

 

I will never understand why some folks are terrified of the thought of art having a political dimension. Especially when CMBYN does.

[escortrod]

...transitioned out of the population yet.

What a fantastic euphemism for death. I will have to steal it.

[Karl-G]

Timmy is back in California. He just won a Santa Barbara Virtuoso Award. The six young winners were then interviewed.

 

http://variety.com/2018/film/awards/timothee-chalamet-daniel-kaluuya-santa-barbara-virtuoso-awards-1202686772/

 

 

[OCClient]

What a fantastic euphemism for death. I will have to steal it.

I saw someone use it years ago on the news to explain how public opinion would move on gay rights. Definitely a nicer way of saying it.

Edited February 5, 2018 by OCClient

[Kenny]

Desire is not dirty just because it's gay desire. Movies like ... Dirty Dancing.

 

[Karl-G]

Very nice interview of Timmy by Frank Ocean. Timmy is putting on 25 pounds for his next role.

 

https://vman.com/article/timothee-chalamet-frank-ocean/

[rogerG]

Here is a fun and revealing Facebook Live interview with fans asking questions. Some of the questions are pretty good.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PyWMEixIXdA

[Karl-G]

Very nice. Thank you.

[Karl-G]

Timmy's sweaters are available at Gucci for $1,375 - $2,500 apiece. Someone called in about the one he was wearing during the above interview, and Luca responded.

[Karl-G]

CHANCE TO HAVE DINNER AND A DRINK WITH ARMIE AND TIMMY!

 

Armie and Timmy are sponsoring a raffle to raise funds for two charities. If you donate, your name is added to the lottery. The prize is dinner and drinks for two with Armie and Timmy and the rest of the cast of CMBYN the night before the Oscars!

 

http://www.refinery29.com/2018/02/190262/call-me-by-your-name-omaze-contest-meet-timothee-armie

[+ Gar1eth]

I don’t intend on seeing the movie. On an Earth in a parallel dimension, Armie Hammer and I are married. It would be too painful sitting and watching him on our Earth knowing but for an interdimensional quirk we’d be together.

 

 

Gman

[TruHart1]

CHANCE TO HAVE DINNER AND A DRINK WITH ARMIE AND TIMMY!

 

Armie and Timmy are sponsoring a raffle to raise funds for two charities. If you donate, your name is added to the lottery. The prize is dinner and drinks for two with Armie and Timmy and the rest of the cast of CMBYN the night before the Oscars!

 

http://www.refinery29.com/2018/02/190262/call-me-by-your-name-omaze-contest-meet-timothee-armie

In this article, the actors switch their placards so they are calling each other by the other actor's name. I love this!

 

Spend An Evening With Armie & Timothée

http://s3.r29static.com//bin/entry/95e/720x405,80/1926868/image.jpg

 

It's a win, win situation: one lucky couple gets hang time with the amazing cast of CMBYN and both The Trevor Project and the Foundation for the AIDs Monument get charitable contributions: omaze.com/callme

 

TruHart1

 

PS: For as little as a $10 donation, you get 100 chances!!!

[OCClient]

I won a dinner with an Indie movie director, which was hella fun. Sounds like this is not really the same kind of experience but still such a worthy cause. I'm in!

[TruHart1]

Also, if you check out the details on the Omaze site, it states that airfare to, and lodging in L.A. are included for the winner and their guest as part of the prize!

 

TruHart1

[LoveNDino]

14 Dunkirk - $188,045,546

15 Get Out - $176,024,690

43 The Post - $72,836,520

51 Darkest Hour - $51,471,092

54 The Shape of Water - $49,765,691

58 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - $45,344,806

59 Lady Bird - $45,237,506

113 Phantom Thread - $16,390,094

117 Call Me by Your Name - $13,945,596

 

CBMYN will be 2017's Best Picture Nominee with the lowest gross receipts:(

This weekend's grosses of the nominees, still (or re-released) in the theaters, are predicted as follows:

 

8 The Post - $3,500,000 -32.9%

9 The Shape of Water - $3,000,000 -32.6%

13 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri - $2,200,000 -27.0%

14 Darkest Hour - $1,590,000 -32.7%

19 Phantom Thread - $1,190,000 -44.1%

21 Lady Bird - $934,650 -29.0%

24 Call Me by Your Name - $683,460 -22.8%

42 Get Out - $15,000 -67.7%

 

Thank goodness for MoviePass. I'll watch it again this coming week!

Edited February 11, 2018 by LoveNDino

[TruHart1]

Agreed...

(I also liked Vanda Capriolo, whose Mafalda is one of those unsung small parts that gives a movie credibility.)

...

If my recollection is correct, Luca Guadagnino said he found Vanda Capriolo in Crema during pre-production and cast her for Mafalda due to her personality, even though her acting experience was practically non-existent! Of course, there is also the author of the original novel "Call Me By Your Name" André Aciman, who portrays the shorter of the gay couple both Elio and his mother call "Sonny and Cher" in the film. Luca said since the novelist was nearly always on set during filming, why not? I think for his little cameo, he fits right in!

 

TruHart1

Edited February 19, 2018 by TruHart1