tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242690213881108403.post3501571262205846359..comments2023-08-19T02:34:27.678-07:00Comments on Film Alert 101: The Current Cinema - Max Berghouse takes a contrary position on CALL ME BY YOUR NAME (Luca Guadagnino, 2017)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5242690213881108403.post-17184262785735988242018-02-17T21:51:16.797-08:002018-02-17T21:51:16.797-08:00Gay themed material is only poorly exploited by th...Gay themed material is only poorly exploited by the industry in arthouse drivel like this. European cinema in particular has a distinguished history of gay themed and charactered film, for instance Andre Techine' 1993 breakthrough hit, Les Roseaux Sauvages (Wild Reeds ) which is enomrously successful artistically and commercially. It's Guadagnino who is exploiting this supposedly ripe genre and he spends as much time in press saying how much it is NOT a gay movie. It is and it's a very bad one. I for one don't need or endorse universality when it's used as an artistic beard. david harenoreply@blogger.com