Call Me by Your Name - Directed by Luca Guadagnino
Interesting film, very poetic and a sort of “classically queer” film. Coming of age story, set in the 80′s about a teen in the Italian countryside who becomes involved with an older male student, staying with his parents over the summer.
I think the story differed greatly from the traditional story structure, perhaps because it was based on a novel, and had a very “slice of life.” kind of feeling. I still found a lot of novelty in the characters, their emotions and experiences especially involving young love, and queer attraction.
Opening Image: Elio hanging out with his friend Marzia. Shirtless, summer, he looks and feels very naive and young.
Theme Stated: I don’t know if this was stated early on, but the theme seemed to be “Call Me by Your Name.” They each believed the other was the better of the two, thus calling each other by their own names.
Set up:
Catalyst: Oliver, a friend of Elio’s fathers and traveling student visits the home to stay for the summer.
Debate:
Break into two:
B story:
Fun and Games:
Midpoint:
Bad Guys Close in:
All is lost:
Dark Night of the soul:
break into three:
Finale: Elio gets a call from Oliver, who announces that he is engaged. They still call each other by their own names, it still feels special and significant, even though it hurts.
Final image: Elio staring into the fire, finally accepting and embracing his heartbreak over Oliver. bundled up in layers, change of season, cold.
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