46/49
In 1950s Mexico City, an American immigrant in his 40s lives a lonely life in a small American community. However, the arrival of a young college student prompts the man to form a meaningful connection with someone. Ultimately, it was Daniel Craig who convinced Luca Guadagnino to cast Drew Starkey after watching Guadagnino’s audition tapes and telling him “That’s the guy” after watching Starkey. William Lee: Sit Down! Or What’s Left of Him After Four Years in the Navy. Starring in The Graham Norton Show: Daniel Craig/Nicola Coughlan/Jesse Eisenberg/Kieran Culkin/Flo (2024). The main reason is that the film was too abstract and felt like a stream of consciousness. The overall gist is an exploration of the loneliness of the queer heart, the difficulty of connecting with others, the pain of not being able to love, and the complex emotions of depression. But the technique of execution is very stream of consciousness, especially the last 20 minutes, which have almost no lines and are completely used to express the inner world of the male protagonist through various blurs, hallucinations and abstract art forms. Although I understood what the director wanted to express, the form of expression may be unacceptable to the audience and I wanted to leave the scene at some point.