Call Me by Your Name

The general take

Paul Eastwick expresses genuine affection for Call Me by Your Name, calling it a fabulous film by director Luca Guadagnino about two young men who connect over a summer. He appreciates it as one of Timothée Chalamet's earlier notable roles, though he admits he may not have actually seen it despite loving it.

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Now a Major Motion Picture from Director Luca Guadagnino, Starring Armie Hammer and Timothée Chalamet, and Written by Three-Time Oscar™ Nominee James Ivory The Basis of the Oscar-Winning Best Adapted Screenplay A New York Times Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Los Angeles Times Bestseller A Vulture Book Club Pick An Instant Classic and One of the Great Love Stories of Our Time Andre Aciman's Call Me by Your Name is the story of a sudden and powerful romance that blossoms between an adolescent boy and a summer guest at his parents’ cliffside mansion on the Italian Riviera. Each is unprepared for the consequences of their attraction, when, during the restless summer weeks, unrelenting currents of obsession, fascination, and desire intensify their passion and test the charged ground between them.

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  Paul Eastwick👍 Recommends

  …discussion of film depicting same-sex relationship development in the 1980s

  “I love the movie Call Me By Your Name. I don't think I've seen it. Yeah. It's about 10 years old. It's Luca Guadagnino and he's a fabulous director, but it's about two men who get together over the course of a summer, young men who find it. It's one of Timothee Chalamet's earlier movies.”

  Huberman Lab — Science of Attraction, Compatibility & Romance | Dr. Paul Eastwickat 39:46

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