Queer

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6.5/10

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POPULARITY

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Lee, who recounts his life in Mexico City among American expatriate college students and bar owners surviving on part-time jobs and GI Bill benefits. He is driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, who is based on Adelbert Lewis Marker.

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In 1950s Mexico City, an American immigrant in his late forties leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student stirs the man into finally es... Read allIn 1950s Mexico City, an American immigrant in his late forties leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student stirs the man into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.In 1950s Mexico City, an American immigrant in his late forties leads a solitary life amidst a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student stirs the man into finally establishing a meaningful connection with someone.

Director
- Luca Guadagnino
Writers
- William S. Burroughs
- Justin Kuritzkes
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.5/10

18K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

230

Director
- Luca Guadagnino
Writers
- William S. Burroughs
- Justin Kuritzkes
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 58 nominations total

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Queer: Q&A From NYFF 2024

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Storyline

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Trivia
Daniel Craig was ultimately the one who convinced Luca Guadagnino to cast Drew Starkey after watching audition tapes with Guadagnino and telling him "That's the guy" after seeing Starkey's.

Goofs
On the bar scene around minute 13-14 when William Lee (Daniel Craig) notices the centipede necklace, he lifts his glasses over his eyebrows with his left hand and hold it like that, on the follow up scene his glasses are correctly in place and his left hand not visible. The next scene when the man across from him touch William's leg, he is still holding the glasses above his eyebrows and then correctly puts it back in place.

Quotes
[via telepathy]
Eugene Allerton: I'm not queer. Lee... I'm not queer.
William Lee: I know.
Eugene Allerton: I'm disembodied.

Crazy credits
Although every effort has been made to identify and contact all intellectual property rights holders of the materials used in the film, the producer remains available to any rights holders who were unknown or unreachable at the time of the film's production and/or in case of any unintentional omissions.

Connections
Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Daniel Craig/Nicola Coughlan/Jesse Eisenberg/Kieran Culkin/Flo (2024)

Soundtracks
All Apologies
Written by Kurt Cobain (as Kurt Donald Cobain)
Performed by Sinéad O'Connor
Courtesy of Chrysalis Records Limited

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Featured review

6/10

Mixed emotions of depression

The main reason is that the film was too abstract and seemed like a stream of consciousness. The general meaning is to explore the loneliness in the queer heart, the difficulty in establishing connections with others, the pain of not being able to love, and the complex emotions of depression. But the performance technique 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 not be acceptable to the public, and I wanted to leave the scene at one point.