Well what are you waiting for? Luca Guadagnino's phenomonal William S. Burroughs adaptation Queer is available to rent and buy ditigally today -- so go do that here! I know the reaction has been mixed towards the film but I personally am anything but -- it''s one of my top three films of 2024; indeed I haven't been able to write that list because my top three keep shifting every time I re-watch them and this one is very much in that mix. Here is my review.
If I hear one more person say “a movie should work on its own, without you needing you do research to understand or appreciate it” - no maybe you should remember how to be intellectually curious like when you a kid and didn’t get a grown up reference and be delighted by new things to learn!
— Jason Adams (@jamnpp.bsky.social) January 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
It’s an outstanding motion picture. But I’m a queer fan of Guadagnino, Kuritzkes, Mukdeeprom, Craig, Manville, Prince, Nirvana, Burroughs, Droege and Reznor/Ross, and I’ve taken my fair share of hallucinogens, so what do I know?
ReplyDeleteQueer was the most interesting when it depicted Craig/Lee’s intense desire for Starkey/Eugene. But my interest waned as the story focused on Craig suffering withdrawal. I wondered why Starkey’s character stayed with him. The film lost me during the jungle trek. Starkey became a background character as if the director didn’t know what to do with him. But the nude interpretive dance was fun to watch.
ReplyDeleteI'm one of those who found the book more engaging than the movie.
ReplyDeleteI feel like people miss how funny it is, at least the first half, with Lee being so hapless and love-addled. Drew Droege as the catty queen just killed me.
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