21/17
In 1950s Mexico City, a forty-something American immigrant lives a lonely life in a small American community. However, the arrival of a young student inspires the man to finally make a meaningful connection with someone. Daniel Craig is ultimately the one who convinced Luca Guadagnino to cast Drew Starkey after watching audition tapes with Guadagnino and telling him “He’s the guy” after seeing Starkey. William Lee: Sit on your ass! Or what’s left of it 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 stream-of-consciousness. The overall thrust is to explore the loneliness in the gay heart, the difficulty of connecting 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 entirely used to express the inner world of the male protagonist through various blurs, hallucinations, and abstract art forms. Even though I understood what the director wanted to express, the form of expression may not have been acceptable to the audience, and I wanted to leave the stage at one point.