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Debating whether to read the book before or after seeing the film.
I've not, I wasn't even aware of its existence sadly until I saw Guadagnino was adapting it as director.
https://deadline.com/2023/09/lorenzo-mieli-priscilla-producer-sofia-coppola-my-brilliant-friend-luca-guadagnino-1235534484/
The director says that with Queer he wanted a Mexico City, dreamy with colors that was “in a way staged, not real,” hence Mieli’s suggestion to recreate the location at Cinecittà.
At Guadagnino’s editing suite with Costa, Mieli screens what’s essentially a sizzle reel for Queer. Costa cut it so that Mieli and Guadagnino could get a feel for the pic’s tone. However, the jazzy, frenetic footage is exciting enough to easily serve as a trailer or a pitch to buyers, should the filmmakers plan to use it. Queer is based on William Burroughs’s 1985 novel, but it was written between 1951 and 1953. The book is also a follow-up to the author’s Junkie. The pic follows Craig as 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. Lee is self-conscious, insecure and driven to pursue a young man named Allerton, who is based on Adelbert Lewis Marker (1930-1998), a recently discharged American Navy serviceman from Jacksonville, FL, who befriended Burroughs in Mexico City.
We’ve seen the 007 actor play raw before, but not like this, hallucinating, strung out, entranced by a ceiling fan and crazily popping off a gun. Images of bugs, dirty wallpaper and blood. The colors are vibrant in pinks and blues, and greys. While Costa is known to work fast (he edited Challengers in 15 days), Queer is still in need of VFX backdrops, evident in the green screens popping up in additional footage we watched. It would not be shocking to see that Italy’s next big cinema export, Queer, in the Oscar conversation next year.
After seeing him rip up the stage in MacBeth, I mentioned to my wife that he has to take that same passion and throw it into darker, stranger characters now that 007 is in the rearview.
This guy is a generational talent, and we're about to see what creations he pulls together in the second half of his performance career.
Thanks for posting @Red_Snow ....
Interesting choices.
5 established cult films.
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971)
The Long Goodbye (Robert Altman, 1973)
Nashville (Robert Altman, 1975)
I'm a few years older than Craig and took to those as well.
Wasn’t sure where to put this.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/charlize-theron-daniel-craig-justin-lin-two-for-the-money-1235725680/
Sounds great, looking forward to seeing it. Thanks for sharing mate
Daniel Craig has written the forward to 'To Save Every One: 200 years of RNLI courage' set for release on 1 February 2024.
Well he is a British Royal Navy Commander.
Really looking forward to finding out who the new cast are, and seeing all of Blanc's new snazzy outfits!
😂 😂 😂
https://semafor.com/article/03/14/2024/gulf-money-stars-in-daniel-craigs-othello-push
Craig likely won't play the next Bond, referencing his wrist-slashing comments from many years back instead of, y'know, his Bond dying in the last film. Wonderful bit of journalism there!
https://filmstories.co.uk/news/knives-out-3-filming-this-november-daniel-craig-returning/
Good. I like Craig as Benoit Blanc and I'm hoping for a decent Agatha Christie-style plot. I wonder if they will make it in time for the 2025 premiere?
I wonder what would happen if EON made Craig the main villain in new Bond movie?
Maybe not in 26, but in 27, 28? Who knows?
I would watch this movie :)
They say never say never; to this I will comfortably say, never. This would never happen.
Maybe in 20 years but I won't bet on It.