'Call Me by Your Name': Geo, But Is It Gay?

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME REVIEW – GEO GAY LOVE STORY SC AND OVERWHELMS
WHY DO GAYS KEEP FALLG FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME?
'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME' IS THE STRAIGHTT GAY MOVIE EVER
THE ONE QUTN ARMIE HAMMER IS SICK OF BEG ASKEDTHE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME ACTOR ON DISTASTEFUL QUERI, WORKG WH TIMOTHéE CHALAMET, AND GETTG REGNIZED FOR HIS VOICE.BY JOSH DUBOFFNOVEMBER 21, 2017PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG MCDEAN; STYLED BY JSI DIEHL FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2017 ISSUE.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEARMIE HAMMER IS THE SORT OF ACTOR WHO, AT ALL TIM, LOOKS LIKE HE’S STEPPED OUT OF A LOGNE ADVERTISEMENT—WHICH HAS LIKELY WORKED EHER FOR OR AGAST HIM OVER HIS REER, PENDG ON THE ROLE. SCE FIRST MAKG A SPLASH 2010’S THE SOCIAL NETWORK, HAMMER STARRED A STRG OF HIGH-PROFILE FILMS (THE LONE RANGER, THE MAN OM U.N.C.L.E., NOCTURNAL ANIMALS)—BUT CALL ME BY YOUR NAME PROMIS TO CHANGE THE POPULAR PERCEPTN OF HIM. HAMMER PLAYS OLIVER, A 24-YEAR-OLD AMERIN WHO STAYS WH A EUROPEAN FAY OVER A SUMMER ITALY, GREATLY IMPACTG THE LIFE OF ONE OF HIS HOSTS, 17-YEAR-OLD EL (PLAYED BY TIMOTHéE CHALAMET). THE FILM—WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON FRIDAY—HAS RECEIVED STELLAR REVIEWS, AND HAMMER’S TURN AS THE NFINT, BUOYANT OBJECT OF EL’S AFFECTN HAS HIM THE AWARDS-SEASON NVERSATN.ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE FILM’S RELEASE, HAMMER—WEARG A BLACK-AND-WHE PATTERNED JACKET OVER A GRAY POLO SHIRT, STATNED A MIDTOWN OFFICE—UGHT UP WH VANY FAIR TO DISCS WHAT KD OF QUTNS ABOUT CALL ME BY YOUR NAME HE IS SICK OF BEG ASKED, WHY HE WAS DRAWN TO THE STORY IALLY, AND THE FEEDBACK HE GETS MOST OFTEN OM FANS.VANY FAIR: HAVE YOU BEEN SURPRISED BY THE QUTNS YOU’RE GETTG ABOUT THE FILM, AND THE FEEDBACK SO FAR? THE THGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT?ARMIE HAMMER: YOU KNOW, 'S FUNNY—WHEN WE WERE MAKG THE FILM, I NEVER ONCE NSIRED THE RECEPTN OR THE QUTNS PEOPLE WOULD ASK OR ANYTHG LIKE THAT. IT WAS ALWAYS JT THE SGULAR FOC OF DOG A GOOD JOB ON WHAT WE HAD TO DO THAT DAY, YOU KNOW? AND REALLY KG AND ENJOYG THE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYTHG WAS WORTH. I JT WANTED TO BE SO PRENT. SO NOW, ’S BEEN GREAT, BEE YOU S DOWN WH SOME PEOPLE AND THEY’LL ASK YOU A QUTN ABOUT THE MOVIE AND YOU GO, “OH MY GOD, I NEVER EVEN NSIRED THAT. WOW! WHAT A GREAT, GREAT TAKE!” BUT THEN ALSO YOU S DOWN WH PEOPLE WHO ASK YOU DUMB QUTNS AND YOU’RE LIKE, “OH, YOU REALLY WENT TO THE BASE LEVEL OF . . . O.K., FE, SURE.”THEY’RE LIKE, “WHAT ROBE DO YOU WEAR DURG THE NU SCENE?” OR SOMETHG . . .YEAH, LIKE, “HOW WAS WHEN TIMMY HAD TO GRAB YOUR CROTCH?” I’M LIKE, WE'RE MAKG A MOVIE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKG ABOUT? THE GUYS ARE LOVE. LIKE, SHUT UP.THE MOVIE ISN’T OFFICIALLY OUT YET, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT YOUR “ARMIE HAMMER LIFE TAKEAWAYS” ARE GOG TO BE, WHEN YOU’RE LOOKG BACK AT THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME ERA 5 OR 10 YEARS DOWN THE LE?I’VE KD OF MENTNED BEFORE THAT WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND ACTG CLASS, AND YOU’RE AN IALISTIC ACTOR, AND THEY’RE TELLG YOU ABOUT WHAT MAKG FILM N ACTUALLY BE, THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT YOU DO THAT CHALLENGE YOU, AND PH YOU, AND FORCE YOU TO GROW, AND CHALLENGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE, AND MAKE YOU GROW AS AN ARTIST AND AS A HUMAN AND BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH . . . AND THEN YOU GET TO THE BS AND YOU REALIZE THAT ’S VERY MUCH LIKE A BS. THIS [MOVIE] WAS PROOF TO ME THAT IF YOU SEEK OUT, YOU N FD THOSE MOVI THAT ARE THE IALISTIC MOVI THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU’RE JT STARTG OUT. THIS WAS THAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST REWARDG ARTISTIC ENAVORS I’VE EVER UNRTAKEN, AND ’S SET THE BAR REALLY HIGH FOR ME. AND I KNOW THAT ’S UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT THIS EVERY TIME. THAT’S JT NOT POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, JT LIKE THE PATER KNOWS EVERY TIME HE SS DOWN TO PAT AT THE NVAS, ’S NOT GONNA BE A MASTERPIECE. BUT THIS FILM SHOWED ME THAT ALL OF THAT TALK WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND IALISTIC ISN’T JT TALK. YOU N DO THAT.FILMS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS OR GAY ORIENTED THEM, THERE’S OFTEN A TRAGEDY ELEMENT TO THEM.YEAH . . .OFTEN, SOMEONE’S DYG, OR HAS A FATAL ILLNS, OR THEY N’T E OUT. BUT THIS FILM IS MALY JT A ROMANCE BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS. WAS THAT SOMETHG THAT APPEALED TO YOU?I LOVED THAT ABOUT THE STORY. I LOVED THAT THE ONLY ANTAGONIST THIS FILM IS TIME. BEE THEIR TIME WILL END AND THEY KNOW , AND THAT’S . NO ONE GETS SICK; NO ONE GETS BEATEN UP BY REDNECKS. NO ONE GETS REJECTED BY THEIR FAY; NO ONE GETS REJECTED BY THEIR IENDS; NO ONE HAS TO E OUT AND THEN SUFFER THE NSEQUENC. IT’S A BETIFUL STORY OF TWO PEOPLE WHO FALL LOVE AND THAT’S . AND I THK THAT’S WHY A BROAD SPECTM OF PEOPLE REALLY N RELATE TO , BEE EVERYBODY’S FELT FEELGS OF FATUATN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE—LIKE, “OH MY GOD, THEIR LEG JT TOUCHED ME, HOLY SH.” EVERYONE N REGNIZE THAT AND THE FACT THAT WE—[DIRECTOR] LU [GUADAGNO]—PACKAGED A WAY THAT MAK CREDIBLY ACCSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE. I THK THAT'S ONE OF THE BETIFUL THGS ABOUT THE FILM THAT LU WAS ABLE TO ACPLISH.THERE IS A KD OF PROJECTN GOG ON WH YOUR CHARACTER—BEFORE TIMOTHéE’S CHARACTER, AND BEFORE WE, ACTUALLY GET TO KNOW HIM, AND WE JT SEE HIM OM AFAR. DID YOU DRAW ON ANYTHG OR ANY SUATN YOUR LIFE FOR THAT?MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYIT’S VERY MUCH THAT WAY THE BOOK. YOU KNOW, THE BOOK IS WRTEN ENTIRELY OM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TERLOCUTN OF EL. AND ’S VERY SUBJECTIVE ABOUT HOW HE FEELS ABOUT ANYTHG, GIVEN THE MOMENT. SO IF OLIVER DOWN FOR BREAKFAST THE MORNG AND SS DOWN NEXT TO HIM, AND ASKS HIM HOW HE’S DOG, THEN THE BOOK, HE’S THE GREATT. LIKE, “I LOVE HIM, HE’S A WONRFUL PERSON.” BUT IF HE DOWN FOR BREAKFAST AND DON’T S DOWN, DON’T SAY HELLO TO ANYBODY AND JT WALKS OUT THE DOOR, THEN HE’S AN ASSHOLE: FUCK THAT GUY. THE BOOK, EVEN MORE SO THAN THE FILM, IS OM THE SUBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE OF EL, AND THE MOVIE IS A LTLE MORE VOYRISTIC WHERE YOU’RE JT THERE WATCHG THIS PLAY OUT ALMOST REAL TIME.WE’RE STG AT THE TABLE WH THEM.EXACTLY. I MEAN, YOU’RE OBVLY STILL FOLLOWG EL, BUT ’S A LTLE B MORE NTRAL. SO THE BOOK ’S A LOT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTN OF WHAT OLIVER IS AND WHAT HE REPRENTS TO EL, AND THE MOVIE I HAD TO SEPARATE THAT A LTLE B AND FD OUT THE SENCE OF WHO HE REALLY WAS.IS THERE ANYTHG ABOUT TIMOTHéE YOU FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FD OUT?HE’S AN EXCELLENT RAPPER. IT’S NOT EVEN A JOKE . . . THERE ARE ALSO VIOS OF HIM RAPPG ONLE. IT’S AMAZG, ’S AMAZG. HE’S GOT LIKE, A MASSIVE STAGE PRENCE, AND HE’S SO FORTABLE. TIMMY IS . . . HE IS AN CREDIBLE HUMAN BEG WH SUCH A RICH AND VIBRANT TERNAL LIFE THAT HE WEARS SO CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. HE IS SO UNGUARD, AND ’S ALMOST LIKE A GIFT TO THE WORLD AROUND HIM. BEE HE ULD VERY EASILY PROTECT HIMSELF MORE, BUT HE DON’T, AND THAT’S WHAT MAK HIM WONRFUL.YOU GUYS HAVE TO RELEASE A SGLE TOGETHER.FOR SURE. I’M , I’M .IS THERE ANY RPONSE THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU OM SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN THE FILM, SOMETHG THAT PECIALLY STAYED WH YOU?YEAH. ONE PERSON SAW THE FILM AND TWEETED OUT TO I THK TIMMY OR PETER [SPEARS] THE PRODUCER AND SAID, “I WATCHED THE FILM AND THEN I WENT HOME AND ME OUT TO MY PARENTS.” I WAS LIKE, “WHOA, WHOA.” IT’S THAT THG OF, I DON’T WANT TO BE NAIVE ENOUGH TO THK THAT MOVI N CHANGE THE WORLD. BUT CHANGED THAT GUY’S WORLD. IT GAVE HIM SOMETHG THAT HE NEED TO BE O.K. WH WHO HE WAS.ARE YOU SOMEONE WHO READS ALL THE REVIEWS? DO YOU SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG?THEY’RE HARD TO AVOID, BEE WE’RE DOG THIS WHOLE [PRS TOUR]. BUT I’M NOT GOG OUT OF MY WAY TO REALLY SEEK ‘EM OUT BEE ’S . . . AGA, THAT’S ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE TO THE REVIEWER AND WHAT THEY THK. EVERYBODY'S ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE WH THE MOVIE AND SOMEONE MIGHT S THROUGH FOR AN HOUR AND 40 MUT AND LIVE THAT FOR AN HOUR AND 40 MUT AND WRE ABOUT THAT BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS I GOT TO LIVE THIS FOR TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, AND REALLY IMMERSE MYSELF THIS AND SEQUTER MYSELF THIS WORLD. SO WHATEVER THEIR EXPERIENCE IS, 'S TOTALLY VALID AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE . IT'S JT VERY DIFFERENT THAN ME.MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYWHAT DO YOU GET MOST WHEN YOU’RE AT THE AIRPORT AND SOMEONE’S G UP TO YOU? WHAT DO YOU GET MOST REGNIZED FOR?IT’S NORMALLY . . . I GET A LOT OF LIKE, “WA A SEND, YOU SOUND LIKE . . .” IT’S A LOT [ABOUT THE] VOICE.YOUR VOICE IS TRIGGERG SOMETHG?YEAH, THE VOICE. LIKE, I’LL BE STANDG BEHD SOMEONE LE, AND THEY’LL KD OF GO, “ARE YOU THE GUY . . .?” THEY’LL HEAR OM THE VOICE MORE THAN ANYTHG. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I GET IS, PEOPLE E UP—’S REALLY FUNNY—PEOPLE E UP AND GO, “MAN, I LOVED THE LONE RANGER,” AND I’M LIKE, “OH, THANKS.” AND THEN THEY’LL GO, “I DON’T KNOW WHY EVERYONE HATED SO MUCH!” AND I’M LIKE “OH . . .”“NOW THIS IS TAKG AN TERTG TURN,” YEAH.YOU ULD HAVE JT LEFT WH, “I REALLY LOVED , THANK YOU.” (LGHTER) YEAH, I GET THAT ONE. [AND I ALSO GET] “MAN OM U.N.C.L.E.—ARE YOU MAKG ANOTHER ONE?”V.F. GO BEHD THE SCEN WH ELIZABETH OLSEN, JASON MCHELL, AND MORE1 / 6CHEVRONCHEVRONPHOTOGRAPH BY PALEY FAIRMAN.HAIRSTYLIST ORLANDO PA, FREIDA PTO, AND JSI DIEHL, V.F. CREATIVE DIRECTOR (FASHN AND STYLE)JOSH DUBOFF
CALL ME BY YOUR NAME: GEO, BUT IS IT GAY?

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME REVIEW – GEO GAY LOVE STORY SC AND OVERWHELMS

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André Aciman’s Call Me by Your Name has twice been hailed as a morn gay classic: 2007, when the novel, about an unlikely summer romance between two young men Italy, h bookstor, and this month, as the languoro film adaptatn hs theaters.

WHY DO GAYS KEEP FALLG FOR CALL ME BY YOUR NAME?

What Would Happen if All Gay Teens Disvered Their Sexualy Whout a Conflict Wh Fay and Social Mili? 'Call Me by Your Name' Depicts Such a Scenar – and It’s Pretty Dull * call me by your name gay *

Still, the fact remas that gay men adore this story about two young scholars, El (Timothée Chalamet) and Oliver (Armie Hammer), who embrace unr the roof of El’s tellectual-bohemian fay for a handful of weeks. Why has Call Me by Your Name attaed such an inic “gay” stat when is anythg but?

When s ma characters seem almost aggrsively isolated om gay culture or polics? When s prec protagonist has to be remd that ’s gche to make fun of people who are openly gay? Here’s one theory: Perhaps we gay boys have fallen for this ungay romance bee ’s so straight—and if we gays love anythg, ’s chasg after straight guys.

The book was penned by a straight thor who says that he has never had a gay relatnship his life, and tells the story of two apparently heteroflexible but largely hetero-leang men who seem to experiment wh same-sex sex only furtively their liv. Ined, all “gay” sex tak place off screen—only boy-girl or boy-u sex happens wh the ame. And the only openly gay characters—a pair of “boyiend tw-ed” amics who vis El’s parents for dner—are portrayed as ridiculo Tweedlm-and-Tweedlee typ.

'CALL ME BY YOUR NAME' IS THE STRAIGHTT GAY MOVIE EVER

Fans have long wonred whether or not El's father had a gay relatnship like his son did, but Aciman says that's not how he wrote . * call me by your name gay *

However, spe all this, gay dienc have sought ways to embrace this straight-guys-gone-wild narrative as an thentic gay romance agast all available evince. When Call Me by Your Name first me out, for example, my gay iends ma a pastime of qutng Aciman’s sexualy. He’s married wh children, but those gay sex scen are way too real.

Jt as El search for gay sire his apparently straight csh, gay rears searched for gay sire our beloved thor. One of my favore gay-world mors about Aciman emerged while he was still givg readgs to promote the book New York Cy: I heard that he uldn’t read passag ont of his son. ) I reunt only bee perfectly enpsulat what we gays love about Call Me by Your Name—the notn of a tragilly embattled straight man.

Over the past few weeks, media verage of the film adaptatn has palized on this fascatn wh ambiguo straight men by other means, featurg terviews where the straight lead actors scribe their total fort wh pantomimg gay love on set. So when we nsume this film, we’re willg to ll a gay masterpiece whout any of the ual mands, such as real gay actors playg realistic gay characters some sort of gay cultural or historil ntext. Jt look at Aciman’s meo: In se you missed , he played one member of the hilar actually gay uple the screen adaptatn.

THE ONE QUTN ARMIE HAMMER IS SICK OF BEG ASKEDTHE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME ACTOR ON DISTASTEFUL QUERI, WORKG WH TIMOTHéE CHALAMET, AND GETTG REGNIZED FOR HIS VOICE.BY JOSH DUBOFFNOVEMBER 21, 2017PHOTOGRAPH BY CRAIG MCDEAN; STYLED BY JSI DIEHL FOR THE SEPTEMBER 2017 ISSUE.SAVE THIS STORYSAVESAVE THIS STORYSAVEARMIE HAMMER IS THE SORT OF ACTOR WHO, AT ALL TIM, LOOKS LIKE HE’S STEPPED OUT OF A LOGNE ADVERTISEMENT—WHICH HAS LIKELY WORKED EHER FOR OR AGAST HIM OVER HIS REER, PENDG ON THE ROLE. SCE FIRST MAKG A SPLASH 2010’S THE SOCIAL NETWORK, HAMMER STARRED A STRG OF HIGH-PROFILE FILMS (THE LONE RANGER, THE MAN OM U.N.C.L.E., NOCTURNAL ANIMALS)—BUT CALL ME BY YOUR NAME PROMIS TO CHANGE THE POPULAR PERCEPTN OF HIM. HAMMER PLAYS OLIVER, A 24-YEAR-OLD AMERIN WHO STAYS WH A EUROPEAN FAY OVER A SUMMER ITALY, GREATLY IMPACTG THE LIFE OF ONE OF HIS HOSTS, 17-YEAR-OLD EL (PLAYED BY TIMOTHéE CHALAMET). THE FILM—WHICH WILL BE OFFICIALLY RELEASED ON FRIDAY—HAS RECEIVED STELLAR REVIEWS, AND HAMMER’S TURN AS THE NFINT, BUOYANT OBJECT OF EL’S AFFECTN HAS HIM THE AWARDS-SEASON NVERSATN.ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE FILM’S RELEASE, HAMMER—WEARG A BLACK-AND-WHE PATTERNED JACKET OVER A GRAY POLO SHIRT, STATNED A MIDTOWN OFFICE—UGHT UP WH VANY FAIR TO DISCS WHAT KD OF QUTNS ABOUT CALL ME BY YOUR NAME HE IS SICK OF BEG ASKED, WHY HE WAS DRAWN TO THE STORY IALLY, AND THE FEEDBACK HE GETS MOST OFTEN OM FANS.VANY FAIR: HAVE YOU BEEN SURPRISED BY THE QUTNS YOU’RE GETTG ABOUT THE FILM, AND THE FEEDBACK SO FAR? THE THGS THAT PEOPLE WANT TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT?ARMIE HAMMER: YOU KNOW, 'S FUNNY—WHEN WE WERE MAKG THE FILM, I NEVER ONCE NSIRED THE RECEPTN OR THE QUTNS PEOPLE WOULD ASK OR ANYTHG LIKE THAT. IT WAS ALWAYS JT THE SGULAR FOC OF DOG A GOOD JOB ON WHAT WE HAD TO DO THAT DAY, YOU KNOW? AND REALLY KG AND ENJOYG THE EXPERIENCE FOR EVERYTHG WAS WORTH. I JT WANTED TO BE SO PRENT. SO NOW, ’S BEEN GREAT, BEE YOU S DOWN WH SOME PEOPLE AND THEY’LL ASK YOU A QUTN ABOUT THE MOVIE AND YOU GO, “OH MY GOD, I NEVER EVEN NSIRED THAT. WOW! WHAT A GREAT, GREAT TAKE!” BUT THEN ALSO YOU S DOWN WH PEOPLE WHO ASK YOU DUMB QUTNS AND YOU’RE LIKE, “OH, YOU REALLY WENT TO THE BASE LEVEL OF . . . O.K., FE, SURE.”THEY’RE LIKE, “WHAT ROBE DO YOU WEAR DURG THE NU SCENE?” OR SOMETHG . . .YEAH, LIKE, “HOW WAS WHEN TIMMY HAD TO GRAB YOUR CROTCH?” I’M LIKE, WE'RE MAKG A MOVIE, WHAT ARE YOU TALKG ABOUT? THE GUYS ARE LOVE. LIKE, SHUT UP.THE MOVIE ISN’T OFFICIALLY OUT YET, BUT DO YOU HAVE A SENSE OF WHAT YOUR “ARMIE HAMMER LIFE TAKEAWAYS” ARE GOG TO BE, WHEN YOU’RE LOOKG BACK AT THE CALL ME BY YOUR NAME ERA 5 OR 10 YEARS DOWN THE LE?I’VE KD OF MENTNED BEFORE THAT WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND ACTG CLASS, AND YOU’RE AN IALISTIC ACTOR, AND THEY’RE TELLG YOU ABOUT WHAT MAKG FILM N ACTUALLY BE, THEY TELL YOU ABOUT THE PROJECTS THAT YOU DO THAT CHALLENGE YOU, AND PH YOU, AND FORCE YOU TO GROW, AND CHALLENGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE, AND MAKE YOU GROW AS AN ARTIST AND AS A HUMAN AND BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH . . . AND THEN YOU GET TO THE BS AND YOU REALIZE THAT ’S VERY MUCH LIKE A BS. THIS [MOVIE] WAS PROOF TO ME THAT IF YOU SEEK OUT, YOU N FD THOSE MOVI THAT ARE THE IALISTIC MOVI THEY TALK ABOUT WHEN YOU’RE JT STARTG OUT. THIS WAS THAT EXPERIENCE FOR ME. IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST REWARDG ARTISTIC ENAVORS I’VE EVER UNRTAKEN, AND ’S SET THE BAR REALLY HIGH FOR ME. AND I KNOW THAT ’S UNREALISTIC TO EXPECT THIS EVERY TIME. THAT’S JT NOT POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, JT LIKE THE PATER KNOWS EVERY TIME HE SS DOWN TO PAT AT THE NVAS, ’S NOT GONNA BE A MASTERPIECE. BUT THIS FILM SHOWED ME THAT ALL OF THAT TALK WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG AND IALISTIC ISN’T JT TALK. YOU N DO THAT.FILMS THAT HAVE GAY CHARACTERS OR GAY ORIENTED THEM, THERE’S OFTEN A TRAGEDY ELEMENT TO THEM.YEAH . . .OFTEN, SOMEONE’S DYG, OR HAS A FATAL ILLNS, OR THEY N’T E OUT. BUT THIS FILM IS MALY JT A ROMANCE BETWEEN THE TWO CHARACTERS. WAS THAT SOMETHG THAT APPEALED TO YOU?I LOVED THAT ABOUT THE STORY. I LOVED THAT THE ONLY ANTAGONIST THIS FILM IS TIME. BEE THEIR TIME WILL END AND THEY KNOW , AND THAT’S . NO ONE GETS SICK; NO ONE GETS BEATEN UP BY REDNECKS. NO ONE GETS REJECTED BY THEIR FAY; NO ONE GETS REJECTED BY THEIR IENDS; NO ONE HAS TO E OUT AND THEN SUFFER THE NSEQUENC. IT’S A BETIFUL STORY OF TWO PEOPLE WHO FALL LOVE AND THAT’S . AND I THK THAT’S WHY A BROAD SPECTM OF PEOPLE REALLY N RELATE TO , BEE EVERYBODY’S FELT FEELGS OF FATUATN FOR SOMEBODY ELSE—LIKE, “OH MY GOD, THEIR LEG JT TOUCHED ME, HOLY SH.” EVERYONE N REGNIZE THAT AND THE FACT THAT WE—[DIRECTOR] LU [GUADAGNO]—PACKAGED A WAY THAT MAK CREDIBLY ACCSIBLE FOR ANYBODY TO SHOW PEOPLE THAT LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE IS LOVE. I THK THAT'S ONE OF THE BETIFUL THGS ABOUT THE FILM THAT LU WAS ABLE TO ACPLISH.THERE IS A KD OF PROJECTN GOG ON WH YOUR CHARACTER—BEFORE TIMOTHéE’S CHARACTER, AND BEFORE WE, ACTUALLY GET TO KNOW HIM, AND WE JT SEE HIM OM AFAR. DID YOU DRAW ON ANYTHG OR ANY SUATN YOUR LIFE FOR THAT?MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYIT’S VERY MUCH THAT WAY THE BOOK. YOU KNOW, THE BOOK IS WRTEN ENTIRELY OM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE TERLOCUTN OF EL. AND ’S VERY SUBJECTIVE ABOUT HOW HE FEELS ABOUT ANYTHG, GIVEN THE MOMENT. SO IF OLIVER DOWN FOR BREAKFAST THE MORNG AND SS DOWN NEXT TO HIM, AND ASKS HIM HOW HE’S DOG, THEN THE BOOK, HE’S THE GREATT. LIKE, “I LOVE HIM, HE’S A WONRFUL PERSON.” BUT IF HE DOWN FOR BREAKFAST AND DON’T S DOWN, DON’T SAY HELLO TO ANYBODY AND JT WALKS OUT THE DOOR, THEN HE’S AN ASSHOLE: FUCK THAT GUY. THE BOOK, EVEN MORE SO THAN THE FILM, IS OM THE SUBJECTIVE PERSPECTIVE OF EL, AND THE MOVIE IS A LTLE MORE VOYRISTIC WHERE YOU’RE JT THERE WATCHG THIS PLAY OUT ALMOST REAL TIME.WE’RE STG AT THE TABLE WH THEM.EXACTLY. I MEAN, YOU’RE OBVLY STILL FOLLOWG EL, BUT ’S A LTLE B MORE NTRAL. SO THE BOOK ’S A LOT MORE ABOUT THE PROJECTN OF WHAT OLIVER IS AND WHAT HE REPRENTS TO EL, AND THE MOVIE I HAD TO SEPARATE THAT A LTLE B AND FD OUT THE SENCE OF WHO HE REALLY WAS.IS THERE ANYTHG ABOUT TIMOTHéE YOU FEEL LIKE PEOPLE WOULD BE SURPRISED TO FD OUT?HE’S AN EXCELLENT RAPPER. IT’S NOT EVEN A JOKE . . . THERE ARE ALSO VIOS OF HIM RAPPG ONLE. IT’S AMAZG, ’S AMAZG. HE’S GOT LIKE, A MASSIVE STAGE PRENCE, AND HE’S SO FORTABLE. TIMMY IS . . . HE IS AN CREDIBLE HUMAN BEG WH SUCH A RICH AND VIBRANT TERNAL LIFE THAT HE WEARS SO CLOSE TO THE SURFACE. HE IS SO UNGUARD, AND ’S ALMOST LIKE A GIFT TO THE WORLD AROUND HIM. BEE HE ULD VERY EASILY PROTECT HIMSELF MORE, BUT HE DON’T, AND THAT’S WHAT MAK HIM WONRFUL.YOU GUYS HAVE TO RELEASE A SGLE TOGETHER.FOR SURE. I’M , I’M .IS THERE ANY RPONSE THAT STANDS OUT TO YOU OM SOMEONE WHO HAS SEEN THE FILM, SOMETHG THAT PECIALLY STAYED WH YOU?YEAH. ONE PERSON SAW THE FILM AND TWEETED OUT TO I THK TIMMY OR PETER [SPEARS] THE PRODUCER AND SAID, “I WATCHED THE FILM AND THEN I WENT HOME AND ME OUT TO MY PARENTS.” I WAS LIKE, “WHOA, WHOA.” IT’S THAT THG OF, I DON’T WANT TO BE NAIVE ENOUGH TO THK THAT MOVI N CHANGE THE WORLD. BUT CHANGED THAT GUY’S WORLD. IT GAVE HIM SOMETHG THAT HE NEED TO BE O.K. WH WHO HE WAS.ARE YOU SOMEONE WHO READS ALL THE REVIEWS? DO YOU SEE WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYG?THEY’RE HARD TO AVOID, BEE WE’RE DOG THIS WHOLE [PRS TOUR]. BUT I’M NOT GOG OUT OF MY WAY TO REALLY SEEK ‘EM OUT BEE ’S . . . AGA, THAT’S ENTIRELY SUBJECTIVE TO THE REVIEWER AND WHAT THEY THK. EVERYBODY'S ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR OWN EXPERIENCE WH THE MOVIE AND SOMEONE MIGHT S THROUGH FOR AN HOUR AND 40 MUT AND LIVE THAT FOR AN HOUR AND 40 MUT AND WRE ABOUT THAT BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS I GOT TO LIVE THIS FOR TWO MONTHS, THREE MONTHS, AND REALLY IMMERSE MYSELF THIS AND SEQUTER MYSELF THIS WORLD. SO WHATEVER THEIR EXPERIENCE IS, 'S TOTALLY VALID AND THEY'RE ALLOWED TO HAVE . IT'S JT VERY DIFFERENT THAN ME.MOST POPULARRILEY KEOUGH ON GROWG UP PRLEY, LOSG LISA MARIE, AND INHERG GRACELANDBY BRT HENNEMUTHBILL MAHER BEEFS WH “PREACHY, MAN-HATG” BARBIE MOVIEBY SAVANNAH WALSHJAMIE LEE CURTIS DIGS HERSELF OUT OF COMMENTS ABOUT SAG-AFTRA STRIKEBY EVE BATEYWHAT DO YOU GET MOST WHEN YOU’RE AT THE AIRPORT AND SOMEONE’S G UP TO YOU? WHAT DO YOU GET MOST REGNIZED FOR?IT’S NORMALLY . . . I GET A LOT OF LIKE, “WA A SEND, YOU SOUND LIKE . . .” IT’S A LOT [ABOUT THE] VOICE.YOUR VOICE IS TRIGGERG SOMETHG?YEAH, THE VOICE. LIKE, I’LL BE STANDG BEHD SOMEONE LE, AND THEY’LL KD OF GO, “ARE YOU THE GUY . . .?” THEY’LL HEAR OM THE VOICE MORE THAN ANYTHG. AND THEN THE OTHER ONE I GET IS, PEOPLE E UP—’S REALLY FUNNY—PEOPLE E UP AND GO, “MAN, I LOVED THE LONE RANGER,” AND I’M LIKE, “OH, THANKS.” AND THEN THEY’LL GO, “I DON’T KNOW WHY EVERYONE HATED SO MUCH!” AND I’M LIKE “OH . . .”“NOW THIS IS TAKG AN TERTG TURN,” YEAH.YOU ULD HAVE JT LEFT WH, “I REALLY LOVED , THANK YOU.” (LGHTER) YEAH, I GET THAT ONE. [AND I ALSO GET] “MAN OM U.N.C.L.E.—ARE YOU MAKG ANOTHER ONE?”V.F. GO BEHD THE SCEN WH ELIZABETH OLSEN, JASON MCHELL, AND MORE1 / 6CHEVRONCHEVRONPHOTOGRAPH BY PALEY FAIRMAN.HAIRSTYLIST ORLANDO PA, FREIDA PTO, AND JSI DIEHL, V.F. CREATIVE DIRECTOR (FASHN AND STYLE)JOSH DUBOFF

To be fair, I’m not sure Aciman was ready for this book to bee such a gay sensatn. And really, on some level, the story is not so much homoerotic as is toerotic— tells the story of two boys wh nearly intil tellects and terts who fall love wh mirror imag of themselv and then ll out their own nam durg sex. And yet, here we are, genuflectg as a group before a gay masterpiece that is absolutely not gay.

I myself have three pi: one I bought myself, two were gifts, all now on loan to gays who seemed to need them and also my mom. That, general l, is the guidg prciple of “Call Me By Your Name, ” the most discsed gay movie a long time. A well-known allegatn was tradnally ma about films alg wh homosexual love: for years, when an affair between two men was picted on the screen, one of the two had to die, as a kd of punishment for sng agast nature.