49/17
In Mexico City in the 1950s, an American immigrant in his forties leads a solitary life in the midst of a small American community. However, the appearance of a young student prompts a man to finally establish a meaningful relationship with someone. this guy" after watching Starkey… William Lee: Get on your ass! Or what was left of him after four years of service in the navy. Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Daniel Craig/Nicola Coughlan/Jesse Eisenberg/Kieran Culkin/Flo (2024). I’ve never seen Naked Dinner; (1991), but I often thought about it during the screening of “Strange” at the London Film Festival in 2024: this was probably to be expected, since William S. Burroughs provided the source material for both films. Mexico, William Lee, an American writer under…forty? Fifty? He spends his days getting drunk, carousing and having casual sex with other men. One day, a muscular and smart young handsome man, Eugene, walks into a bar, and Lee falls in love with him. But what does Yevgeny himself want? Plus there’s that telepathic drug to think about… I’m not sure what stylistically director Luca Guadagnino is trying to achieve with this film. The sets are done almost exclusively in blocky colors — dull reds and olive greens, for example — and have that vaguely unrealistic, clean, multi-colored look that made me think the intent was to pay homage to the films of that era. the film was shot. set. But if that’s the case, why does Daniel Craig, clearly not from the 1950s in the style of rock and techno (is it me or is he starting to look like Sid James?) in the main role suffer from the fact that he constantly has to recite meaningless speech? with clearly not his accent. Drew Starkey is able to play a more refined role of the manipulative Eugene and, of course, he looks good. In Leslie Manville, it is impossible to recognize a doctor living in the jungles of South America – a team of make-up artists. It seems to me that this film has more artistic style than narrative content! It was okay to watch it once, but I won’t watch it again.