We are joined by special guest Alex Heeney, the founder and editor in chief of Seventh Row, to dive into Luca Guadagnino's 2017 coming-of-age masterpiece, Call Me By Your Name. They talk about their deep personal connections to the film, with Alex recounting her experience at the world premiere at Sundance and Wilson sharing his obsessive journey preparing for the New York Film Festival premiere of the film. Eli discusses the film's sensual direction, and Ben explains why he thinks this is Guadagnino’s most mature work. 

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Find more of Alex on Seventh Row. They are hosting a summit celebrating queer and trans stories called Living Out Loud. Check it out here.

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Timestamps:

00:00:00 Intro

00:01:14 Introducing Alex Heeney

00:04:00 Our histories with CMBYN

00:21:50 Masculinity and Romance

00:26:03 Narrative structure

00:32:05 Performances

00:37:39 Scenes and blocking

00:41:00 The statue scene

00:47:44 The parents

00:51:20 The peach scene

01:00:30 Age gap discourse

01:10:42 Homophobia and queerness

01:13:05 Cinematography and Marzia

01:31:00 Editing

01:35:36 The Sufjan element

01:39:15 Outro