A few of my favourite moments in Call Me By Your name:
- “You’ll Kill me if you stop” Elio bites his bloody napkin and stares at Oliver with such intensity and desire.
- Elio’s attempt at pretending to transcribe music by the pool when really he waits for Oliver to look away so he can stare at His apricocè through black sunglasses.
- Both Elio and Olivers’ attempts to touch eachother even in the slightest way.. adorable.
- Elio being the cheeky 17 year old he is, trying to get as close to Oliver’s body and face as he can every second he gets the chance.
i.e all the damn time
- Footsies under the table
- And how can we forget this
- And this
- Non vi sembra ineducato come dice “Later… ?” Arrogante?
- “Traitor…. Traitor!!”.
- The flirtatious nature of Elio as he plays Bach in 3 different ways just to push olivers buttons with the most smug look on his face with every version played.
- Elio falling into Olivers chest.. time and time again
I think as humans we crave the fire and intensity that Elio and Oliver experience. I find myself extremely overwhlemed by how immersed and enveloped I felt in this story. It was almost as if i was actively apart of their little world. Purity, love, desire. Lust and most of all the adrenaline that comes with such new and foreign feelings. i think this really allows the audience to experience something that is outside of themselves, exogenously, but still feel interwoven, engaged and most of all magically moved by the story as I am, all at the same time. I am still and honeslty will always be personally affected in a different way everytime i watch this movie, swoon ! Im finding it very hard to believe that a day will go by where I do not think about this story. It has left an eternal mark on me as i am utterly dumbfounded time and time again, as i find myself searching for the correct words. I find myself constantly searching for ways to live with such profound honesty and pure intensity that Oliver and Elio both did together that one hot Italian summer.