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when i watched queer for the first time last year, i think i was expecting (and hoping for) a wrwwr/cmbyn-esque film.
when it was so not that i think i was disappointed because i had been so excited for that kind of a storyline and style.
there was no way it was anywhere close to my top guadagnino films.
earlier this month i was watching some of his interviews etc. about the film and decided to watch it again last week and i legitimately think it may be my favourite film of his.
knowing the meanings of the symbolism and more surreal elements of the film, and what to expect of the storyline, i connected with the characters soooo much more.
this is a mega rec, anyone who rates this film less than a 4 and has only seen it once should rewatch or ur in danger bcs i cannot stand to see that this film averages at a 3.4 on letterboxd, what’s going on???
im embracing pretentiousness bcs no like u actually just don’t get it x
this was a testament to rewatching films before projectile vomiting ugly lame opinions of them 🙏
this film is my child!
May 20, 2025
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My friend and I saw this in the theater and I looooooved it I’m so glad you came back to it!
May 20, 2025
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some movies need to be viewed twice to be fully appreciated. I just finished watching the boy and the heron a second time and yeah, it was much better the second time around.
give things a chance. I hated it on first watch, but this time it really grew on me.
Oct 23, 2024
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*Some thematic spoilers maybe? Beware*
Still working out all my thoughts about this movie, it's kinda stream of consciousness atm but wow... All the magic and horror that comes out of media consumption amongst queer teenage suburban isolation... the simultaneous connection and disconnection from others through it.
It also explores neurodivergence, queerness, asexuality, gender identity expression and repression, depression and sometimes suicide (ideation and attempts) amongst the backdrop of media consumption. It's all connected. Media as a portal to other worlds, a portal to other selves, a portal to a place where other people understand and you are empowered and you belong. Blurring the lines between the physical self and a digital projection of a desired self, and the euphoria and horrors that come along with that. All things I heavily relate to.
This is very much a movie for Millennials, Gen Z and Gen A in the best ways possible. I think specifically for teens at the moment but also people who were teens not long ago. I wish this movie was there for me 10 years ago. I won't lie, there are a lot of corny moments as well and some over-use of visuals, but the messages override it all for sure. It's also important to note that the director Jane Schoenbrun is trans and goes by they/them pronouns. Being non-binary myself (among pretty much everything else I mentioned in the 2nd paragraph), this movie made me feel seen and understood.
The music was amazing too!!! Alex G never misses!!! I loved the covers of Anthems and Tonight, Tonight, the fact that they're recent covers really brings us back to the present with a reflection of the past.
Last thing I will say is I wrote a bit about Digital Doubles and Doppelgängers in my Communications program and now really want to explore that again because of this movie.
May 18, 2024
I watched this for the first time last week at a local spiritual center and it left me dumbfounded and in awe. what a feat; i was so moved, even with all the searing satire. typing all this out now stirs up all the sensations again... i don't feel the need to write much more here but this film means a lot to me already and i'm very grateful it exists.
yes 2 cinema <3 yes 2 art <3 yes 2 theatre <3 yes 2 actors <3 yes 2 belief <3 yes 2 devotion <3 yes 2 risk <3
*a bonafide festival darling and swept the awards season that year, which is only refreshing considering at its core is the film saying fuck off to the industry at-large
Feb 16, 2024
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too often people complain about having a ‘stomachache’ before gripping on their lower abdomen to relieve the pain. not to be pedantic but how actually dare you?
the stomach is in the upper abdomen minding her own, getting the job done, and you’re attributing the downstairs nuisance of the bowels and uterus to her name???
you have a BOWEL ache, you have UTERUS cramps... the stomach chooses not to affiliate herself with those organs (she told me) x
free the stomach from this slander!
May 23, 2025
when i moved in in september ‘24, this tree was green and i was happily surprised when a few weeks ago i noticed it was blossoming pink.
i srsly cannot wait for spring. get these clouds out of the sky man.
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my rocket goes technically out of date tomorrow
as if that’s gonna stop me
i also hate that it’s called arugula in the usa question mark???
like rocket is so much better on the kiki vs bouba scale, rocket is defo kiki and arugula sounds too bouba for the taste
it also looks kiki look at those spikes
delish
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