Luca Guadagnino Slams Turkish ‘Queer’ Ban

Luca Guadagnino on ‘Queer’s’ Ban in Turkey: ‘I’m Going to Fight the Institution Who Wants to Tarnish [Cinema’s] Inevitable Powers’
Luca Guadagnino said on Saturday at the Marrakech Film Festival that he'll be 'happy' if people download "Queer" in Turkey where it's been banned.
Luca Guadagnino Slams Turkish ‘Queer’ Ban As “Obtuse Censorship”
After Mubi Fest Istanbul was canceled last minute over the governor's censorship of the film, 'Queer' director Luca Guadagnino spoke out.
Daniel Craig’s Queer Banned in Turkey, Luca Guadagnino Issues Statement
Luca Guadagnino’s upcoming film Queer has been banned in Turkey for being “too provocative,” a move that Guadagnino said was done by those who wish to tarnish the powers of cinema. Guadagnino spoke about the move while at the jury press conference for the Marrakech Film Festival (via Variety).
Luca Guadagnino to stand up to ‘Queer’ ban: “I’m going to fight”
Director Luca Guadagnino has made it clear he will be standing up to the ban on and censorship of his latest film, ‘Queer’, promising, “I’m going to fight”.
Luca Guadagnino responds to Queer ban in Turkey
Authorities in Turkey banned a screening of director Luca Guadagnino's Queer at the recent Mubi Fest Istanbul after they considered the film excessively provocative. Guadagnino hit out at the authorities at the 2024 Marrakech Film Festival on November 30,
The Last Moments of ‘Queer’ Tell a Murderous True Story About William S. Burroughs’ Haunted, Tragic Life
Luca Guadagnino and Justin Kuritzkes on how they wove William S. Burroughs' killing of his wife into the ending of 'Queer.' ...
‘Queer’ review: Daniel Craig captivates in Luca Guadagnino’s adaptation
Adapting the novella of the same name by William S. Burroughs, "Queer" is a deliberately messy, melancholic, yet ultimately ...
How an untested screenwriter became Luca Guadagnino’s ace film collaborator
Playwright Justin Kuritzkes won Italian director Luca Guadagnino over with his 'Challengers' script and proceeded to ...
Just How Queer Is Luca Guadagnino’s Queer Anyway?
I know the story of Queer well — the book itself, the circumstances of it being written, and the mythology that preceded the ...
In lush but overlong 'Queer,' Daniel Craig's narcissistic expat tests our patience
In the opening credits sequence of Luca Guadagnino’s lush and gorgeous but overlong and pretentious “Queer,” we hear Sinead O ...
Luca Guadagnino on Daniel Craig, Sex Scenes, Neopuritanism, Unrequited Love, Stalkers, and the Philosophy of ‘Queer’
Luca Guadagnino talks to IndieWire about his William S. Burroughs adaptation 'Queer,' starring Daniel Craig, in a ...
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‘Queer’: Luca Guadagnino and Daniel Craig revise a classic gay novel
Will Lee (Daniel Craig), the protagonist of gay director Luca Guadagnino’s “Queer,” loses control of himself in several ways: ...
Why Daniel Craig’s A24 Indie ‘Queer’ is 30 Years In the Making for Filmmaker Luca Guadagnino
The director detailed his ambitions around the William S. Burroughs novella while the actor known for playing James Bond ...
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The Romanticized Squalor of Queer
Luca Guadagnino makes William S. Burroughs’s novella a love story that is sordid, pathetic, affecting, and true.