Call Me By Your Name

[Ameld]

I should very much like to see this film on my desktop. But any tempts I have made have failed whicj=h is most certainly due to my technical incompetence!

I tried Netflix. Failed. I have tried others but toldd that I need to have a USA account but I Amin UK
Please advise me on what should be a very simple matter

[Ameld]

Can NOBODY help? I don't believe it!!!!

[kvalidir]

What's going wrong with Netflix?

[Baldric]

// Can NOBODY help? I don't believe it!!!! //

12 mins after original question at almost midnight, bit unreasonable in my opinion.

[kvalidir]

You can watch it all over the place if you're happy to pay, Youtube for example:-

[Ameld]

Sorry it was very late. I'll try again tomorrow. thanks for your patience

[kvalidir]

No worries x

[Old_Geezer]

It's just a year old. Is it legally available as a download ?
If you only want to stream it maybe connecting to Netflix via a VPN might work ?

[Prudie]

It's been on Sky a lot but quite frankly it's not tough, you can buy it from Amazon for £4.49
Amazon.co.uk User Recommendation

[Ameld]

Thanks again. BTW is it as good as the critics say?

[Prudie]

I have watched it 2 or 3 times now. The first I was a little uncomfortable as it's very explicit in parts and found their age gap a bit icky but gave it another go and it's actually extremely sensual, atmospheric and beautifully filmed. It's set in the 70s (I think) and you could easily think that was when it was made, it captures the essence of the times. Once I'd got past the gay sex thing I found it incredibly romantic, sad and may take one back to one's own teenage heartbreaks.

[rockyracoon]

You should be a film critic, Prudie. You’ve made me want to watch it.

[Ameld]

Thanks Prudie. I shall certainly give it a go.

[Ameld]

I still haven't seen the whole film but I HAVE watched some quite lengthy experts including the final scene when Elio is staring into the fire and the memories come flooding back.
TBH it reminded me of when I was a student and fell madly in love with a girl (who must remain anonymous). We dated for quite a while . Then one evening I asked her about our future. She told me that our relationship had to end as she did not love me. I won't bore you with the detail but it came flooding back to me. The tears, the disbelief it was all over. But it was.
I suspect she knew what I refused to believe then about me and my sexuality. But she was right.
And there has never been a repeat.

[Ameld]

`but I know what Elio felt like

[kvalidir]

I haven't seen it yet but both you and Prudie have made me decide to, and what a sad thing to have happened Ameld x

[Ameld]

Thank you kvalidir. Yes it was sad. Well, more than sad but...
She went on to marry but the marriage ended in divorce so it wasn't even great for her.
But, on my part, I had to "get on with life" as the cliche has it. And, because of friends , it has been perfectly OK. Success at work. lots of interesting things...
BUT , and this is where the film brought it all back, no one to one love.
I hope Elio is not facing that.( Yes, of course, I know that it's fiction..)
Alan

[kvalidir]

Oh Alan that is so sad. My previous partner was bi-sexual, and we were together a couple of years and it became increasingly apparent that although we did (and do) love each other very much, long term his sexual preference was stronger for men, and thus we drifted apart until we were no longer a couple. We are still super friendly and close because it was a drift rather than anything abrupt but even that is sad despite the fact that I love my new partner to distraction. Some things never go away from you x

[Kromovaracun]

I felt a bit disappointed. Personally I thought it was incredibly slow and difficult to watch. My partner hated even more than I did - he was practically chewing the sofa out of boredom.

[Ameld]

Yes, some things never go away. Almost certainly,for her and me it would not have worked out in a conventional way. And so it was probably for the best. Especially as she said that she didn't love me. The guy she did marry was someone I knew pretty well from work and he was a nice man, perhaps a bit intense for my tastes. I felt that I should stay away and did. She was a big fish in her field and got a professorship in a very different place so that helped.
But I still, whenever I think of her, have a spell of not quite depression but certainly a feeling of loss. That's how I have felt since I saw that part of the film. I can remember so many things we did together which is amazing given it was quite a while ago.
I'm sorry you and your partner didn't like the film. Was it the gay element as well as the slowness? Sometimes things have to be slow!
Alan

[Kromovaracun]

We're a gay couple, so the gay element was not a problem for us :P.

We both found the pacing a bit too slow. I really liked the cinematography but I did find myself getting a bit impatient with it. Mr Krom on the other hand had a much stronger reaction...

It is, however, considerably better and more believable than God's Own Country. Which I thought was vile.